Monkey Cloned - As intelligent as a human?

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A company named First Genetics has cracked the Primate genetic code and created the world's first genetically engineered monkey.

"Marty the Mandrill," as we've named him, is also the first genetically engineered organism to show signs of intelligence manipulation through selective chromosome laser enhancement. The result has stunned the science world. Marty is the only primate able to communicate with Homo Sapiens in their own language via typing in fluent English.

For one day only, you can talk to Marty live via webcam. Dr Brockenführ is Marty's creator and will explain in detail why he chose to clone a monkey and how it came to be that Marty speaks fluent English. More info here.

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ya know that almost had me going there for a bit

was kinda sceptical looking on the site at first then a few things did'nt seem quiet right like...

The decision was made there and then to let Marty's existence become public knowledge. "The risk of him gaining access to the Internet and sending an email is too great," declared Dr Brockenführ.

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Since discovering Marty's amazing typing and linguistic abilities, Dr Brockenführ has given him an annual subscription to several publications including New Scientist, National Geographic, and his favorite daily read, The Sun.

when i saw the sun there i thought....it's gotta be a wind up, kept reading and eventually it dawned on me.....today is april the first ...hmmmm

if it's true then fair play to them but i doubt it, nice one, maybe should be put in the humour board? lol