Archive for February, 2003

Monkeys in My Pants

We can’t believe we missed this story when it first came out… Best quote: “Asked by agents if he had anything else to tell them, Cusack responded: ‘Yes, I’ve got monkeys in my pants.’”

Floods, Feng Shei and SIMI

From the desk of the Top Banana
It’s 2:21 AM. I’ve got a full bag of Funyuns, a fresh can of Coke and only a few monkeys are up typing. The storms that just drenched Southern California turned the monkey’s Zen garden into a mud pit and flooded the SIMI Project’s pantry; ruining about […]

It’s taken some time but the SIMI Project is finally reaching out to real primatologists and other people “in the know” to help us improve our work and research. In the coming months we’ll be featuring members of our newly developed honorary advisory board comprised of people that know a lot about primates. […]

A Tribute to Heroes

When I was 16, I woke up to the horrible news that the Space Shuttle Challenger had exploded on lift off. For a moment my dreams were shattered. I was in love with the idea of space travel and I felt an immense closeness with the space program and was awed at the […]