Monkey Gets Loose, Terrorizes Hamilton County Residents: “A Hamilton County family said they have no plans to get rid of a pet monkey that attacked several people and a dog after it got loose on Wednesday.
A teenager in the home called 911 just after 10 a.m. to report that his family’s pet Patas monkey had [...]
Man Caught Smuggling 18 Monkeys At Mexico Airport: “A man with a mysterious bulge under his T-shirt was stopped, searched and detained at Mexico City’s international airport after authorities found 18 tiny endangered monkeys in a girdle he was wearing.
The Public Safety Department said in a statement Monday that 38-year-old Roberto Cabrera arrived on a [...]
Never Trust a One-Armed Monkey with Chickens: “
A man in China rescued a one-armed, one-legged monkey from death and brought him home. And now the monkey copies everything the man does—to an extreme. He witnessed the man slaughtering a chicken, so the monkey has now killed 80 chickens. Which really, is a pretty impressive feat [...]
Two Teens Arrested Over Monkey Thefts: “Police have arrested two teenagers over the theft of eight monkeys from a wildlife park at Helensburgh, south of Sydney.
On Sunday 30 May this year, four Cotton Top Tamarins and four Pygmy Marmoset monkeys were removed from their cages and stolen from the park in Lawrence Hargrave Drive.
Two days [...]
Study Shows Monkeys Like Watching Television: “A three-year-old male rhesus macaque thoroughly enjoyed a video of a circus elephant, giraffe and tiger performing, according to scientists from 1 University’s Primate Research Institute, who monitored the monkey’s brain during the experiment.
Scientist used a technique called near-infrared spectroscopy to examine various aspects of the blood flow to [...]
La Toya: Michael Wanted Surgery To Get Bubbles The Chimp To Talk: “Michael Jackson spent thousands of dollars trying to get throat specialists to make his chimp Bubbles speak, The UK’s News of the World reported yesterday.
The singer, who died in June last year aged 50, pestered surgeons for four years for advice on how [...]
A 45-year-old woman fell to her death from the first floor of her house allegedly after being chased by monkeys in Rawatpur on Sunday morning around 8am.
Monkeys Use Trees To Catapault Themselves Out Of Japanese Laboratory: “A group of 15 monkeys at Kyoto University’s primate research institute in Aichi Prefecture, which are the focus of a string of high-profile scientific studies, escaped from their forest home which is encased by a 17ft high electric fence.
The monkeys made their bid for freedom [...]
Zoo Atlanta Exhibit Closed After Gorilla Charges Glass: “Zoo Atlanta officials said they closed the gorilla exhibit after a 20-year-old male silver back gorilla charged a glass barrier resulting in cracks in the panel.
Officials said the incident happened Sunday at the Willie B. Conservation Center. Zoo workers said the gorilla, Taz, most likely charged the [...]
