Woman Goes To Court With A Monkey In Her Bra: “
Babies need constant attention – especially when they’re monkeys. That’s probably why a Virginia woman went to court with an infant monkey stuffed in her bra.
The woman showed up for a hearing Thursday at a rural Virginia courthouse with the marmoset concealed in her mammaries.
The [...]
Monkeys race in tiny cars: “
Via Simple Dreams.
Monkey jockeys riding dogs
Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey
Monkey rides a goat
Little monkeys ride tiny motorcycles
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(Via Boing Boing.)
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Monkeys Urinate On Themselves To Attract A Mate: “
Capuchin monkeys, that are found across Central and South America, routinely urinate in their hands and rub the liquid around their body.
The reason for the strange habit has been a mystery to scientists for years.
Some thought the urine lowered body temperature, while others claimed it enabled the [...]
Man Falls To Death From Rooftop After Monkey Attack: “After two elephants injured a Korean couple at Amber, it was the turn of monkeys on Monday to create a ruckus. A 42-year-old businessman fell from the third floor of his house after being attacked by a group of monkeys in Galta Gate area in the [...]
Lucky The Monkey Recaptured After Escape Attempt: “
After a day on the run, Lucky the monkey ran out of luck.
The infamous primate — known for biting more than 100 people near Shizuoka, Japan, in the fall of 2010 — escaped from a Japanese park Monday morning and was captured around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to [...]
Masked monkeys wait on tables at Japanese restaurant: “
At the Kayabuki restaurant in Utsunomiya, Japan, there are two costumed monkeys who are employed as waiters. Yacchan and Fukuchan wear wigs and masks and wait on tables in a restaurant that reviewers widely discount as having bad food and bad service (from the humans, not the [...]
VIDEO: Gorilla learns to walk like humans: “A 485-pound Silverback gorilla in an English zoo has learned to walk just like humans. The animals usually walk on all four limbs, resting on their knuckles.”
(Via WTOP / Monkey News / Monkey Stories.)
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Astrochimp ad astra: 50th anniversary of Ham the chimpanzee’s space flight: “
Ben Cosgrove of LIFE Magazine says,
Today, January 31, is the 50th anniversary of Ham the Astrochimp’s 1961 space flight — the first time any hominid went into space — and this morning we published a gallery of rare and never-seen photos featuring Ham before [...]
Japanese monkey on the loose with a criminal record: “
Filed under: Asia, Japan, News
Mothers of Japan, lock up your daughters, there’s a monkey on the loose and she has a record. A Japanese macaque named Lucky escaped from a government nature park in Mishima in central Japan while her cage was being cleaned this [...]
More to a Smile Than Lips and Teeth: “A wide range of studies, from brain scans to cultural observations, are building a new scientific model of the smile.
A chimpanzee will sometimes grin and show its teeth to assert power.
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(Via NYT > Science.)
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