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Friday’s Primate Party
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
Two related stories from Primate Info Net this week. In Austria, a chimpanzee named Matthew Hiasl Pan (!!) is at risk of becoming homeless if the animal shelter he’s lived in for 25 years goes bankrupt. Private donors are willing … Continue reading
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Album cover meme
Here’s a fun meme from Science Girl at Curiosity Killed the Cat: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomThe first article title on the page is the name of your band. 2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3The last four words of the very last quote is the title of … Continue reading
Toon Toon
Black and White Army But mostly just black. As in black clouds, black arm band in mourning for the mess my beloved club has turned into. The BBC’s Newcastle United page from the weekend: As a life-long, 4th-generation-on-both-sides-of-the-family toon fan … Continue reading
Friday’s Primate Party
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
Friday’s Primate Party
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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We need bike-activated stop lights at Ontario and 16th!
Non-local readers can ignore this post, it’s mostly just a convenient place for me to display some photos that I want people to see… I just sent the email pasted in below to the City of Vancouver. If anyone else … Continue reading
Friday’s Primate Christmas Birthday Party
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
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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BBC not so classy?
Is it just me, or does this image from the BBC home page not quite match the main headline? Sigh. The BBC used to be the definition of class. Well done Liverpool though – my second favourite Premier league team!
