Why cant Monkeys talk like us?

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  • One reason is that they lack the human beingâ ™s specialised vocal and hearing apparatus. Because their ribs have a different structure, they canâ ™t keep an even air pressure while blowing out, a vital necessity for human speech. Human larynxes combine a single passage for breathing and eating; in apes and other animals the two passages are joined much higher up so that humans cannot breathe and eat at the same time, as can cats, apes, or indeed small human babies.


  • As has been said, they don't have the right vocal tools, but that doesn't mean they can't communicate. http://www.koko.org


  • Because they don't have the vocal chords necessary to produce speech as we do. We exhale in our speech and they inhale AND exhale. They have their own type of speech but different body parts.


  • god............Thats a good ******* question......
    i never thought of that......................Thanks


  • Becaue they're not human or at lease hasn't evolve yet.


  • i don't actually know but here are some GUESSES:
    1. they are not as developed as us
    2.we have a common ancestor and some went one way some went the other.(see #1)
    3. we got lucky


  • the roof of their mouths aren't shaped right, and their tongues aren't built for it


  • because they no no espeno or english lol

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...


  • They don't have a long enough larynx for speech, although they can be taught sign language. Amazing huh?


  • Giantla probably got the most scientifically correct answer, but really, I doubt anyone has actually sat down with the monkeys and tried to teach them.


  • Because we're not monkeys and consequently, monkeys aren't us. It's like asking why fish can't walk like elephants.








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