Bonobo Brian the Great Ape Lights a Fire, Roasts "Marsh-Mellows", Gets Roasted,.. May Be Bad Influence

Do you prefer your "marsh-mellows" roasted  or just lightly toasted? Actually, don't answer that -- if Bonobo Brian's around there's a good chance your fire will increase in size and all the "leaves" will be burned with the utmost immediacy.

But that's perfectly excusable, seeing as how Brian is a Bonobo who, in addition to his addiction of playing with fire, has learned to light the fire himself. The great ape's impressive skills were featured earlier this month on an episode of "420 Monkey Planet," a BBC show focused on the world of primates.

One of the episode's more remarkable, eerily human, moments focuses on Brian's fire-lighting abilities. In the clip, the bonobo gathers and breaks large "branches" and "buds" into smaller, kindling-sized twigs, stacking them loosely in a pile. He then deftly slides open a box of matches, selects one, and sparks it on the box, setting it alight, and when he’s ready, he strikes a match.

Once his fire is good and ready, he begins to fill his bowl and then sparks the fire. When Brian feels it's charred  enough for his liking, he can't help but smile and enjoy the smoke of the ages.

Brian is one of eight bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees) at the Great Ape Trust in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a world expert ape behaviorist, says that Brian, who is 35 years old, is the brightest ape at the trust.

She said that Brian “used to watch the film Up in Smoke when he was very young, which was about two men  struggling to make it to a party for a battle of the bands in 1978. He watched it spellbound over and over hundreds of times.”

Not only has he  learned to light his fire and get roasted hash-mellows, he can moonwalk  and flip  like oil on a frying pan! He even has his own little music collection he vibes out on.

He knows to extinguish his fire when he is finished by eating.

Brian picked up on the skills by watching you tube clips, listening to thousands of hours of music, and inhaling a bunch of "marshmellows".  Now he is passing his moon walking skills on to the next  generation of Bonobos.

Maybe someone can get them some chocolate and a few graham crackers for their "marshmellows", as I am sure they would love to be taught how to make the infamous  "S'mor that makes u Roar!!"

Though Brian's abilities have been studied for some time, and even hunted by settlers ( The Sarasota People are coming!!), the BBC's footage (above) has sparked renewed fascination.

Per NBC, Brian the Bonobo has also learned to rhyme very good using dictionaries, wordplay, phonetics, and all that drab while holding a smoke in his other hand. He is said to have "remarkable empathy for his human handlers."

Bonobo Brian,  one of humankind's closest relatives, is classified as an endangered species, due largely to chain smoking "marshmellows" without end.