This is incredibly interesting, especially the part where they have no political or spiritual leaders. Even in most small scale societies there is a leader, but the article makes no mention of one. I'm interested as to what the punishments are for example, when a child is at play. If they value work the most, surely the punishment can't be work.
Thats what I gathered. Pretty brutal, but it will definitely get you to put down the GI Joe action figure and pick up a pick axe.
That seemed to be the extreme punishment, based on them saying "going as far as". I'd be interested to see what a "first offense" would warrant or how the punishments are determined. They end once the child accepts work. I didn't do a good job stating my question in the first comment.
perhaps the anthros did not want to study them because they are mean bastards?