“obviously not your typical 2-year-old”

Tumani, gorilla at CO's Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, enjoys her second birthday.

“when the monkeys started screeching, the rats joined in”

New Zealand's Brooklands zoo turning their out-of-control rat infestation into a tourist attraction.

Stay alive, don't buy SS-themed Chinese!

I guess with the skull-and-crossbones motif, buyers were asking for trouble:

Skull-And-Crossbones Necklaces Recalled By Spencer Gifts Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

“a brazen, daylight apenapping”

6-foot-tall mechanical gorilla swiped from Tampa FL's State Vacuum. Be on the lookout for a gorilla in an Arizona Cardinals jersey.

Update: Recovered.

Sabotage!

What's the tie between foreign terrorists and the domestic maker of tainted peanut products that has sickened hundreds?

He's too much!

Frost miser paralyzes East Coast.

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Dangerous things come in threes lately:

Milestone AV Technologies Recalls Television Wall Mounts Sold Exclusively At Best Buy; Unit Can Crack, TV Can Fall On Consumers

High School Musical Manicure Kits Recalled by Fantas-Eyes Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

Lip Gloss Keychains Recalled By Markwins Beauty Products Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

Thanks a lot, Joe!

Both Connecticut Senators among the throng who voted to confirm our serial tax-cheat Secretary of the Treasury. Dodd I expect no better of, but I voted for Lieberman. Not again.

“asking him to use CG animals”

PETA spokeswoman Anjelica Huston insists the upcoming Tarzan be chimp-free.

Goodbye, Charley

28-year-old male chimpanzee at Maryland Zoo died suddenly this weekend. An echocardiogram last year "did not reveal any significant findings."

“duck if you’re a monkey”

The Philippine eagle (nee monkey-eating eagle) is featured.

“almost at the same moment as the inauguration”

Orangutan born at Indonesia's Ragunan Zoo. They've named her Obamy, out of respect.

“working with other zoos”

Colobus monkey at Toledo Zoo dies, orphaning baby Asante.

“and is doing fine”

Coquerel's sifaka born at Houston Zoo.

Get used to it!

<rush>What the Obama inauguration commitee learned from their Peking paymasters</rush>

“You can't just go to Monkeys-R-Us or EBay to get monkeys”

Reduced primate count threatens Santa Ana Zoo land grant.

Beating runner-up vampire bat

Pygmy loris voted "Animal-in-Chief" at Philadelphia Zoo.

“the lemur is the smallest of the world's primates”

French Propithecus coronatus lemur, being fostered by Zoo staff, has a teddy bear to snuggle.

“sat amongst other bemused passengers”

English bonobo, rejected by his mother, jets to Germany.

Stop me before I kill again, arghh!

Caroline Kennedy drops Senate bid reportedly to care for Uncle Teddy, suffering from side effects of champagne adulteration in his whisky flute.

“but a baby she was holding had a miraculous escape”

Indian woman dies attempting to escape marauding monkeys.

“no tumours were found”

Liesel, 32-year-old gorilla at Budapest Zoo, recovers after exploratory surgery on an ovary.

“firing in the air to scare off monkeys”

Poor marksmanship alleged in India

“The two often go unnoticed”

An anxious woman and her marmoset.

“It climbed to the top of the wire and peed on everybody”

Doc Simmons, director of Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, set to retire this year.

“a great veterinary program”

Mongoose lemur at MI's Potter Park Zoo gets diagnostic CT scan.

Genesis 2 in plastic vials

If your mad scientist dreams include exterminating the world's animals, the Frozen Zoo at San Diego Wild Animal Park has already foiled your evil plans.

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Children’s Sunglasses Recalled by Axiom Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Fisher-Price Recalls Simplicity’s Rainforest™ Portable Play Yards Due to Fall and Entrapment Hazards

Infantino Expands Recall of Infant Rattles Due to Choking Hazard

“stepped up efforts”

Bids sought for insurance for staff and animals at Uganda's Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

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Toy Xylophones Recalled by The Land of Nod Due to Choking Hazard

I don't like the sound of this:

A monkey is haunting Clearwater FL.

Update: "the species is known to throw feces when mad".

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Something for everyone!

Ryobi Corded Circular Saws Sold Exclusively at Home Depot Recalled By One World Technologies Inc. Due to Laceration Hazard

Top Goods Trading Recalls Flashing Pacifiers Due to Choking and Strangulation Hazard

Risk of Strangulation Prompts Recall of Window Blinds Sold at Cost Plus and World Market Stores

TDI International Recalls Toy Cars Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Cheyenne Industries Recalls Vanity Stools Due to Fall Hazard

Bet I'm not getting a pony after all!

I'm an embarrassment to Barack!


I only scored 14 on the Obama Test

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Rashti & Rashti Expands Recall of Infant Garments Due to Choking Hazard

“behind a large plate-glass window”

Ape house at Washington DC's National Zoo grows another gorilla as visitors watch.

Update: Milwaukee zoo wants you to know the mom grew up there.

“twigging”

The un-named infant gorilla at San Francisco Zoo, abandoned by his mother, is bonding well with foster mother Bawang.

“belt-tightening”

Chicago's Field Museum won't be hosting a display of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old fossil, after all.

‘introduction had gone "incredibly well"&rsquo

New Zealand's Hamilton Zoo provides zoo staff something to see (but not, one hopes, to emulate).

“Living up to 50 is pretty phenomenal”

Timmy, western lowland gorilla at KY's Louisville Zoo, will be celebrating his 50th birthday Jan. 17.

Slavish trend-follower me!

More medical things to worry about, vitamin D deficiency and hypoparathyroidism. Vitamin D deficiency is as trendy as it gets, but I'm guessing it's not much related to the achilles tendonitis.

“my credentials are not in order”

Harry Reid to US Constitution: Drop Dead! (h/t Althouse)

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Viking Range Corp. Recalls Toasters Due to Shock Hazard

Children’s Hooded Jackets with Drawstrings Recalled by Ms. Bubbles Inc. Due to Strangulation Hazard

and

Jardine Expands Recall of Cribs Sold by Babies“R”Us; Cribs Pose Entrapment and Strangulation Hazards

“Cell phones contain a metallic ore called coltan”

It sounds promising, but turns out pedestrian and ecoweenie: Cell phones for gorillas. (<Snide> I bet they contain a refined metal more than an ore</Snide>)

“Monkeys are worshipped by Hindu faithfuls”

Monkey-ridden Malta worries about India's monkey menace.

“waving at onlookers”

Surya, orangutan at FL's The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, rides a jet-ski as an enrichment activity, it says here. (h/t)

“due to her mother Lola’s advanced age”

Chimpanzee born at Spain's Fuengirola zoo.

“fruits, rice in ice-cream cones and nuts”

Birthday celebrated for 19-year-old orangutan Kamil at Australia's Melbourne Zoo.

“the babies are never left alone”

Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: a national center of gorilla hand-rearing expertise.