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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.
February 20, 2009 – 10:01 pm
Several months ago I mentioned Animal Planet was working on a new show. I got some more info on Dark Days In Monkey City. It looks like it will be airing Tuesday Feb 24 10:00 PM EST / 10:30 PM PST. Here’s a description:
Through a unique combination of live-action and graphic novel-style [...]
January 17, 2009 – 3:34 pm
An adult rhesus macaque is on the loose in the Tampa Bay Florida area. These guys are known to fling poo when they are agitated (or bored), so if your in that area and feel poo hit you, call authorities and help capture this little guy before he gets hurt of throws poo at [...]
Macaque monkeys can fish:
Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food—whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist. Now, researchers say they have discovered groups of the silver-haired monkeys in Indonesia that fish.
Groups of long-tailed macaques were observed four times over the past [...]
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Even I am speechless.
Looks like Animal Planet is adding another Monkey show to their line up (they already have “Orangutan Island” and “Escape to Chimp Eden“. This will be the third assuming the others are still in the line up:
Of the fully-distributed Discovery nets, Animal Planet boasts the single most compelling new series––that is, if the title [...]
Top of the rock
The Thinker
Sleepy Family
Showing feet
Sniff
A Spider Monkey or macaque (video says spider, article says macaque) escaped from his captors in Spokane, WA and bit 3 people before being caught by animal control. This is why as the FAQ says, monkeys should not be kept as pets. They don’t like living with people who don’t understand them.
State Department [...]
