September 21, 2009 – 8:08 pm
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I’m not so sure this little guy likes taking a bath, but he’s pretty well behaved.
We know chimps don’t make good pets for most families (if not all families). Here’s a Harry Raven a guy who essentially had a chimp (Meshie) his father brought back from an expedition as a pet sister. The man, now in his 80’s and the chimp, long dead and stuffed in the Natural [...]
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Here’s an interesting commercial… do you have a monkey on your back?
FWIW, monkeys are expensive pets.
February 26, 2009 – 8:56 pm
Here’s an interesting story from the NY Times regarding primates as pets. One thing I learned is that apparently at least one monkey loves his TV.
LIKE many longtime couples, Carlie and Bob, independent animal rescue workers in upstate New York who have been together 21 years, have a difference of opinion about [...]
February 18, 2009 – 9:12 pm
Time.com on when chimps attack:
But adult chimpanzees might be better described as superhuman — a 200-lb. chimpanzee is five to seven times stronger than a person of the same size, especially in the upper body. “They are incredibly powerful, and people underestimate that,” says McCann. “An adult male chimpanzee is a formidable animal. I would [...]
February 17, 2009 – 8:57 pm
A chimp apparently being kept as a pet escaped and seriously injured a woman before being shot by police. Travis weighed 200lbs. That’s a lot of chimp to be attacking. Why someone keeps this gigantic animal as a pet is just strange.
Also an interesting tidbit:
In 2005, a different chimp escaped from [...]
From the Orlando Sentinel:
That’s not a monkey; that’s my kid.
Here’s a nice story about an Orlando lady and her monkey child Jessica Marie, a 5-pound capuchin monkey. Some great video there too.
Here’s an interesting statistic:
Although illegal as pets in 20 states, the majority of the estimated 15,000 privately owned primates live in [...]
The Harvard Lampoon parody of National Geographic… with a gorilla on the cover. How else would it work?
One should note Paris Hilton has a long history with primates. The NY Post reported about her birthday party in 2007:
After downing TY KU liquor and bottles of Dom Perignon, guests reported seeing Hilton play with [...]
The blog My Family’s Monkey has an excellent blog post on the cost analysis of getting a pet monkey.
Purchase Price $(5,500)
Maintenance [...]
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 [...]
