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 [...]
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/ ).
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 [...]
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 [...]
Chimps Kill Neighbors To Gain New Territory: “Gangs of chimpanzees carry out violent attacks on individuals from rival groups in order to secure more resources or mates, a 10-year study in Uganda has found.
During that time scientists recorded 18 attacks and found signs of three others carried out by a large, male-dominated community of chimpanzees [...]
Monkey Phobic Woman Attacked By Macaques: “The horrific attack happened on Monkey Island near to the popular holiday island of Phuket in southern Thailand.
‘I thought I was heading for safety under this rock in the shade, only to cool down,’ Mrs Darwell, from Peterborough, said.
‘I laid the towel down and there were no monkeys in [...]
Gorilla's Near-Escape From NC Zoo Caught On Camera: “Cell phone video posted to YouTube Sunday showed a female gorilla at the North Carolina Zoo using a branch to reach top of the exhibit over the weekend.
Zoo officials say a limb, likely loosened by Saturday storms, fell into the gorilla exhibit Sunday afternoon. The [...]
Monkey Controlled Robot Reaches New Level Of Complexity: “In a remarkable demonstration of brain-machine interface technology, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have taught a monkey to use just its thoughts to control an advanced robotic arm and perform elaborate maneuvers with it.
It’s not the first time a monkey with sensors implanted in its brains [...]
