Is it legal to own a monkey in the UK?
Currently (see base of page), provided you have a licence from your local authority as specified by the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 it is… Read More »Is it legal to own a monkey in the UK?
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Humans inherited their love of booze from their primate ancestors
Provided you believe in human evolution from primates as most people do, it seems pretty certain that humans have inherited their love of alcohol from… Read More »Humans inherited their love of booze from their primate ancestors
Sugar-mad monkeys of Thailand take over. Echoes of Planet of the Apes.
NEWS AND COMMENT- LOPBURI, THAILAND: In echoes of a prequel to the well-known film the Planet of the Apes the macaque monkeys of Lopburi in… Read More »Sugar-mad monkeys of Thailand take over. Echoes of Planet of the Apes.
Planet of the Apes NOW! Enraged monkeys kill 250 dogs and attack people
NEWS AND COMMENT-MAHARASHTRA, INDIA: In Majalgaon and Lavul village in the state of Maharashtra, India, enraged monkeys are taking revenge on the street dogs by… Read More »Planet of the Apes NOW! Enraged monkeys kill 250 dogs and attack people
World’s smallest monkey – Pygmy Marmoset, Western Thailand
“The western pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) is a marmoset species, a very small New World monkey found in the northwestern Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, Colombia,… Read More »World’s smallest monkey – Pygmy Marmoset, Western Thailand
Swarm of starving wild monkeys fight over food during coronavirus pandemic in India
This is shocking really. It is sad. Surely this is a breakdown in the human-animal relationship? It was brought on by the Covid pandemic as… Read More »Swarm of starving wild monkeys fight over food during coronavirus pandemic in India
Red-handed tamarins speak like their rivals to avoid conflict
Dr. Jacob Dunn of Anglia Ruskin University, the co-author of a study on red-handed tamarins, published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, discovered that… Read More »Red-handed tamarins speak like their rivals to avoid conflict
Woman climbs into spider monkey enclosure to feed them Hot Cheetos
It looks like this woman wanted to make a short Instagram video for her social page and took a big risk. Spider monkeys are quite… Read More »Woman climbs into spider monkey enclosure to feed them Hot Cheetos
Macaques extend their social networks when disaster strikes
A study discovered that bickering macaques made the effort to extend their social network by making more relationships to aid survival under the dire circumstances… Read More »Macaques extend their social networks when disaster strikes
Fusing the human brain with artificial intelligence computers
Elon Musk has a dream and as he is the world’s richest man being worth US$190 billion, he is likely to make his dream come… Read More »Fusing the human brain with artificial intelligence computers