Cheetah, Chimp From Tarzan Films, Dies: “
Condolences poured in to a Florida primate sanctuary Wednesday after the death of Cheetah, a chimpanzee who starred in the Tarzan movies during the 1930s.
‘I grew up watching Tarzan and Cheetah from a boy,’ a man identifying himself as Thomas from England wrote on the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary’s website. [...]
On Nov. 29, 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning.
(Via Dorey News.)
Research Finds Poop-Throwing By Chimps Is A Sign Of Intelligence: “
A lot of people who have gone to the zoo have become the targets of feces thrown by apes or monkeys, and left no doubt wondering about the so-called intellectual capacity of a beast that would resort to such foul play. Now however, researchers studying [...]
