JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for December 30, 2015

I thought They were from the silverback.

Wait. There was a trial about whether a monkey’s selfies belonged to him or the person who owned the camera. Is this a nod to that?

Nos.Don’t stick your hand in the gorilla’s mouth.

First, there’s what Gweedo said about the non sequitur last panel. Also, I don’t see any indication of glass between him and the ape in any frame. Finally, glass or no glass, the ape is totally ignoring him.

Several years ago I was at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo standing next to a huge gorilla who was sitting on a stool. I turned my head to talk to my friends. When I was about to look at the gorilla he threw his entire weight at me. Completely forgetting the thick glass between us I was terrified. Then he smashed into the glass. He planned the whole thing. Best practical joke ever. Perfect timing. It was obvious he was laughing at me. Because of the glass I did not know if this was silent laughing but he was definitely laughing. I learned that day gorillas are very intelligent creatures which makes sense because we share an ancestor with them.

Grammar tilt. This 400 lb gorilla and I, not me and it.

BobCuIt isn’t just primates. I was doing my best crow impression at the Dallas zoo without a reaction. Finally, in an exasperated tone of descending fifths, one crow replied with three caws. My father, without skipping a beat, said, “If there is anything I can’t stand, it’s a sarcastic crow.” On a subsequent visit, I tried to rouse the sarcastic crow, but all I got was “caw?” with a definite question mark inflection.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/world/monkey-selfie-peta-lawsuit/

GRAMMAR, true dat. Subjective not objective

I noticed the twins are taking an awful long time to grow up. Has the artist decided to slow down real time growth in her strip?