MonkeyWatch

“the first zoo-born male orangutan to be released”

2011-10-13T08:26:15.396-04:00

Semeru, a Sumatran orangutan born at Australia's Perth Zoo, will be released into Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in Sumatra.Updated: Oh yeah, a link, now I remember how to blog!

“he needs some consistency in care”

2011-10-12T05:02:38.145-04:00

Democratic Republic of Congo gorilla-nappers lured with $40,000, caught, baby gorilla rescued.

“which the yeti marks his territory”

2011-10-11T08:45:05.220-04:00

Siberians send yeti to Occupy Wall Street, sanitary conditions improve.

“managed to breach the perimeter in seconds”

2011-10-10T09:26:36.018-04:00

The new gorilla enclosure at Australia's Werribee Zoo found wanting in test by "professional abseilers".

“unlikely friends”

2011-10-08T11:21:46.135-04:00

Here, ducky, ducky, ducky!

Well, I've got this blog and...

2011-10-06T12:44:27.870-04:00

So, at 56, what is it that I've accomplished?

“an uncomplicated birth”

2011-10-03T09:27:55.502-04:00

UK's Bristol Zoo and Gardens welcomes new baby lowland gorilla.

Apparently Little Squinty got cold feet

2011-10-03T08:47:57.524-04:00

"Iran postpones monkey's ride into space"

Looking, not so much seeing

2011-09-16T10:05:53.430-04:00

One of the things that the stroke took was my pleasure in reading. Iused to never be without a book on the train, one of the majorbenefits of commuting by rail: no need to keep an eye on the road.It's more difficult now: I'm less able to maintain concentrationacross a full line of text (which always was difficult due to my weakclose vision in the right eye). Martina's sensible suggestion

Zombie apocalypse postponed

2011-09-14T16:10:49.983-04:00

Texas the site of monkey apocalypse Waller, Grimes counties overrun! Connection to wildfires unproven!

Next it'll be 'musings', I knew it'd come to this some day!

2011-09-14T11:09:23.506-04:00

Well, I see again I've fallen out of the habit, and hardly have the inclination to start again, but let's try personal anecdotes, see if that helps:Two or three years ago I had a problem after a small aneurysm in thefovea of one eye which did no lasting harm, but was scary. It mightnot have been noticed except in such an important part of the retina,the very spot where the sharpest vision occurs.

Goodbye, Timbo!

2011-09-01T09:21:33.317-04:00

A 49-year-old female gorilla failed to awake from anesthesia after dental and eye surgery at Dallas Zoo Tuesday.

“Marjorie Partch just wants the right to bring her mother home”

2011-08-31T16:14:11.924-04:00

Primacy of freely-signed contracts between individuals empowered to do so and crony capitalism.

“Mental Floss ”

2011-08-31T09:53:11.185-04:00

Capuchin monkeys 'cautious, observant shoppers,' reports Yale University Department of Psychology. Remarkably, monkeys not yet said to act just like members of any socio-political group. Later today when bloggers take note, I bet.

“A possible new species of monkey has been discovered”

2011-08-27T08:57:14.227-04:00

A new species of Callicebus monkey may have been discovered, with remarkable features at head and tail, this MSNBC article fails to explain, doing for internet journalism what their common-law parents did for the community's daily newspaper.

Goodbye, Hondo

2011-08-26T04:47:36.733-04:00

36-year-old male chimpanzee dies at North Carolina Zoo of the effects of amyloidosis.

“before the rest of us felt the shaking”

2011-08-25T04:52:56.954-04:00

Always one of my favorite logical fallacies: confirmation bias.

“readier to use sex”

2011-08-24T05:05:28.491-04:00

Chimpanzee sore losers complain that bonobo victor slept her way to the top.

“scenes of the mammalian pastoral”

2011-08-23T05:07:51.696-04:00

Britain's decline continues apace.

“the orangutan refused to share the wet towel”

2011-08-22T05:24:44.832-04:00

Orangutan at Japan's Tama Zoological Park observed wetting a cloth to cool itself.

Happy Birthday, Kiki!

2011-08-21T18:06:43.337-04:00

Western lowland gorilla at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo celebrated her 30th birthday with special treats Sunday, with her daughters Kira, 12, Kimani, 6, and Kambiri, 9 months.

“people who buy monkeys from breeders will come to regret the purchase”

2011-08-21T08:38:05.585-04:00

Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary, in Texas, takes stand against the breeding and sale of pet monkeys.

“Mandrills are the largest monkey”

2011-08-20T06:09:05.795-04:00

Curious behavior of an understimulated infant mandrill in Yageer Zoo in Ningbo, China. Everybody laughing now, please.

“Great Ape Heart Healthy program”

2011-08-19T05:34:04.972-04:00

Dara, orangutan at Rochester NY's Seneca Park Zoo, gets a clean bill of health.

Goodbye, Harvey

2011-08-18T12:25:21.318-04:00

Last surviving chimpanzee at the Toledo Zoo succumbs.

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