Monkeys Typing Shakespeare

Looks like the folks at MonkeyGoods.com are having a big sale.  Use coupon code “Monkey60″ until January 11, 2009 and get 60% off your entire order.
How do we know?  Our monkeys work there, of course.  But, seriously, that IS a huge sale.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/clever-monkeys/monkeys-and-language/3948/
“We all know the expression monkey see, monkey do. But should the saying really go monkey hear, monkey do? Recent studies are finding that the language abilities of some monkeys are more sophisticated than previously believed. Much more sophisticated.”

Sanctuary Chimpanzee. Jane Goodall does not handle wild chimpanzees.
Photo by Michael Neugebauer
Dr. Jane Goodall, naturalist, renowned primatologist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace, will make a special appearance at this year’s Ape Awareness Day at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Dr. Goodall, who is at the Zoo for the Jane Goodall Institute’s ChimpanZoo [...]

Thousands of gorillas took the streets of London to support the the Gorilla Organization.  Our monkeys, of course, watched and cheered during the entire race and barely tossed any poo at the T.V.
Check out their sweet gorilla video.

A recent article from Newhouse News Service reports that a scientist named Judy Cameron is hoping to enlist the help of rhesus monkeys in order to investigate the relationship between anxiety and depression, and their genetic causes. Some forms of anxiety run, in similar ways, in both monkey and human families.
Of course, monkeys have drawbacks [...]

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.’”