Uganda Plans To Kill Monkeys To Save Crops: “A plan to kill monkeys on a group of Lake Victoria islands in Uganda in order to protect lucrative palm fruits was condemned on Thursday by critics who said the measure would harm tourism.
Palm crops on Kalangala islands have been destroyed as the monkey population has exploded, [...]
A Moment Of Monkey Police Zen…: “A Thai police force has begun taking a monkey dressed in officer’s uniform on patrol each day to help improve relations with Muslim separatists.
The five-year-old pig-tailed macaque was adopted after policemen in Yaha province in southern Thailand found him injured with a broken arm.
Trainers taught Santisuk, which means peace [...]
Monkey On Shoulder Causes Bus Accident: “Driver Kumar Prabhakaran couldn’t leave his ‘friend’ behind. Now trouble isn’t leaving him.
The young man is almost accused of ‘monkeying around’ — steering a government-contracted bus with a monkey perched on his shoulder before he rammed the vehicle into a house, broke its wall and injured three persons today.
The [...]
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 [...]
Happy Monkey Day!: “Yes, it’s that time of year again, December 14th, when all good primates celebrate their simian side. For more information go the Monkey Day website. Happy Monkey Day!—————————————–
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Rudiments Of Language Discovered In Monkeys: “Campbell’s monkeys appear to combine the same calls in different ways, using rules of grammar that turn sound into language.
Whether their rudimentary syntax echoes the speech of humanity’s evolutionary ancestors, or represents an emergence of language unrelated to our own, is unclear. Either way, they’re far more sophisticated than [...]
Madagascar's Lemurs In Danger From 'Timber Mafia': “The lemur, a furry primate that symbolises Madagascar’s unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from a ”timber mafia” pillaging the island’s forests for profit.
Environmentalists warn that a political crisis in the impoverished country is reversing conservation gains of recent years and putting hundreds if not thousands of species, [...]
Success Boosting Monkey Muscle Could Help Humans: “Monkeys that had a gene injected into their legs developed bigger, stronger thighs in an experiment that may pave the way for human trials testing the therapy in people with muscle-wasting diseases.
Several diseases including muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, cause muscle weakness and [...]
Chimp Attack Victim Unveils Horrific Injuries: “A US woman who was attacked by a 90kg chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television on Wednesday, saying she is blind and has to eat through a straw, but isn’t angry.
‘I don’t even think about it,’ Charla Nash said on Wednesday’s episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. [...]
Phone Line Gang Strikes Britain: “
A gang in the United Kingdom has ripped out over 1 kilometer of phone cable from under the ground. Little does the BBC know: the true culprits are, in fact gophers. Gopherpocalypse? …
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(Via RELEVANTMagazine.com Slices.)
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