for the hell of it

“It’s clear that at least some of the flies are engaging in this locomotor behavior just for the hell of it.”

“I need to continue to work on that. I’ve been working on throwing a splitter in between starts. I threw a couple of those just for the hell of it, I didn’t have much to lose. I got one hitter out with one and the other one I just spiked in the dirt. So I’m still working on that.”

“I picked up bottles and cans the other day, just for the hell of it,” Thompson said.

A chance observation in Uganda’s Kibale National Park provides a small hint that such a possible behavior exists—and that further research on chimps sharing just for the hell of it might well be worth pursuing.

Ghilarducci is not aiming to be a killjoy just for the hell of it.