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‘My Child Is a Monkey’ Trainer Weighs in on Primate Pets

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:10:39 +0000

‘My Child Is a Monkey’ Trainer Weighs in on Primate Pets: “ Filed under: Entertainment, Like an Expert, Weird Stuff, TV, Asylum Exclusive When it comes to keeping and raising monkeys, we tend to agree with the sentiments expressed by the character Troy on the show ‘Community’: ‘It’s an animal that looks like a dude. Why [...]

Gorilla goes hands-on with Nintendo DSi XL at the San Francisco Zoo

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:40:28 +0000

Gorilla goes hands-on with Nintendo DSi XL at the San Francisco Zoo: “ Looks like Nintendo’s DSi XL has finally found its target audience. Video after the break. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Continue reading Gorilla goes hands-on with Nintendo DSi XL at the San Francisco Zoo Gorilla goes hands-on with Nintendo DSi XL at the [...]

Why The Hell Are Scientists Actively Trying To Enrage Monkeys? [Deadspin Science Watch]

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:57:46 +0000

Why The Hell Are Scientists Actively Trying To Enrage Monkeys? [Deadspin Science Watch]: “ When a lede mentions that ‘a new study in monkey-antagonism has found’ research that ‘could pave the way for advanced methods of enraging monkeys’ you keep reading and then start to ask questions. Questions like: ‘The hell?’ and ‘Why does this [...]

Monkey Gets Loose, Terrorizes Hamilton County Residents

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:28:53 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:58:56 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:40:18 +0000

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 [...]

Study Shows Monkeys Like Watching Television

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:20:05 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:51:00 +0000

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 [...]

German TV Host in Danger from Monkeys

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:09:15 +0000

German TV Host Stefan Raab interviews some dangerous monkeys. This was part of a series for his TV Show "TV Total" ( http://tvtotal.prosieben.de/ ).

Taliban trains ‘monkey terrorists’ to attack U.S. troops

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:55:09 +0000

Taliban forces have taught monkeys how to use the Kalashnikov, Bren light machine gun and trench mortars. They also teach them how to identify and attack soldiers wearing U.S. military uniforms. Ironically, the idea of training monkeys to fight was first invented by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA in the Vietnam War initiated a [...]