Monkey News
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A light-hearted look at the odd events happening in the world. Today includes a job application gone wrong, a clown fund-raising event, and a look at who won the award for the smelliest shoes in the U.S.
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In a remarkable study, the brain activity of one monkey was used to control the movements of a second, sedated animal. Scientists hope that the method will allow an individual to control a paralyzed body or limb.
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Scientists in the Australian state of Queensland have discovered three new species of a rodent-like marsupial. With the species, the males fornicate until they collapse.
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Berlin -
A new addition recently arrived at Berlin Zoo when Annika, an endangered Javan lutung, gave birth to a baby. However, there was a certain amount of jealousy over the cute little monkey among the females of the family.
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In a recently uploaded video, a monkey effortlessly does push-ups and sit-ups like a total boss. This really gives meaning to "it's so simple even a monkey can do it."
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Tehran -
The Iranian Fars new agency is reporting that Iran successfully launched a live monkey into space on Monday. Fars described the achievement as a major advance in its missile and space program but the news is alarming the West and Israel.
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Toronto -
The well-dressed 'IKEA Monkey', seen ambling around the Toronto IKEA parking lot earlier in December, won't be spending Christmas with his family. Despite his owner's best efforts, he will remain behind bars.
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Toronto -
A monkey dressed in a miniature shearling coat and a diaper was spotted wandering around the parking lot of a Toronto Ikea store on Sunday afternoon.
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A new species of monkey has been discovered according to claims made by scientists. The monkey lives in remote forests located in Congo.
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Tampa -
What does a monkey and Tampa Bay have in common? Well, there's a monkey lurking on the streets of Tampa Bay, a mystery monkey just wanting to play.
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London -
NBC has apologized for featuring an ad with a widely grinning monkey doing gymnastics after airing African American Gabby Douglas's gold winning performance. The debate continues over whether the timing of the ad was deliberate or entirely a mistake.
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A recent study has indicated that monkeys can "read", or at least distinguish real words from a nonsense jumble of letters.
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Memphis -
A video of a monkey performing acrobatics has goes viral after it was uploaded to YouTube along with a description that claims the alpha male white cheeked gibbons was attempting to attack a man seen in the the clip through the glass at the Memphis Zoo.
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San Francisco -
Officials say that a squirrel monkey, named Banana Sam, went missing Friday after vandals had broken into the zoo and cut open two holes in the wire mesh cage and also cut the chain on the perimeter fence.
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Working with capuchin monkeys, a Yale research team managed to teach the primates to use currency and, in doing so, unlocked several mysteries behind human beings' sometimes odd behavior with money.
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Bali -
The illegal primate trade has become big business in Bali, with many being caught in protected habitats, thus threatening the survival of many species.
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Cape Town -
Baboons are raiding kitchens, damaging buildings, throwing things at people and killing animals in South Africa – and sometimes, they’re drunk.
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A monkey and her baby were crossing a busy street in New Delhi, India when the baby was struck by a man on a moped. The helpless animal became the target for a nearby dog.
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A new type of titi monkey has been discovered in the Amazon but it is considered critically endangered due to deforestation and its small population.
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Visitors at the Paignton Zoo in Devon, England were treated to the bizarre sight of a monkey lovingly carrying around a little toad one day.
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When a British woman went to a Thai nature resort to overcome her fear of monkeys, she was viciously attacked by a pack of macaques.
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A couple in Indonesia have been arrested for selling rare Javan langur, also known as the silver-leaf monkey, meat for meatball soup.
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Coined 'Florida's Most Wanted Primate,' the Rhesus Macaque monkey has been on the loose for the last year in Florida, starting to gain mythical status for its exploits, continually eluding capture.
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After sending monkeys to space for many years, the Russian government has made the decision to send a monkey on a space mission to Mars.
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Last week NASA announced a new plan to radiate live squirrel monkeys for scientific purposes. 18 to 28 animals will be exposed to a low dose of radiation.
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The Brazilian rainforest has ceded one of its secrets to the modern world; a new sub-species of monkey heretofore never seen. The monkey boasts a super long tail and it weighs barely a pound.
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From the “What?” files, the owner of a monkey, who was allegedly “forced to climb trees” to harvest coconuts, scampered off the job after taking aim at his master’s “coconut,” killing him instantly.
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Recently a photo of Barnes & Noble book display board was circulated widely over the Internet. The photo showed various books about President Obama around a central photo of a monkey book. Barnes & Noble claims some prankster did this intentionally.
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A study shows that monkeys also find it pleasurable to share when given a chance. Read to find out more about how all of us are so alike and yet so different.
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Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate.
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Javan lutung mother and baby Belgianchoclate
A common squirrel monkey at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. C.burnett
That's definitely the kind of friendship you don't see very often. Cute though!
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India. J.M.Garg
A pair of black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) vocalizing. Steve Washington
Rhesus Macaque monkeys in Agra, India. Thomas Schoch
Diana monkey (C. diana) Ikmo-ned
Poor Monkey tied to a tree by a chain....Are we on earth to do such nasty things? What a shame!!
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