Monthly Archives: March 2009

Attack Of The Macaques

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Not sure where this is, but in countries where wild monkeys are common they can occasionally be pests. Here’s what looks like a macaque obviously scaring people.

Monkey Beats

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This Orangutan has some talent here.

Gorilla Online Match Making A Success

We’ve all seen those ads for online match making. There’s even one for animals. Two gorillas who first met online welcomed their first baby.

Elke – Baby Francois Leaf-Monkey

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Elke is a 4 day old baby Francois Leaf-Monkey at Taronga Zoo in Sydney.

Feeding the monkeys in Rio

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Here’s someone feeding a monkey in Rio. Feeding is one way to get close, but it can be dangerous and shouldn’t be attempted. There’s more video you can safely watch of feeding [...]

Orangutans Are Strong

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From the video:

…they gave him a golf ball, and he crushed it with one hand, it sounded like a gunshot… they said it takes like 2,000 kilos of force to crush the golf [...]

Orangutan Hospital

Here’s a great little article about an orangutan hospital that serves the smallest of orangutans… with LOTS of great pics.

Friendly Monkeys In Costa Rica

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Here’s some video of some really friendly monkeys in Costa Rica. Looks like Rhesus monkeys.

Uakari- Secrets of the English Monkey

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Premiers April 19th, 2009- Sunday @ 7:00pm
UK: BBC-Natural World on March 26, 2009 at 8:00pm on
Canada: CBC Nature of Things with David Suzuki on October 18th at 8:00pm

Baby Gorilla Picks Its Nose

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Now here’s a baby picking its nose.