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

CHIMPCAM!!!

My friend, Spike sent this to me. Monkey's makin' movies! It's Chimpcam, a documentary made by monkeys for monkeys! I still haven't found it on the boob tube, but my DVR will be set.

Spike found it on Gizmodo.

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.

Monkey by Rocket… and hot chick too

Sketch by Rik Rocket.

A friend posted this sketch on Facebook today. You may not notice at first that there's a monkey in this drawing. Keep looking. Get a better look.

©1999-2010 Rik Rocket.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit CreativeCommons.org or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

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.

:)

Smoking monkey

A cigarette smoking monkey at Forbidden Planet.
[identified as Frank Cho's Monkey by Isaac Bidwell]

I make a point of stopping in Forbidden Planet every time I'm near Union Square in NYC. I don't know who the character is, but this vinyl monkey with a cigarette in his mouth was in one of the display cases.

Chimpanzee funeral

Rest in peace Dorothy the chimp.

This image is from The Inquisitr. A chimp named Dorothy at a chimpanzee rescue center died, and all her friends and family watched in silence as she was buried :(

Link here.

Just got this in an email:


I don't care if you lick windows,
take the special bus or occasionally pee on yourself.
You hang in there, sunshine-you're friggin' special.
Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset or mad,
is a full minute of happiness you'll never get back.
Today's Message of the Day is:
Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly,
Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.
Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we're here, we should dance.


Cute. A bit rough around the edges, but the sentiment is nice.

Monkey artist

It's been a while since I've updated here. A fun project like this should not go neglected for so long.
Thanks go to Rik for finding this image in his Facebook friend's photo album