"it was believed that horses who saw performing monkeys would be blessed with good health"

Japan's Higashi Tsukuba Utopia zoo to teach traditional monkey handling.

"Trainees will live in the zoo compounds for the yearlong course and will be given a Japanese macaque after completing their studies...The entrance fee is 300,000 yen, and monthly tuition is 150,000 yen."

"whether it is something they would like to see and be willing to pay for"

Chiquita to breed super-banana.

"small areas of dry forest and wet elfin woodland"

UNESCO adds Sumatran rainforest, four other sites, to World Heritage List. I think they get a plaque or something.

"She is an excellent, experienced mother"

Sumatran orangutan born at St. Louis Zoo.

"still not clear whether primates are ever aware of being deceptive"

The smarter, the more likely to be dishonest, say St Andrews University psychologists, who're probably both very smart.

"I wanted to bring animals here that a lot of kids may have never seen before"

One-man zoo in North Carolina looks to add monkeys.

"Plant the roots and see where the shoots will go"

Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall brings indoctrination program to Mississippi.

"Life has become a nightmare"

Baboons running amok in South Africa's Glencairn.

"The zoo lost its glamour when African animals like orangutan, rhinoceros and giraffe died in 1997"

India's Dhaka Zoo looks for government money to spiff things up a bit and get some animals.

Update, long after the fact: It's in Bangladesh. Sorry for getting it wrong.

"satellite-derived map products"

Via Science Blog, European Space Agency prototypes maps of mountain gorilla habitat.

"Phase Ib/IIa double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial"

Press release touts favorable results in monkey tests of drug for Parkinson's.

"a small but diverse collection of animals"

At Washington's Cougar Mountain Zoo, roomier accomodations for lemurs, other improvements underway.

"Robots are used a lot in space"

Innocent schoolchildren taught to use Legos® to build robotic flying monkeys.

The text

The Rowland Report.

"It's his hot tub"

Rowland to keep ill-gotten hot tub, says Greenwich Time.

"Isn't this a drain of State property?"

All's not well at China's urban zoos.

"a living legend in the history of Bigfoot sightings"

Texans convene for Southern Crypto Conference.

Unnamed sources

CT paper reports Rowland in plea deal.

"Every child gets a treat from Just Juice"

New Zealand's Auckland Zoo to celebrate removal of annoying chimps to Hamilton Zoo.

"Dogs and cats are actually quite hard work"

Demand for monkeys and other exotic pets grows in the UK.

"he's not yet sure how people or apes will react"

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo new Regenstein Center for African Apes gives chimps non-lethal weapons, ignores possibility of chimp MacGyver.

"I've had people say, 'Hey, I've seen those gorillas! What's that about?' "

Billboards gain gorillas in Kansas.

"Crouch or kneel down, so the gorilla is above or across from you"

Rocky Mountain News gives absurd advice on gorilla viewing in zoos.

"there are a handful of eligible females this spring"

Gorilla procurers, as well, at Colorado's Denver Zoo.

"We draw the line at eating the placenta"

Baby gorillas at Colorado's Denver Zoo.

"Open the door in the morning, and they go outside"

Gorilla Base Camp at Riverbanks Zoo, in South Carolina, stands silent now, but in less than a month there'll be some gorillas in there. Meanwhile, they got cows.

"it's easier to breed animals in captivity than to keep them from breeding"

Zookeepers can't have too many contraceptives.

"If you have a cold, you won't be allowed to go"

Washington Post gives advice on gorilla viewing. A necessarily futile attempt to get thru the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is suggested.

"It was right down the street from where I work"

Man finds brass key to win contest at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.

"The crowd was sparse, though vendors insisted that more will be on hand today"

Tarzan enthusiasts convene in Fort Collins, CO.

Send this guy the bug letter

UK restaurant accidentally sends email to "Monkey" to unhappy customer instead.

"a gorilla at the National Zoo never had tuberculosis"

Washington Zoo gorilla doesn't have TB.

Like owls to Athens

Pakistan's Changa Manga man-made forest (originally planted and irrigated by the British to provide wood for railway engines) to get monkey house.

Why Johnny Won't Read

A picture from Universal's Curious George Movie.

"Crichton looks up to see one of the male apes heading for him in a mad rush"

Michael Crichton's cry for attention.

Press 3 to escape from enclosure

Wichita's Sedgwick County Zoo to place informational kiosk in The Downing Gorilla Forest.

"The scientists experimented with African Green Monkeys"

SARS vaccine in spritz form being tested on monkeys.

First Fahrenheit 911, now this

Chim chim to ride again.

"Then to be able to see them doing what they can do"

Lemurs up a tree in Albany, GA.

"Whether these animals exist or not, there's still a story"

Sasquatch-botherers to confer in Houston. Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall is name-checked.

"to figure out how humans got to here from there"

Iowa Becoming a Primate Magnet, reports Science magazine.

"Historic Trentham"

UK to get the first monkey park of its kind. Doesn't say what kind.

"That guy is smart"

A little more detail on the Berlin Zoo abortive gorilla escape.

"2. Chimpanzee Kalu, owns estate worth 53 million pounds"

Ten richest animals list.

"the first proof of hibernation in a primate"

Madagascan fat-tailed dwarf lemur too dim to know not to hibernate in summer.

"a fruit packed with fiber, vitamin C and B6 and potassium"

Monkeys on the South Beach Diet(TM) have cause for rejoicing.

"climbed over the top of the glass wall surrounding his outside enclosure"

Gorilla escapes enclosure at Berlin Zoo. Sketchy report says recaptured without injuries.

Update: A little more detail, still pretty thin.

"a flat face, small teeth and a crest atop its head"

Profile of, and email interview with, Louis Leakey's granddaughter, Louise.

Put those extra gmail invites to good use!

Bloggers with gmail invites to give away, consider donating them to the troops here and here.

"Visitors can watch them through a window-lined tunnel"

Gorillas measuring the walls at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

"in conjunction with the release of Murphy's book, Meet the Sasquatch"

Vancouver Museum runs bigfoot exhibit as part of book promo.

"numerous complaints from the public"

PETA takes on Leno.

If I did a "word of the day" kind of thing

This'd be schadenfreude. Via Big Green Ogres.

"a single clock, whether you're a whale, a shark, a chimpanzee, a human or a plankton"

Genetics vs. fossils. Cladists getting frozen out, I think.

"still some people continue to eat monkey meat"

Ebola backgrounder.

Don't go away mad, just go away!

So, Rowland's going to go, but he's going to stick out the rest of the month.

"People think I'm a fringe lunatic, but I'm a Socratic professor"

Ohio University prof uses bigfoot to teach critical thinking, or something.

Apparently, Rowland will go.

Rowland Will Go!

Fox News reports Rowland will resign, via Associated Press, no link so far.

Update: AP reports Rowland to announce resignation at 6 PM.

"prison garb and monkey masks"

PETA press release announces plans to protest medicine.

And, Rowland must go.

"This is the first of this type of helicopter to enter service in Rwanda"

Rwanda's Akagera Aviation buys helicopters to entice lazy, yet adventurous, gorilla-spotters.

And, Rowland must go.

"this is an extremely positive move for them"

New Zealand's Auckland Zoo dumps chimpanzees on neighboring Hamilton Zoo to make room for more crowd-pleasing orangutans.

And, Rowland must go.

"We're hoping Casey gets the hang of it"

New Orleans gorilla porn. Safe for work.

And, Rowland must go.

"Captive great apes can live for more than 60 years"

A day at Florida's Primate Rescue Center, where humans visit by invitation only.

And, Rowland must to go.

" 'Whatever that has happened to us is in the past,' he says. 'I still love her and wish her the best.' "

Singapore Zoo's Ah Meng the orangutan turns 44. Refreshments are served.

And, Rowland must go.

"the animals stay on Morgan Island for at least two years"

It's official: Morgan Island monkeys to stay put, for now.

And, Rowland must go.

"monkeys used a strategy that considers the reward from past choices"

Monkeys and economics.

And, Rowland must go.

"he could have been motivated by fear, anger or desire to breed."

Not with three barrels he can't.

And, Rowland must go.

Signs of the Apocalypse

"A fully automated electronic monkey that will ride a bicycle throughout the grounds while talking, singing and playing games with fairgoers".

And, Rowland must go.

"we offered food — and so did others — hoping it would go away. But it didn’t."

Monkey runs amok in Calcutta.

And, Rowland must go.

"hair and blood samples"

San Diego Zoo identifies baby daddy.

And, Rowland must go.

"The zoo symbolizes the city"

San Diego Zoo's advertising campaign to emphasize animals.

And, Rowland must go.

"the animals bit one of the policemen who is now lying critically ill"

Nigerian police arrest surviving human accomplices of slain hyena, monkey masterminds.

And, Rowland must go.

Out anti-terror allies at work

Hong Kong officials unable to capture injured macaque at high school.

And, Rowland must go.

"Strong males were found engaging in intimate behaviour"

Homosexual behavior among Sichuan Golden Monkeys.

And, Rowland must go.

Lurkers support him in email

Director of Detroit Zoo, who's sending away the elephants for their own good, says he's hanging onto the chimps for the foreseeable future.

And, Rowland must go.

"This has been a dream of mine"

Buffalo Zoo fund-raising nears $26 million phase one goal. Later phases, and subsequent millions, will yield an outdoor gorilla habitat.

And, Rowland must go.

"Promiscuous and monogamous monkey species have different patterns of vasopressin receptor expression"

It's all in your head, say Emory University researchers.

And, Rowland must go.

"some of the animals can peek at apes in other families"

Apes at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo seem pleased with new digs.

And, Rowland must go.

"There's lots of paper work and applications"

Real-life experiences with Capuchin companion.

And, Rowland must go.

"Porter hopes to continue her research with another long-term study"

Goeldi’s monkey said to go about things a bit differently.

And, Rowland must go.

"They were not Interahamwe like the Monitor claims"

No Interahamwe attacks in Bwindi or Mgahinga national parks, says Uganda Wildlife Authority.

And, Rowland must go.

"the monkey dishes are primarily macaques"

Congo: the land of adventurous dining.

And, Rowland must go.

"a rare, unexpected leap over a 12-foot exhibit wall"

Revised edition of So You Want to Raise Gorillas to be prepared.

A gorilla can't jump a 15 foot wall. Not with three barrels on him, not with three barrels he can't.

And, Rowland must go.

That oughta hold the little bastards

After almost three months of lockdown, Dallas Zoo ready to reopen reinforced gorilla exhibit.

And, Rowland must go.

"if you’d like to know more about how you can also experience nocturnal visits by wild elephants..."

While visiting Malaysia’s Mawai Eco-camp to view monkeys and such have someone keep an eye on your pajamas.

And, Rowland must go.

"The zoo now has five ring tailed lemurs"

Indiana's ME's Zoo has new babies, including ring-tailed lemur.

And, Rowland must go.

"the brake ducts on the four cars were illegal"

Racers and lawyers.

And, Rowland must go.

"like a bear and half man, that walked like a monkey"

Second annual Everglades Skunk Ape Festival.

And, Rowland must go.

"they received a behind-the-scenes tour to meet the animals"

Texas's Amarillo Zoo has success with Zoo Kidz Summer Fun Day.

And, Rowland must go.

"people assumed there was a law against keeping wild animals in houses"

Minnesota bans pet lemurs, wild cats, bears, or monkeys. Current owners are grandfathered, and can replace the animal once, so act soon.

"Murphy wanted to see dangerous snakes, alligators, wolves and wolf hybrids included in the bill, but the opposition was too great."

And, Rowland must go.

"that animal is just sitting there, as it has been for seven years"

Further delays on providing a proper enclosure for Honolulu Zoo's Rusti the orangutan.

And, Rowland must go.

"He said he had about 80 different animals in his home"

Demopolis, AL Public Library welcomes monkeys, other exotic wildlife.

And, Rowland must go.

"Can you imagine the entire jungle canopy filled with them?"

Wisconsin's Vilas Zoo gets two golden lion tamarins.

And, Rowland must go.

"Female ring-tailed lemurs outrank the male lemurs"

Minnesota Zoo opens "Lemurs: Ghosts of Madagascar."

And, Rowland must go.

"Orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla, Republican?"

Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall churns out another movie.

And, Rowland must go.

"about five miles southeast of downtown Des Moines"

Iowa to get more great apes.

And, Rowland must go.

One day closer to Planet of the Apes

"He envisioned a day when, after transplanting human stem cells into a monkey’s brain, “you walk into a lab in 2090 and the monkey says, ’Good morning.’""

And, Rowland must go.

"runners pound pell mell through urban obstacle courses"

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys plenty butch, says Tony Bridges: they've turned running away into an extreme sport.

And, Rowland must go.

"the transition from wild resources utilization"

China to protect Golden-haired Monkey, other endangered species.

And, Rowland must go.

"she gave pap smears to her dog"

North Carolina monkey abuser jailed.

And, Rowland must go.

"hundreds more remain ill with bleeding from their mouths"

Diarrhea epidemic among monkeys in India's Himachal Pradesh.

Update: more.

And, Rowland must go.

"We are getting endless streams of incoming orphans"

African ape sanctuaries to evict charges, concentrate on fund-raising.

And, Rowland must go.

"a trip to the Gobi Desert in search of the Mongolian Death Worm"

UK duo seek Sumatran yeti.

And, Rowland must go.

"it has a spookily human gait"

Engineers at Stanford University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory build robotic rock-climbing lemur. Robotic rock-throwing monkey can't be far behind.

And, Rowland must go.

"People see us, and they're really surprised"

Holland, MI public school students annoy tax-payers with giant papier mache monkey, other, puppets "to express world peace." Teacher Peter Middleton's been at it a while, it seems.

Indepundit's had some things to say lately about activist teachers.

And, Rowland must go.

"Along with the gorilla went four concrete lions"

Iowa's Niabi Zoo gets 4,000-pound concrete gorilla after homeowner, etc, decide they don't want it.

And, Rowland must go.

"the infants are being cared for around the clock at the zoo's Animal Health Complex"

Golden lion tamarin gives birth to twins at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo.

And, Rowland must go.

"you can catch them for brief periods of time on weekdays"

Twin golden lion tamarins on limited display in Syracuse, NY.

And, Rowland must go.

"there is no documented precedence of both twins surviving"

Good: Twin mountain gorillas born at Rwanda's Parc National des Volcans.
Bad: "As the infants grow, carrying them will become increasingly challenging for the mother, potentially threatening survival." (Also, volcanoes.)

And, Rowland must go

"The new administration has said its main priority will be the problems of farmers"

Indian monkeys need not learn to forge paddock passes.

And, Rowland must go.

"Adams told the magistrates she had been looking after Cheeko for a friend"

UK woman fined £150 and banned from keeping primates for five years.

And, Rowland must go.

"its 3,200-square meter (10,499 square feet) gorilla enclosure is one of the largest urban facilities in the world"

South Africa's National Zoo gorillas must be "returned to their natural habitat, say "animal rights activists". Their natural habitat: Gorilla Haven, it seems, which "has supported the Limbe Wildlife Center for several years". (It would have killed you to round up a foot?)

And, Rowland must go.

"people live in the zoo"

India's Mahatma Gandhi Zoo animals to go somewhere else.

And, Rowland must go.

"Present were Torgbi Debra V and Mama Dewude V"

U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Mary Carlin Yates visits Volta, cuts ribbon at Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary Visitors' Center.

And, Rowland must go.

"Findings may explain mood and behavior changes in women"

Synthetic steroid hormone medroxyprogesterone acetate, widely used in contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, makes female monkeys more angry, less horny.

And, Rowland must go.

"The situation is much more critical than we thought"

West African chimpanzees extinct in two decades, claim Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance researchers.

And, Rowland must go.

Back in your cage, ape!

Honolulu Zoo turns down $200,000 gift for new enclosure for Rusti the orangutan until Orangutan Foundation International releases all strings.

And, Rowland must go.

"killing a monkey with a service rifle in the cow belt could have triggered a negative reaction"

Monkey half-way house to be established in Lucknow, India.

And, Rowland must go.

"His family emigrated to the United States when he was 6 months old"

Johnny Weissmuller gets gets birthplace plaque in Romania.

And, Rowland must go.

With respect

RIP, Mr. President.

"whatever you do, avoid eye contact" (if there are no eyes, avoid all contact)

Uganda; where gorillas and exceptionally tall pygmies await.

And, Rowland must go.

The other other plan

German conservationist says cute animals make better mascots. German-language naked mole rat sites dismayed.

And, Rowland must go.

"this Central African country was dubbed the Switzerland of Africa before the genocide"

Travel writer says the chances of being hacked to death by machete are acceptably low and now's the time to visit Rwanda and look for gorillas.

And, Rowland must go.

"A camera was trained on the rare infants"

Science News looks back to 1934 and the first chimpanzee twins born in captivity.

And, Rowland must go.

"The long neglected 'dunces' of primates"

Lemur intelligence trials continued by researchers at Duke.

And, Rowland must go.

"None of the ECT-treated monkeys showed pathological findings"

Shock therapy advocates giving monkeys the business. Conclusion: safe as milk.

And, Rowland must go.

"abhorrent and incomprehensible"

Trial set to begin in Namibia for two men who killed a third, claiming to have mistaken him for a baboon, and buried the remains 35 miles away.

And, Rowland must go.

"their human counterparts will sacrifice a cow"

Professional anthropologist turned amateur primatologist honored in Madagascar.

And, Rowland must go.

"Primate researchers are known for their enthusiasm about working together"

American Society of Primatologists to convene next week, at University of Wisconsin-Madison. You're not invited.

And, Rowland must go.

"Hormones rage, you know?"

Kansas's Sedgwick County Zoo adds five gorillas.

And, Rowland must go.

"The primates were made to return into the wild"

Balikpapan Orangutan Survival turns 24 orangutans loose.

And, Rowland must go.

Abohar, Punjab

"MONKEY NUISANCE: A monkey entered female ward of Nehru Memorial Civil Hospital on Tuesday evening and bit a woman looking after an ailing child on an alarm by the woman people gathered and the monkey left."

-- The Tribune, India

And, Rowland must go.

"despite appearances, the fossa is a close cousin of the mongoose"

Meet the fossa, Madagascar's predator of lemurs, and whatever else it can sink its retractable claws into.

And, Rowland must go.

Snapple "Real Fact" #357

A baboon is a variety of lemon.

And, Rowland must go.

"the animal is an ape, not a monkey"

"Animal rights" complainers upset by new UK anti-drunken driving campaign.

And, Rowland must go.

"area around the Monkey Barrel and Boiler Room"

Bruin roaming Gainesville, GA.

And, Rowland must go.

"these data pave the way for clinical safety studies"

Crucell N.V. says a single dose of its vaccine has completely protected monkeys against Ebola in recently performed studies. Next step, find out if it's safe for humans.

And, Rowland must go.