Sneezing Snub-Nosed Monkey among the weirdest

Found this 10 weirdest newly discovered animals link on the NPR site. It seems like the buggers get weirder and weirder as we discover them. The rarest are probably just perceived at first as strange and unusual.

Here's a link to the National Geographic article.

But, if you want to skip to the good stuff, here's the monkey. 'Cause monkeys are all that matter…

Hands up! I have a banana!

Here's a funny story spotted on Reuters' "Oddly Enough" blog about a monkey cop in Thailand. Kop khun krap.

Hands up! I have a banana! Kop khun krap

180 Lb. Gorilla

Why is no one talking about the 180 Lb. gorilla in the room?


Oh, because she ESCAPED???

:D

/Seriously? 180 Lbs.?
//I thought everything was bigger in Texas.

Fire good, chimp smart

Curious George can conceive fire.

Why wouldn't any chimp?

I always amazes me how people are surprised when they figure out how well an animal can grasp an intangible concept let alone something tangible, albeit hot, like fire.

A Senegal chimp has demonstrated a dance to indicate fire to his fellow chimps. That this is put into words on a science website is no surprise, but that this is put into words as if it's a surprise is insulting. Chimps unite.

I guess I'd be surprised if we found an arsonist chimp.

Read the story.

Monkey by rocket… to Mars

Monkeys are braver than humans.

This monkey is not the one going, but Russia may be planning to send a monkey to Mars. They'll first test how well they do for long periods in a space suit with a robot cleaning up after them. Monkeys and robots to Mars first! Maybe NASA will send a human.

Read more about it.

Karate Mon-kid

An amusing blurb of a story about a couple of monkeys who jumped their trainer.

Paint your own fence, sensai.

Monkeys recognize pals

Why shouldn't they? Monkeys would recognize pictures of their pals just the same as you would.

Yahoo science type story about it here.

Monkey see, monkey recognize!

Infinite monkeys

Well, someone finally tried it… to a miserable, failing extent. Someone gave "infinite" monkeys a million years to type Shakespeare. In the short time they gave, and the few monkeys they used, they did get mostly the letter "S," so isn't that a start?

We need more time!

Read the full story at examiner.com.

:)

"Mother lode" gorillas threatened

Science Daily is reporting that the Wildlife Conservation Society says that western lowland gorillas living in a large swamp in the Republic of Congo are becoming increasingly threatened by growing humans activity in the region.

Read the full Science Daily article.

NASA to start irradiating monkeys

All in the name of science, I suppose. Get your monkey-ass to Mars.

MSNBC article on why NASA will test to see how the radioactive environment of space impacts humans… or more accurately: how the radioactive environment of space impacts monkeys.

Or you could design a ship made of the stuff they put on your genital area when taking x-rays. That works, right?

Monkey driver

Tired of photo-enforcement speed traps? Just do what Dave Vontesmar does as inferred by me or implied by THIS ARTICLE.