Research released today shows that Macaques brains are extremely powerful. They were able to send brain signals through electrodes to a paralyzed wrist muscle. Impressive. The wrist was paralyzed using local anesthetic so that it was only temporary. Check the article for more details. They essentially made a monkeybot.
Category Archives: Educational
About Those Bonobos
October 14, 2008 – 8:46 pm
Bonobos are long known as the sex addicts of the animal kingdom. To them having sex is like shaking hands is to a politician. They shake every hand they can reach… if you know what I mean. Here’s an interesting study about the other side of these sex machines:
As hippies had Altamont, [...]
A Familiar Butt
October 1, 2008 – 7:49 pm
National Geographic has a piece on Chimps identifying each other not by faces but by looking at each other’s butts. It’s a very interesting read.
Monkey Giving Birth
August 27, 2008 – 9:48 pm
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Here’s a monkey giving birth. If your not comfortable with seeing a baby monkey peeking out of another monkey’s hoohoo… then don’t play the video. If your interested to see what a [...]
Monkeys Like To Share And Receive
August 26, 2008 – 7:40 pm
According to new research, monkeys like giving and receiving, much like their human counterparts. Apparently the capuchins were more willing to share with monkeys they knew than strangers. Again, just like humans.
Tune in tomorrow for a special post.
Stress
June 17, 2008 – 9:14 pm
To relieve stress Chimps have been known to hug and kiss each other, research shows.
We’ve seen this before. Here and here.
Murdered Of The Virunga Gorillas?
June 16, 2008 – 8:57 pm
Photojournalist Brent Stirton, and reporter Mark Jenkins research the complex story of who killed silverback gorillas in Congo’s Virunga National Park.
You read about it over at National Geographic view some photos (as always they are National Geographic quality) or in the July issue of National Geographic.
This is a topic mentioned here before at [...]
Cyborg Monkeys
May 28, 2008 – 9:53 pm
The monkey borg are upon us:
Relying solely on brain signal manipulation, monkeys have learned to operate human-like robotic arms to feed themselves, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
I for one welcome our cyborg monkey overlords.
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Baboon Escapes Crocodile
May 15, 2008 – 9:22 pm
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That’s one lucky baboon.
Happy Birthday Jenny
May 10, 2008 – 2:55 pm
Jenny The Gorilla at the Dallas Zoo turned 55 on Thursday. She celebrated her birthday with a four-layer frozen-fruit cake and banana-leaf-wrapped treats.
It’s a pretty special thing since only 4 gorillas in captivity are over 50, and generally in the wild only live 30-35 years [Wikipedia].
There’s some educational stats about Jenny and gorillas in [...]
