Category Archives: monkeys

Geeky Grossness Gauntlet

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Long-time readers may remember my friend Kyrsten’s famous guest post about Bob the bot fly. Commenters’ reactions on the original post ranged from mild (“kinda icky”) to ambivalent (“horrible. but very cool” / “utterly revolting, but sort of fascinating” / … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, career, freakishness, medicine, meta, monkeys, nature, personal, photos, science, silliness, TMI | 17 Comments

Little things that make me happy

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The sun is finally shining in Vancouver! I’m not a sun worshipper by any stretch of the imagination; I burn really quickly, and find temperatures over 30C quite unpleasant (in the city, at least). But June-uary was too much even … Continue reading →

Posted in family, food glorious food, freakishness, furry friends, monkeys, personal, sport, technology, the 2009 baby boom, Vancouver | 16 Comments

Primate Party Time!

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It’s been a while since the last Primate Party, but then I saw a photo of a bathing monkey on a colleague’s desk* and remembered an anecdote from a couple of years ago. In between my postdoc and industry job, … Continue reading →

Posted in camping, monkeys, personal, photos, Primate Party, silliness | 8 Comments

Bonus Friday Primate Party

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I wasn’t going to do one today, but I saw this at MissPrism’s place and I just had to post it. It might just have made my day (unless I get any news from my 9 month+1 day pregnant friend … Continue reading →

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Thursday’s Primate Valentine Party

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

In honour of Valentine’s Day, this week’s Primate Party is a day early. That lovely image was from the fine folks at http://icanhascheezburger.com/, which always makes me smile… New Scientist’s Short Sharp Science blog is also getting in on the … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

A good news Friday today! The Cao Vit Gibbon, which lives along the China-Vietnam border, is the rarest ape in the world. But a recent survey found double the expected number of the animals (around 100, which isn’t great, but … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Last week’s party featured two similar stories that stirred up some very different (and slightly ambivalent) feelings. Luckily, things are much more black and white today (there’s enough grey outside my window to be getting on with this morning). Rescuing … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

While past Friday’s Primate Parties have included the occasional scientific article, I tend to find most of my stories via Google Alerts. This approach does bring up some good stuff, as well as an awful lot of quotes from athletes … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

ROFL. Good one, dude.I do hope that last week’s casualty was honoured like this anonymous monkey in India. (It seems cruel to stop the other monkeys from taking the body away though). On a much lighter note, the BBC reports … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Non-Party

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Oh no! Some sad news to end the year. The cheeky little chappy featured in my first proper Friday Primate Party has died in quarantine, just before he was due to be rehoused. Another excellent reason not to smuggle wildlife, … Continue reading →

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