In the first case of its kind, scientists have reported on a couple living on Staten Island, New York City, who gave their dog monkeypox by sleeping with the companion animal. It is reported in the Lancet medical journal. It concerns a couple of gay …
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 legal to own a monkey in the UK. You won’t need a licence for all species of monkey as specified …
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 their primate ancestors who gorged on fruit containing alcohol. This is the conclusion of a study by Christina Campbell and …
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 Thailand have broken out of their temple and are causing mayhem in the town, forming gangs and fighting over territory …
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 carrying them to the top of trees and buildings and throwing them off to their deaths. And if people try …
“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, Ecuador, and Peru.” – Wikipedia. The lifespan is said to be about 12 years and they can make good pets …
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 there are no tourists to feed the monkeys and so they starve. Then there is a mad rush to a …
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 when monkeys of this species are spotted in the territory of a rival gang, they speak like their rivals to …
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 small but dangerous. Monkeys are stronger than people imagine. I remember a woman putting her arm through the bars of …
