Koko Picks Winning Jack-O'-Lantern; Devours Pumpkin: “The Gorilla Foundation, home of Koko, the gorilla who can speak to us through the use of American Sign Language (ASL), today announced the winner, selected by Koko herself, of their pumpkin design contest. Pumpkin-loving Koko closely inspected the carved and lighted creation, gently blew into its ear (of [...]
Cocaine Makes Male Monkeys Lose Impulse Control: “Adult male monkeys exposed to cocaine while in the womb have poor impulse control and may be more vulnerable to drug abuse than female monkeys, even a decade or more after the exposure, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The [...]
Chimps Help Each Other, But Only If Asked: “The evolution of altruism has long puzzled researchers and has mainly been explained previously from ultimate perspectives—’I will help you now because I expect there to be some long-term benefit to me’. However, a new study by researchers at the Primate Research Institute (PRI) and the Wildlife [...]
Even Monkeys Hate Polar Express: “Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the ‘uncanny valley.’ The scientists have found that monkeys sense it too.
The uncanny valley, a phrase coined by a Japanese researcher nearly three decades ago, describes that disquieting feeling that [...]
Video Exposing the Dark Side of the Chimpocalypse: “
Apparently, monkeys aren’t only after our lives. They’re also after our alcohol, at least according to the video embedded below. They will stop at nothing until Planet of the Apes is a reality …
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(Via RELEVANTMagazine.com Slices.)
Del Toro Urges Puerto Rico To Nix Monkey Facility: “Benicio del Toro is asking Puerto Rico to halt a planned monkey-breeding facility, arguing the primates would suffer ‘extreme animal abuse.’
In a letter to Gov. Luis Fortuno, the Puerto Rico-born actor says the Mauritius-based company Bioculture’s facility would be cruel. It would supply monkeys to pharmaceutical [...]
Neighbors inspect raccoon traps and cages today in Lakeland, Florida. A 74-year-old woman is recovering from injuries she received after being attacked by five raccoons Saturday night, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Gretchen Whitted of Lakeland was seriously injured in the attack that happened about 5:30 p.m. at her home at 1210 Waterford Drive.
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Howler Monkeys Caught Raiding Chicken Coop: “Wild howler monkeys have been caught on camera raiding chicken coops and eating bird’s eggs.
The behaviour has surprised researchers as howler monkeys are thought to be exclusively vegetarian.
The egg-eating behaviour has evolved among black and gold howlers living in forest in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
Despite it being [...]
