The Washington Post has the scoop:
A gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as protection against a group of viruses that includes HIV has been identified by Harvard Medical School researchers, who add that their finding suggests the current AIDS epidemic is not a new kind of scourge.
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Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin took a break from the reptiles to visit some Macaque monkeys in Bali. Presumably that will be on TV at some point.
Apologies for the semi-lame pic. It was much harder than I thought to get a picture of one of the Irwins with [...]
A nice little article on “bizarre animal mating rituals”. Coming in at #15 is the Bonobo. Read it for details.
It’s not that they are “bizarre”, they just love to do it.
Towan and Chinta are celebrating their 40th Birthday. Seattle Times has a few baby pics you should be sure to checkout. Click on the story photo (of the adult orangutan) to view the photos for the story. The other photos are black & white.
Baby Orangutan’s hips are too tiny for the diapers.
Anyone [...]
Some genius realized the MacBook Air (like the MacBook Pro) can be laser etched. But what should the etching be? Hmm… How about a monkey!
Awesome. You can read more about it on MAKE.
Photo Credit: MAKE
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Here’s an article on how to eat a banana like a monkey. You don’t want to find yourself having dinner with a monkey and have no manners.
Seven simple steps to eat like a gentlemonkey.
Here is a tutorial on how to make a “Towel Monkey”.
Take this as a very good reason to have a brown towel in your bathroom. This way when you get out of the shower in the morning you can wrap a monkey around you. Isn’t that the best way to start [...]
From WKYC:
They are big. They could exercise more often and their diet might need to be tweaked. It turns out that the gorillas at Cleveland’s Metroparks Zoo are not so very different from humans.
Gorilla’s in the zoo are being diagnosed with Heart Disease. The solution: Same as people. Exercise and medication.
