Adopting an Emperor Tamarin
Thursday, December 21st, 2006 Posted in Company News, Monkey News | 1 Comment »To celebrate the holiday season Monkey Outta Nowhere adopted an Emperor Tamarin from the nearby Como Zoo. The zoo has seven tamarins in the primate exhibit and we opted to support the smallest of the monkeys for its Seuss-like qualities. ...
Drunk Monkeys
Thursday, May 11th, 2006 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »Drunk monkeys, it seems, are a lot like drunk people. They drink more when they're alone, they like to drink after a hard day's work and they'll often drink until they fall asleep. You can't make this stuff up. Apparently ...
Chimp Tops Warhol
Monday, June 27th, 2005 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »Paintings by a chimpanzee named Congo sold for more than $25,000 at auction earlier this month, while works by Andy Warhol and Renoir attracted so little attention they had to be withdrawn. The artworks were created by Congo in the ...
SWAT Monkey
Thursday, April 21st, 2005 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »A Mesa, Ariz. police veteran has proposed training a capuchin monkey for high-risk police operations. The SWAT team monkey could unlock doors and search buildings on command, keeping SWAT personnel out of harm's way. A federal grant would pay for ...
Name That Monkey
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »The Wildlife Conservation Society is auctioning off the chance to name a new species of monkey. The new monkey was discoverd in Madidi National Park in Bolivia in 2000. The auction will begin Feb. 24 at charityfolks.com. Update: Those naming rights ...
New Species of Monkey Found
Tuesday, January 4th, 2005 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »Scientists have discovered a new species of monkey in the Himalayas. The stocky, short-tailed, brown-haired creatures have been named Macaca munzala. While the monkeys were new to scientists, locals were familiar with the animals and called them "mun zala" or ...
Monkey Portraiture
Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 Posted in Monkey News | 1 Comment »Just when you thought real hobbies were dead and gone, along comes an exhibit of monkey portraiture. It's actually pretty amazing work, done by photographer Jill Greenberg (don't recognize the name? poke around her site and you'll recognize images from magazine ...
Gorilla Uses Sign Language to Call for Dentist
Monday, August 9th, 2004 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »When 300-pound gorilla Koko had a toothache, she asked for a dentist. Koko is famous for mastering more than 1,000 American Sign Language signs. She made the sign for pain and pointed to her mouth. Dentists and veterinarians were dispatched ...
Walk On
Friday, July 23rd, 2004 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »A monkey in an Israeli zoo has started walking exclusively on its hindlegs after nearly being killed by a stomach virus. Monkeys usually alternate between walking on all fours and walking upright, but this monkey is walking upright all the ...
Monkey Mayhem
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »When the zoo says don't pound on the glass, they mean it. And now they're giving chimps a way to fight back. Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo opened a new habitat for apes that lets chimpanzees touch a panel and ...
