Category Archives: monkeys

Friday’s Primate Christmas Birthday Party

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I wanted to write a Primate Party post that would sum up all that is good about the holiday season. Instead, I found a story about a tourist who has filed a formal complaint against an Indian monkey that stole … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Two related stories from India today. Our first monkey has adopted a kitten, and everything is peachy… so far! I can has monkeh milk? Our second primate buddy adopted a puppy, which went down well, and then tried to adopt … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

How did you get so heavy, boy? We had monkey-spit coffee at last week’s party. This week: would you like some macaque milk with that? A study published in this week’s Current Biology looked at the quality of the milk … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Dude, I am so totally wired right now D’you want some monkey spit with that latte? Hey, it’s better than cat poo. Yup, following on from the success of gourmet civet cat dropping coffee, coffee growers in Taiwan are now … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

What’s more fun than a barrel full of monkeys? A whole truck full of monkeys! Unless you run into it on the highway of course. Luckily no-one was hurt in the accident near Columbus, Ohio. I spent 3 months in … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The bad news: one third of the world’s primate species are critically endangered. The good news: a new population of De Brazza’s monkey (pictured) has been found in an unexpected area of Kenya, a country in which the species is … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Piggy Primate Party

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Various blogs have picked up on the story about a man being killed by monkeys in India. (Hey guys, primates in the news are my thing. Mine.) So I’m going to tell a different Indian monkey story instead. newindpress.com reports … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I shouldn’t really call this a party, given the subject matter of the article in question, but for the sake of consistency… AllAfrica.com reports that Mauritius is exporting macaque monkeys at $70 a head for research in the US, UK … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

What is it about monkeys and flying? Here’s a story from the Times of India: “That India’s airports desperately needs modernisation became evident when a monkey caused operations to be stalled for a few hours at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I think I’ll continue my week-old tradition of posting about primates on Fridays. This week’s cheeky chappy was a stowaway on a flight from Florida to New York. He escaped notice on his flight from Peru to Florida and during … Continue reading →

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