Darwin was struggling to find an explanation for how living things—humans included—got to be the way they are. And so, on that chilly spring day, Darwin went to the zoo and stepped into a cage with an orangutan. Indeed, when Hollywood turned its attention to Darwin, with the movie Creation , the actor Paul Bettany recreated the scene by climbing into another cage with another orangutan. And that image ended up on the posters for the movie, a powerful allegory for our reckoning with the fact that we are cousins to other apes.
Hollywood certainly gets lots of stuff wrong about science on a regular basis. But, in this case, Hollywood deserves some credit. This scene really did happen, and it really did have a profound impact on Darwin—and, by extension, on science. In , orangutans were still frighteningly unfamiliar to Europeans. In fact, all the great apes were a mystery because they lived thousands of miles away, deep inside African and Asian jungles. Early European explorers would report encounters with fierce, human-like creatures, usually told second-hand.
Over the next two centuries, some dead orang-outangs made their way to the anatomical labs of Europe, and a few live ones made it to zoos. Baby orangutans, chimpanzees, and gorillas all looked a lot more alike than mature individuals, and so they all continued to be called orang-outangs.
Not only were they similar to each other, but they were disconcertingly similar to humans. Some naturalists responded to this realization by placing apes just below humans on the Great Chain of Being, a kind of divine ladder that separated species on different rungs from lower to higher forms.
Linnaeus, on the other hand, put orangutans and other apes in the same genus as humans. Upstanding Victorian scientists in Britain were scandalized by such revolutionary talk.
It was the first time that either Charles or Camilla have been to Borneo - famed for its endangered species of wild orangutans - and both appeared to enthused. In 32 degree heat and stifling humidity Charles and Camilla - accompanied by the Chief Minister of Sarawak - were also given a tour of the area, peeking into traditional longhouse dwellings and watching cooking and craft demonstrations.
The seventeen acre site rests at the foot of Mount Santubong and encourages visitors to learn through engaging with culture. The indigenous dance has been passed down from generation to generation and is believed to have been in existence, along with the Iban tribe, since the 16th Century.
The Ngajat dance was traditionally performed by warriors on their return from battles, although it Is now performed to celebrate the most important harvest festival, Gawai Dayak, and to welcome important guests to the longhouses. Traditionally, the male dancers wear a cawat, or loincloth, and a headdress made from the tail feathers of the hornbill. The male dancers make slow movements, as though stalking the enemy, before darting forwards to attack.
The dance is performed accompanied by the music from percussion instruments including the enkeromong, bendai and canang. IMHO it takes balls not necessarily brains to dump it for a bloke in a chimp suit. I think this spot is hilarious, watched it a few times on air now and it is funny everytime I watch it. Its about time the unfunny scot with the purple beard was replaced.
Not that the Ranga is more relevant but he is much fucking funnier than Connoly! Honest comments? How would you know if honest comments were or were not on the table during the making of this campaign? And spare us all the clever end line about the jungle. Nice try Danny. The Connoly campaign worked wonders for ING you should know, sounds like you work there and a monkey with animated eyebrows is never going to have the same impact as a celebrity people already like.
Wake up and smell the jungle. No manager, no agent, no minor celebrity ego. Pay peanuts, get monkeys. Its nice to see an attempt to attract young money for a change, they certainly have more of a disposable income and thats who they should be marketing to.
Not people that actually remember Billy Connoly. This is a bad ad. The attempt is noble and great — the result is not. Much better than the previous stuff. I suppose you guys really wanted to create another Cadbury gorilla or something, so you hearts are in the right place.
Good on you for having a go, and the balls to put it up on this bog. OK, Danny fair enough. Good idea to replace him. In the end, all the banks seem to be making the same mistake, trying to make out that they are better than the other banks, but not giving you a good reason why they are. ING Direct has some great product so why not focus on that, in a creative, non-infomercial style rather then having some ape that no-one will relate to trying to tell us that the ING experience is so much better?
Yes you have your own agency. Big slaps on the back. Is any of its rather meagre success due to you? Having freelanced there I would say the answer to that is a resounding fucking NO. Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football. News Neal Baker. Neal Baker. Latest Royal News. Latest updates on Her Majesty.
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