Category Archives: Primate Party

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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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 September 28, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I had my wallet stolen by a Madrid pickpocket on my recent honeymoon. I once almost lost a kayak dry-box containing wallets, phones and keys to a group of thieving raccoons who were attempting to drag it into the bushes. … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

In honour of yesterday’s journal club, here’s a chimpanzee apparently using his brain. Maybe he’s pondering whether his brain transcripts are displaying inter-species or intra-species differences to those of the guy with the camera.

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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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Bits and Bobs…

Posted on August 4, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…a suitably lazy Friday post. 1) ERV and Colbert take down Michael Behe. Our chief weapon is reason, reason and mockery.Our two chief weapons are reason, mockery, and empirical evidence.Amongst our weaponry are such things as… 2) Another reason why … Continue reading →

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