“a brain like a chimpanzee's”

Lucy takes Houston by storm as docents union fusses.

“another baby was born last Friday”

Lincoln Park Zoo grows their Goeldi's monkey troupe.

“reminiscent of Karl Rove”

Eddie Perez, leftist mayor of Hartford, CT, disappoints fellow travelers. It seems he's been stealing from the rich and keeping it.

(Also, weird kissing noises)

Kenyan monkeys make inappropriate hand gestures at local humans, apparently.

Chororapithecus abyssinicus

10-million-year-old species of pre-gorilla found in Ethiopian scrub.

Almost missed this non-monkey story...

China hates everyone. Eternal vigilance, boycott, &c. (Via Dr. Val and The Voice of Reason)

I Predict Failure

“the first Arabian zoo to breed the chimpanzee and the Arabian wild cat”

“I did not evolve from an ape”

He's sui generis  and he's proud.

Maybe it's not Incompetence?

How much before you say boycott?

“harsh measures”

Series of meaningless show-trials promised as China seeks coverup of deadly quality issues.

“a crafty alligator”

Is Oliver the monkey implicated in the escape shenanigans of Reggie the alligator?

“I'm tired of chasing a monkey”

Tupelo Zoo keepers played for fools by Oliver, the often-escaping monkey.

Gimme Back My Monkey!

Maryland woman fights city hall for monkey's return.

“Clouds are that 800-pound gorilla”

Newsflash: Debate not so settled, Al.

"Goodbye and good riddance"

Nancy-boy John Edwards issues the phrase that'll follow him for all time, along with that photo of him gazing into the compact, mesmerized.

Doing jobs that humans won't

Pacific Northwest to host hordes of defective chimpanzees.

Goodbye Donge

Donge, 22-year-old female lowland gorilla at Canada's Calgary Zoo, euthanized after long illness.

Made in China is like skull & crossbones

More fears about toothpaste, toys. China constructs crap, too.

“Kheti Bachao Sangrah Samiti”

India's monkey-menaced farmers search for someone to do something.

“tainted Chinese-made toothpaste”

Toothpaste recall a feather in Danbury Hospital's cap.

“The more we know, the more complex the story gets”

Red / blue divergence in fossil record?

An average college town

Madison, WI, police capture diaper-wearing bitey monkey.

“the 300-pound gorilla throwing its weight around”

Germans have a record-low opinion of America. Also, Rowayton lobster catch continues to disappoint.

“stashing the furry fist-size primate under his hat”

Marmoset smuggler finds no welcome in New York City.

I'm picturing chimpanzees loose on the lanes

Embracing stereotypes, Iowa's Great Ape Trust wins as charity Bowlathon for Great Apes is a $20,000 hit.

“the little bitty ol' monkey”

Oliver the monkey home safe and sound in Tupelo, MS.

"How come the public has no inkling about this?"

Australopithecus  fossil Lucy now touring the US.

They call him the iceman

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen startles Hungarian paddock dressed as a gorilla.

“escaped”

Buffalo Park and Zoo in Tupelo, Miss. is missing a monkey.

“de Waal got it mostly wrong”

A defender of bonobo morality is found. Surprise: it's straight arrow Dinesh D'Souza.

Tonedeaf, with a bullet

Harry "Who Me?" Reid: Drop Dead! to Minnesota. (via Lileks at buzz.mn)

Sissy Pomade will be subsidized, tho!

In a fit of pique, Elizabeth Edwards declares you'll have to farm your own strawberries and cream, and carbon-free too, if you want to eat, come the revolution.

“Fisher-Price to Recall Nearly 1M Toys”

When you buy anything, remember China makes crap.

One monkey's question

Why have Democrats kept silent on unsettled warmonger Barack Obama and why haven't they revealed his plans to attack friendly governments?