That's gonna leave a mark

Miami Metrozoo vet bitten by Orangutan.

"The monkeys live in harmony with the people of Boabeng- Fiema"

Boabeng/Fiema is the only village in Ghana and Africa with over two hundred Geoffroy's Pied Colobus and five hundred Campbell's Mona Monkeys. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is left to the reader's tastes.

What tranquilizer gun?

History of problems at Franklin Park, allied zoos.

'cause we can't find reverse

Gorilla trekking in Uganda

What crime wave?

UK monkey breeder burgled out of business. Police hoping malefactors turn themselves in.

"Zoo officials said some problems had been fixed"

Inspection finds Washington D.C. National Zoo slumlike.

Neener, neener, neener

Columbus Zoo reminds us that none of their gorillas ever escaped into public areas. I blame Teddy.

Update: They admit they're concerned about the Orangutans, though.

Them or Us!

Harvard Anthropologist predicts extinction of wild Orangutans in 10-20 years, World Wide Fund for Nature calls shenanigans.

Locking the Zoo Door After the Gorilla's Gone

Franklin Park Zoo announces new security measures.

Be Glad it Wasn't Hoss

New York Post plays Boston escape story for laughs.

Update: with small blurry photo of gorilla at bus shelter.

Update: Same photo, I think, cropped wider to show police.

Update: Rantburg's view

What's going on in Boston?

A New Zealand news site reports one person injured by a gorilla, escaped from Franklin Park Zoo, roaming Roxbury. I don't see any more local confirmation, though.

Update: not to be confused with this Franklin Park Zoo escape.

Update: UK Reuters has it

Update: Newsday AP confirms, two injured, and apparently it was Little Joe, the August escapee referenced above.

Update: A few more details.

Yeah, that oughta do it

A Hindu priest performs marriage ceremonies for snakes, fish, lizards, crabs, crows, ducks, parrots, dogs, donkeys, monkeys, cows and horses. Also people. "The marriage ceremony was held for the sake of peace."

"any monkey crossing the road otherwise than by the bridge will be fined"

Thailand builds brachiating bridge.

"If I die it is not going to be from a sudden cardiac arrest"

Wyoming CPR instructors don the traditional gorilla costumes.

Splish Splash

Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywood.

You're harshing our tourism mellow!

Nepalese yeti-mongers outraged by claim that yeti is a bear.

If At First You Don't Succeed

Obsessive North Carolina gardener hopes to get in a banana crop.

Hollywood still out of ideas

Animated feature of Curious George looms.

Bad medicine

Grisly story of Malaysian 5-year old savaged by monkey.

Indonesian Parliament building infested

Perhaps of friend of this one.

"Initial tests date it back to the prehistoric age"

Old bones found in UK gravel pit.

"Goodall will not make an appearance at the film screening"

On the other hand, banana treats will be served prior to the screening.

Paging Tom Ridge

Researchers under attack by terrorists.

Every word, including "the" and "and"

China claims to establish nature reserve to protect golden monkeys.

Another mouth to feed

Louisville Zoo gorilla pregnant.

It's just common sense

Don't drink river water without boiling it, don't eat monkey unless it's well-done.

If there are no eyes, avoid all contact

"The Action Heroine's Handbook" on sasquatch encounters: avoid eye contact.

Great for monkeys, what about people?

Wake Forest researchers develop line of monkey stem cells from gamete, not zygote.

Glenville NY escapee reported

Capuchin on the loose! "Mary Malewicz said, 'Grab his tail. He's prehensile...'"

Update: still missing

I blame Gray Davis

I don't like the look of this!

In your case, I'll make an exception!

Texas I.D. advocates preach to the choir.

Back in the box, Debbie!

Zoo vets inflict Skinnerian behavior mods on their charges.

Monkeys in the Blogs

The Cheese Stands Alone puts an end to idle speculation.

The short end of the stick

Malacca Zoo swaps with Germans.

Bad News for Monkeys!

Hawaiian banana output declines 30%. Banana bunchy top virus remains a concern for growers.

"Rumans said the zoo poses no health risk to humans"

Diagnosis in Topeka Zoo orangutan death: rabbit fever.

$12 million / 12 gorillas

Louisville Zoo wins national award for Gorilla Forest exhibit.

"Then along came eBay"

Cleveland man collects "see no evil" monkeys. Local paper finds it newsworthy.

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Emory University says capuchins want what they see other capuchins get.

"more intelligent than other monkeys of the same size"

Scranton, PA to build "Wildlife Center" full of non-native species. I say it's a zoo, and I say to hell with it!

Update: Curator is durned old bird lady.

"he decided he wanted some bigger primates"

Welsh court says "Sure, go ahead, have as many monkeys as you want."

A cat, a dog, maybe a goldfish?

Don't get a monkey for a pet!

"the monkey poses a safety and health risk"

One and a half months later, Green Bay says no, and means it this time. Bellevue, watch out.

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Duke researchers say monkeys tend to look in the same direction that they see other monkeys look.

"probably only has weeks left to live"

Crowds flock to Barcelona Zoo to watch Snowflake, world's only albino gorilla, die.

"according to a new survey"

Annanova reports that Daydream Believer by The Monkees is Britain's top karaoke tune.

All the loonies together in one spot

Bigfoot believers assemble.

"they said we should catch the monkey"

Serbian escapee located, zoo officials said uninterested.

"far more complicated than a Xerox machine"

Monkey-cloning attempts remain unsuccessful

See the Freaks!

Another of the 650 Britons planning on making a monkey-suited spectacle of themselves.

it still moves

Texas Board of Education is lobbied by friends, foes of science.

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Three year study says male baboons aren't bad parents.

I Don't Even Believe in Jeebus!

Arizona assistant pastor thinks African Eve disproves evolution.

"I have never done any physical exercise before this "

Normally sedentary man to raise money for monkeys by running through London in gorilla suit.

No blogging today

Go here instead

Clumsy!

New Zealand vets repair broken golden lion tamarin. That's one ugly little monkey.

Update: Pictures of the surgery

"He is the 100-pound gorilla sitting in the middle of this debate"

Moonbat Maxine likens the President to a remarkably puny gorilla. Even a chimpanzee can beat 100 pounds!

Do You Want to Touch my Monkey?

A woman in Germany has been driven out of her marital bed by a jealous pet monkey.

"Image is a huge problem obviously"

Rwanda seeks to restart tourist industry. Never crowded anymore, so they've got that going for them.

3 people dead, though

Colobus monkey recovers from West Nile at Denver Zoo.

Westerns looking better all the time

Lucy Lawless to join cast of new Tarzan series.

All is not well in New Zealand

Auckland Zoo deaths continue.

Filler

Erma Bombeck wannabe reports "Cheetah still not dead. Tarzan, Jane not so lucky."

Greatest Hits

Faced with deadline, columnist reports on 1923 Ape-Man On The Loose column

Let them eat cane rats!

Zoological Society of London to encourage consumption of less photogenic Bushmeat species.

Tie a string to a banana, that'll do it

Idaho high-schoolers tempt fate, attempt to attract noted monkey lady.

You could go unnoticed in such a place

"'Donde esta el mono?" Travel writer visits monkeys in Nicaragua.

Now what'll the tourists watch?

Wayan Limbak, originator of Ketjak, dead at 106.

Loss of face

No results reported yet in yeti search

Something stinks!

Florida PBS squanders money to produce "skunk ape" special.

Trouble in Kansas

Sick orangutans at Topeka Zoo reported improving.

Update: Better, but not well

"strange things like this tend to happen in Norfolk"

UK escapees still on the loose.

Update: Hopes fade in monkey search

"The supposed bottle of MDMA was already empty, but some frozen monkey brains left over from the study remained"

MDMA brain-damage study flawed.

Kenyan State House infestation resolved

They've moved some of them next door. The rest got jobs in research!

"They're nobody's pet"

Idaho trainer thinks of chimps as family

Update: more

Just don't name him Bruce

Melbourne zoo has new baby orang-utan.

Those aren't chocolate chips

Monkey Muffins: when you can't think of a brandname that isn't disturbing.

"various clubs make nightlife in Monkey village very exciting"

Nigeria's "Monkey village" now without monkeys.

"We don't have hard figures to prove how effective it is"

Sendai Municipal Government officials sponsor "monkey forecast."

"wild monkeys do not have bosses"

Asahi Shimbun seeks link between leadership of local monkey troop and of the nation.

Cold Turkey

Chilean circus chimp repatriated.

Slander!

King of the monkey-haters Frank J badmouthed at Wizbang!

"if you chance upon a gorilla, crouch down, and bow your head as though praying"

"If there is a common element to adventure in Africa, it is the excitement that comes from facing the maw."

Now that's appetizing

Monkee-themed restaurant in Virginia.

It's all over but the shrieking

Man, monkeys doomed, scientists journalists say.

Update: cover-up begins!

"allows a monkey to move a remote robot arm just by thinking of doing it"

Amplified monkeys, from the folks who really invented the Internet.

"Monkey fights are not uncommon"

Tales of the zoo veterinarian

Johannesburg escapee captured

Still, wash all produce before eating.

"they are obviously not welcomed by others living in the neighbourhood"

And you thought the durned old bird lady was a nuisance.

"They scampered like lizards out across the beach"

Via Tiger: Raggin' & Rantin', a tale of the Island of the Chimps. Don't go there.

Ghana prepares to celebrate

Happy World Tourism Day, mind you don't step in the dung.

It's not "autopsy" unless the surgeon will also be a gorilla

Gorilla dead after brief illness.