December 2011
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anthrojoyce asked: Have you seen Rise of the Planet of the Apes? If so, how did you feel about it? I ask because I'm studying to be an Evolutionary Anthropologist and I found myself watching the film through a scientific view point rather than just really enjoying the film haha [although I did enjoy it].
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A New Baby Gibbon Swings Into Brookfield Zoo
The Chicago Zoological Society, which manages Brookfield Zoo, is happy to announce the birth of a male White-Cheeked Gibbon on November 15. The 1-month-old infant—along with his mom, Indah; dad, Benny; and 2-year-old brother, Thani—can be seen on exhibit in the zoo’s Tropic World: Asia exhibit daily between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Since his birth, the infant has been keeping a close grip on...
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Merry Christmas...
…hope you all enjoy your day. — PrimateWin x
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chimpchump asked: Read what you said about the planet of the apes movie. I thought i'd be the same. Hook it up. it's not THAT bad. they couldn't have made it too realistic.
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Those Lying Apes: Apes Like To Deceive, Too - But...
Young Dandy was excitedly courting a female by, in the usual way, showing her his inspired erection, when suddenly an older and higher-ranking male appeared on the scene. For Dandy, that meant big trouble. Worse, the young male’s forbidden interest in the female was being communicated honestly by something he seemed to have little control over, an erect penis—which he quickly covered...
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NIH Temporarily Bans New Chimpanzee Research
The National Institutes of Health has placed a temporary moratorium on new studies using chimpanzees, it announced Thursday in response to a report that marks nearly all medical research on the great apes as scientifically unjustified.
“Effective immediately, NIH will not issue any new awards for chimpanzee research” as the agency puts in a place a committee to review research proposals, NIH...
Anonymous asked: Have you seen the newest Planet Of The Apes movie? Iv'e only seen ads, and i think i saw orangs in it... but i feel that they are much to laid back and lazy... they'd be all like 'Leave it to the chimps, i gotta nap!'
octoanus asked: I know i'm getting pretty annoying with all the questions, but did you see the most recent Louis Therioux documentary? It made me so frustrated that people like those featured exist. Also, there is a place near me, which i cant call even an animal center, because its so DESPICABLE, called 'Wickid pets'... just have a look into them... i'm sure you'll feel the same....
Sign this petition calling for a change in the laws regarding pet primates and the UK primate pet trade.
http://www.monkeyworld.org/primates-as-pets-petition
This is the documentary I mentioned in the previous post. ‘My Monkey Baby’ on 4oD. I’m not sure whether you can watch it outside of the UK or not, but if you can, it is worth a look.
octoanus asked: How do you feel about the current laws (or lack of) around keeping small monkeys as pets? Do you feel it should be stopped altogether or maybe regulated more (i say more, but there are rarely things such as home checks or visits after the animal has been bought). Personally i feel that its wrong on SO many levels, but sadly i don't have enough room to rant now ): (i'm just guessing...
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Eroding Taboos See Lemurs End Up On Dinner Tables
The erosion of traditional cultural taboos in Madagascar has led to an unsustainable number of lemurs being killed for bushmeat, a study suggests.
Locals revered the primates, believing that the animals were family ancestors, but the influx of outside influences has seen a breakdown in these views.
Some species do not reach maturity for up to nine years and produce offspring once every two or...
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Baby Gorilla Nurtured Back To Health
Okanda, the six-month-old baby gorilla at Twycross Zoo in baby gorilla has been extremely poorly and their vet Sarah has been living with him around the clock as she helps nurse him back to health. We discovered a problem with his mothers milk which meant the young primate was not getting the nutrients he needed. They had to sedate his mother, Ozala, while keepers hurried the infant to the...
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Monkey Makes Warhol-Like Paintings, Art Collectors...
With two hands, two feet, a tail, tongue and furry butt as tools to unleash your artistic wild side, who needs a paintbrush?
Not Pockets Warhol, a painting primate whose use of body parts has turned into a lucrative monkey business.
Art collectors are going bananas for the clever capuchin’s colourful abstracts, which fetch up to $300 from buyers as far away as Europe.
Now Pockets — we’ll...
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Monkeys At Marwell Wildlife Use Touch Screens In...
A primate study centre has opened in Hampshire where endangered monkeys will learn to use touch screen computers.
The Sulawesi crested macaques will take part in a study at Marwell Wildlife to help scientists understand their memory, communication and emotions.
Visitors to the park, near Winchester, will be able to see the scientists and monkeys at work in a glassed area.
The project is a...
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They can’t talk, but chimps may have some of what it takes to evolve language. That is the suggestion of a study which found chimps link sounds and levels of brightness, something akin to synaesthesia in people. Such an association could help explain how our early ancestors took the first vital step from ape-like grunts to a proper vocabulary.
Synaesthetes make unusual connections between...
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World's Most Endangered Primate Still Losing...
Just twenty-three Hainan gibbons (Nomascus hainanus) survive in the world. Confined to a single protected area on a lone island, Hainan gibbons are losing their habitat at a steady rate of 20 hectares per day finds a new study by Greenpeace. In all, nearly a quarter of the Critically Endangered lesser ape’s habitat has been lost since 2001. Researchers employed satellite imagery and field...
I hate American spelling in my posts. I cringe just a little bit whenever I see ‘estrus’ or ‘behavior’.
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Study Finds Savannah Chimps Exhibit Sharing...
Sharing food has widely been considered by scholars as a defining characteristic of human behavior. But a new study by Iowa State University anthropology professor Jill Pruetz now reports that chimpanzees from her Fongoli research site in Senegal also frequently share food and hunting tools with other chimps.
Co-authored by ISU anthropology graduate student Stacy Lindshield, their study is...
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Chimpanzees Self Medicate With Food
An extensive look at what chimpanzees consume each day reveals that many of the plants they consume aren’t for nutrition but are likely ingested for medicinal purpose.
The findings, published in the journal Physiology & Behavior, indicate that the origins of medicine go way back, beyond the human species.
“We conclude that self-medication may have appeared in our...
