Bloghuh?

Bloghuh? starts today. What is Bloghuh, you ask? It is a group blogging exercise thought up by Blue Witch that is..."an attempt to reinspire the uninspired and revive some of the old bloggy community co-operative spirit that frequently seems to be so far away these days". For the next seven day we (the participants) will be writing about the things in life that mystify us. You know, like where that missing sock goes when you are doing the laundry.

Now, the best part about this exercise is that you do not have to actually have a blog to participate yourself. You can e-mail me or any of the other bloggers with your contribution and we will post it for you. You don't have to use your name if you don't want to either, being shy is OK with us. You can use a pseudonym or post it anonymously.

Quick, what do chimpanzees eat? You thought or said bananas, didn't you? Why wouldn't you? You have seen Cheetah eating bananas in Tarzan movies. You have seen chimps eating bananas in Jane Goodall's documentaries. You have seen chimps eating bananas at any zoo you have ever visited during feeding time. You have seen chimps eating bananas in cartoons and on TV shows. You have seen chimps with bananas in the books you read when you were a child. You have even seen Curious George eating a banana.


Two Facts about chimpanzees and bananas:

1. Chimpanzees are from West, and Central Africa.

2. Bananas originated in Malaysia.

Most people consider bananas as the primary food source of the chimpanzee but chimpanzees are omnivores and eat a combination of meat and plant material. They do eat fruits in the wild but not bananas. They also eat leaves, seeds, flowers, insects and small mammals like bushpigs, monkeys, baboons and bushbucks.

What mystifies me is how bananas got connected in our minds with chimpanzees in the first place.


Read more about things that mystify others at participating Bloghuh? blogs this week:

Aprosexic
Blue Witch
bob's yer uncle
Depthmarker
Jen&HerBoat
Kitchen Witch
La-Que-Sabe
Purple Pen
Who Knows Where Thoughts Come From