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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Are we nearly there yet? I’ve been very negligent and haven’t invited any gorillas to Friday’s primate party so far. It’s a shame, I bet they’d make excellent house guests. So what better excuse to welcome them than a gorilla … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m not the monkey they think I am at home, oh no no no, I’m the Rocket Monkey…. Photo credit Let’s move away from the recent beverage theme this week. CNN has a really cool article* about famous primates in … Continue reading →

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Famous in Scotland

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s a photo of me* from my old lab’s home page: And here’s an image from the Bank of Scotland’s £20 note: Not quite uncanny, but an amusing resemblance nonetheless! The website says that “the £20 note pays tribute to … 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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A Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Happy Hallowe’en! You might think I have a thing for flies, given the subject of a couple of recent posts. Well, you might be right. Here’s me at last year’s Hallowe’en party. Two sieves, some hair elastics, a single black … 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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Bonus Friday Primate

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

C’mon Jonny and the boys! You can do it! Just don’t leave it ’til the last minute this time, I don’t know if my heart can stand it. _____________________ Update: I’m too excited to focus properly on what I’m doing. … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate (Blog) Party

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Today’s Primate Party features a gem of a blog that I came across earlier this week. Bonobo Handshake describes the current field research of Vanessa Woods and her colleagues at a bonobo sanctuary in Congo. It’s full of amazing stories … Continue reading →

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