March 31 10
Monkey Again Bites Owner In Chesapeake: “A Chesapeake man has been bitten by his monkey for the second time in two weeks.
Animal Control, police, and paramedics were called to the home of 60-year-old Joseph ‘Babe’ Hamric about 10:00 p.m. Monday, where they found Hamric injured.
Hamric was taken to the hospital and treated for bites to [...]
March 29 10
First Proof Gorillas Eat Monkeys?: “Like the vegetarian who can’t resist the occasional burger, the otherwise herbivorous gorilla might succumb to cravings for its evolutionary cousins, a new study hints.
While some zoo specimens are known to eat meat, wild gorillas eat only plants and fruit, along with the odd insect—as far as scientists know (see [...]
March 24 10
St. Petersburg's Mystery Monkey Swings Into Pool Cage, Falls In Pool, Escapes: “Renée Barth spotted what she thought was a large dog walk by the sliding glass doors in her back yard around noon Sunday.
But when the creature sidled through an open screen door and swung onto a tree in the pool enclosure, she realized [...]
March 22 10
Chesapeake Man Bitten In Attack By Service Monkey: “A 60-year-old Chesapeake man made an unscheduled trip to the hospital after he was attacked by his pet monkey.
The man told police he accidentally stepped on his Capuchin monkey’s tail, which the monkey didn’t appreciate. It bit the man’s hands before he was able to get the [...]
March 15 10
Twice-Tranquilized Monkey Again Eludes Capture: “Even after being hit twice with tranquilizer darts, the rhesus macaque that has been on the loose for months in the Tampa Bay area managed to escape again Wednesday afternoon.
The monkey was spotted about 2 p.m. near 54th Avenue South and 22nd Street South, said Gary Morse, a spokesman for [...]
March 8 10
Martian Gorillas Found By Nasa!: “This amazing picture of the Martian landscape has got alien hunters excited about the possibility that it shows a silverback gorilla striking a pose on the Martian surface.
The image was taken by the Mars Spirit Rover in the Gusev crater, a crater over 100 miles in diameter that is thought [...]
March 8 10
Escaped Gorilla Recaptured At Dallas Zoo: “Officials at the Dallas Zoo say they still are unclear how a 180-pound gorilla managed to temporarily escape from its enclosure.
Tufani the gorilla was first seen on top of her cage Saturday morning and within the hour, the 19-year-old animal was tranquilized and returned to its 40-foot-by-50-foot enclosure, The [...]
March 1 10
Zhora The Chimp Sent To Rehab: “A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, a popular daily reported on Friday.
An ex-performer, Zhora became aggressive at his circus and was transferred to a zoo in the southern Russian city of Rostov, where he [...]
