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Monkeys Living Near Florida Airport Connected to 1948 Zoo Escape
For over 70 years, a small population of African green monkeys has been thriving in a mangrove forest near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. A team of researchers recently conducted a genetic analysis to determine the monkeys’ origin story, and it turns out that they’re longtime Florida residents and likely descendants of a 1948…
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These Monkeys Understand Economics and Intentionally Steal High-Ticket Items to Barter for Better Food, Study Finds
Some of you all may be familiar with the crime ring of long-tailed macaque monkeys that reside around the Uluwatu Temple in Bali, Indonesia, who were thrust into infamy a few years ago for stealing from tourists and holding the ransom until they were paid in food. As if that visual weren’t mind-blowing enough, a…
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Wikimedia Won’t Take Down This Photo, Because A Monkey Took It
Time and time again, British nature photographer David Slater has asked the editors of Wikipedia to stop using his photos without permission. Unfortunately for Slater, at least in the eyes of the Wikimedia Foundation, they’re not quite his photos — because the monkey pressed the shutter.
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Every Bikini Model Should Be Photographed By A Monkey
I think they were on to something in 1963. After all, just imagine all the lovely angles a monkey could capture during a bikini photoshoot. [Where is my mind? via Boing Boing]