This is a study about “Facial expressivity in dominant macaques is linked to group cohesion”. The suggestion is that the findings can be used to better understand leadership among the human race. The concept is that leaders tend to have a greater ability to used …
In Thailand, chained and enslaved monkeys are employed to harvest coconuts. It is claimed that they live in horrific conditions. British supermarkets are being urged to pull the plug on these sources of coconut milk in the interests of animal welfare. RELATED: Monkeys hug and …
NEWS AND COMMENT/OPINION: In my view, this is a terrible example of how humankind has totally screwed up its relationship with animals. In this instance two parties, Sri Lanka and China, are the miscreants. They are the bad boys. Sri Lanka has got into a …
Hardly any words to add to this. All I know is that it is in Asia. PETA got hold of the video. And it is like watching hell on earth and humans God bless them created it. What happened to the human race? It’s no …
Our physical attributes help us to predict the actions of others and therefore often affects our perception of what is going on and what might happen A study with monkeys, two species of which had opposable thumbs while the third didn’t, indicated to the researchers …
It is disturbing for the following reasons: It highlights a terrible breakdown in the human-to-animal relationship. It tells us that monkeys in urban environments in India are learning bad behavior from humans or are aggrieved by human behaviour as some believe that they steal dogs …
The video is cute. They look like mini humans hugging and on one occasion passionately kissing each other. It is hard to ignore the conclusion that the origins of the human hug and kiss as a greeting behaviour is here in our ancestral cousins, the …
He is having fun. There can’t be any other reason. He is using his inherited skills, which are awesome, just for the hell of it and I for one am mightily impressed. Or perhaps they knew they were being filmed and decided to show off? …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the name of a disease should avoid “causing offence to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups, and minimise any negative impact on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare”. It is the last item which …
