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"Ever wonder what would happen if you paid two monkeys unequally for the same job? Well, just take a look at this clip from Frans de Waal&amp;#39;s 2011 TED Talk that&amp;#39;s currently making the rounds on YouTube playlists worldwide. (Spoiler alert: They reject it.)\nIn de Waal&amp;#39;s experiment, two capuchin monkeys complete the same task&amp;#8212;handing the researcher a small rock. If both monkeys are given cucumber slices for completing the task, they accept their pay and obediently continue along with their job. However, when you switch it up a bit&amp;#8212;give one the same ol&amp;#39; piece of cucumber while the other gets grapes&amp;#8212;that&amp;#39;s when the experiment gets interesting. The cucumber recipient flips out and throws her lesser produce payment at the researcher. Bear in mind, in capuchin monkey world, a grape is the human equivalent of a $60,000 starting salary, health/dental/vision, and a 401K, so it&amp;#39;s really not surprising that she gets so mad.\nThe whole thing seems oddly familiar, doesn&amp;#39;t it (cough gender pay gap cough)? Thanks to de Waal&amp;#39;s research, we can deduce two very important lessons. Unequal pay: Bad. Monkeys: They&amp;#39;re just like us.\nWhat are your thoughts on de Waal&amp;#39;s experiment? The gender pay gap? Monkeys? Let us know in the comments!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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