"Max was a folk hero"

Johannesburg Zoo holds memorial service for Max the crimefighting gorilla.

"the Palarivattom Forest Flying Squad"

Indian Forest officials do poor job in dealing with monkey.

"the animals appeared to be enjoying themselves"

Yesterday was "Ice Block Day" at Utah's Hogle Zoo.

"It's education through entertainment"

The new zoo paradigm: more infotainment, fewer bad smells.

"they might bite the tourists"

Ocean City, MD Town Council says "No!" to chimpanzees on the Boardwalk.

"giant monkey men of Chilton County"

Alabama paper promotes Bigfoot as "one of those great stories that was just too outlandish to have made up."

"Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is concerned"

Blumenthal shocked, shocked! to find that gambling is going on in here.

Bwindi, again

Getting good help while gorilla touristing.

"unfounded and frivolous"

Blumenthal dismisses concerns of bar owners, other bourgeoisie.

"This is a deceptive book"

Felipe Fernández-Armesto's Humankind: A Brief History wants us to add great apes to the definition. Social scientists who think they're scientists, even more fun than physicists who thought they were psychologists.

"21 cultivars of native banana"

New Scientist article includes photos of the vitamin-rich banana that's orange.

"Their passion compensates for the lack of money"

Indian film-makers compete for nature documentary prize. Sir David Attenborough, Richard Leakey, and Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall plan to attract attention.

"the public can watch zoo veterinarian Jeff Wyatt treat animals"

Rochester, NY's Seneca Park Zoo adds Animal Health and Education Complex. Their health, your education.

"cages and peculiar chirping and squeaking sounds"

Cheryl Ullrich is Iowa's only licensed USDA monkey breeder, probably.

It's mandatory

How the space laser works.

"Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society"

Wake Forest researchers say stress bad for female monkeys, maybe for women.

"We're the first to read out the goal of the movement"

Scientists (non-mad) can read monkey's minds.

"I think it's a better product"

Baltimore Zoo to reduce animal headcount, concentrate on building maintenance and salaries.

"$360 for foreign tourists"

Ekimansulo must not be working out: Uganda to raise gorilla-viewing fee for foreigners, effective August 1.

"Far more research is needed"

Monkey trials on new Merck HIV drug look promising.

"Macaques flee the place at the sight of the fierce-looking langur"

India's Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, has langur bodyguard to protect against pesky monkeys in parliament.

"an unidentified boy who let a monkey loose Tuesday"

Monkey runs amok in Minnesota's Winona County Fair.

"A bright orange banana that looks like a carrot"

Micronesian banana rich in beta-carotene, say experts. Don't try hiding from Micronesian monkeys at night.

"there are no restrictions in the state against owning a monkey"

Michigan authorities capture stray macaque in Bruce Township.

Update: Owner shows up, authorities make it stink.

"Charcoal-dextran stripped fetal bovine serum"

I haven't got a clue, but apparently scientists learned something, and used monkey kidney cells to do it.

"It's hard to explain how it happened"

SV40-contaminated polio vaccine produced in Soviet Union after 1963, New Scientist reports.

"This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations"

One-third of Rwanda's Kagera National Park destroyed by fire.

Fidel Ruzinganekwe, executive director of the Rwanda Wildlife Agency, attributed the cause of the fires to the dry season and poachers, who, after killing wild animals, roast them within the park

"Ascending the hill is not for the feeble minded"

Nigeria's Obudu Mountain touted as a land of nature's wonders, gorillas, and other primates.

through Aug. 29

Dian Fossey gorilla photos on display at Walnut Creek CA's Lindsay Wildlife Museum.

"the third bonobo born at the zoo since December"

Randy little baby bonobo born at Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

"a semi-true movie called The Legend of Boggy Creek"

Texas cryptozoology buff doesn't call it Bigfoot. He calls it Boggy.

meta, meta, meta

Blogger's been a bit temperamental the last few days, I think I've cleaned up the duplicate posts.

"leave leftover fruit like watermelon, mashed banana, or jelly in a prominent place in the yard"

Newspaper's butterfly-attraction recipe inadvisable in monkey country. Details on attracting cabbage whites inadvisable in any country.

"letters to the environment ministers of the three countries"

UN urges that something be done. Sternly-worded General Assembly resolution next, probably.

"if the animals die it will be natural death, we wont be responsible for it"

Bangladesh's Dhaka National Zoo home to geriatric animals, and provides only minimal veterinary care.

"head injuries and a possible broken leg"

Most monkeys are, I think, smart enough to stay out of Ape Cave.

"he beat up fleeing thief Isaac Mofokeng who had jumped into his enclosure"

Johannesburg Zoo to erect memorial to Max, the late crime-fighting gorilla.

"Sometimes I think you just have to stick by what you believe"

St. Louis Zoo to send gorilla family to Philadelphia Zoo.

"some of the troops have learnt how to smash windows and lift sliding doors off their rails"

Baboons implicated in Cape Town crimewave.

"It's easy to collect"

University of Illinois professor to specialize in monkey dung.

"catch the monkey or we will bring traffic to a halt"

Himachal Pradesh villagers threaten roadblocks if government doesn't put an end to monkey rampage.

"scurrying to the wildlife authorities"

India's Himachal Pradesh unveils five-year plan to control monkeys by increasing supply of natural feed, educating the public, and sterilizing every male monkey they can get hold of.

"the forest provides many ecological and economical services"

Despite increasing mountain gorilla population, WWF declares disaster, denounces agriculture.

"The closest, she said, is probably the monkey mountain in France"

So-called animal lovers seek to strand Singapore monkeys on coral reef, establish tourist attraction.

"it trapped 26 mice in one night in the saki monkey and tamandua anteater exhibit"

If you build a better mousetrap, the National Zoo will beat a path to your door.

"Gorillas in the Virungas and Bwindi"

I'm starting to think that the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest may, in fact, be penetrable and, further, that it may be being penetrated on a fairly regular basis.

"the SimEx Reactor ride simulator theater"

North Carolina's N.C. Zoo plays down bad-smelling animals, adds amusement park features, animitronics, to boost attendance.

"We're going to eventually inherit the world"

Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall has minions do her bidding.

state-level decisions should be run through a grid that considers the environment and the decisions' effect on the environment, that she help lead the state to a culture where environmental awareness is necessary and that all decisions are made considering the future generations' quality of life instead of just the current economy.

"Daddy's Little Princess"

California quadriplegic depends on helper monkey.

"secretly cheating on the alpha male"

Female gorillas are sneaky sluts, say Scottish scientists.

"the gorillas were coaxed back into their outdoor habitat"

Seven gorillas wandered Ohio's Columbus Zoo last night after closing time.

"we decided to get a model that the monkeys couldn't grip with their hands"

India police surveilance cameras in India must be protected against anarchists and monkeys.

"I think these kids _ their heads will be spinning"

Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall to unveil Pied Piper routine, rats already in the bag.

When the environmentalists, age 10 to 13, finish talking about water pollution, energy conservation, needs of indigenous people and other issues, their resolutions will be passed along to the United Nations for debate.

"violation of the state's environmental laws"

Blumenthal takes toys away from CT children.

Update: Connecticut children flee to Maine.

More: Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano wants a piece of headliney goodness.

"Grey-shanked Douc Langur and the Cat Ba Langur"

Vietnam to issue gold & silver rounds featuring local monkeys, made in Singapore.

If you are, or will be, in New Zealand...

Peter Jackson seeks men and women aged 17 years and over to be extras in King Kong.

"They're stronger than us and they're just as smart"

Rock climber at the primate enclosure.

"Rell is sworn into office"

And at last, Rowland's actually gone.

Update: California Yankee points out that the fun's not over yet, it's just gone federal.

"Monkey Business stock-picking contest"

Even the Chicago Sun-Times stock-picking monkey is a winner in this economy.

"At yearend, the person whose stock has appreciated the most will win an Australian gold coin commemorating 2004, Year of the Monkey, from Harlan J. Berk Ltd., 31 N. Clark."

The other other operation

India's Mysore Zoo convinces Bank of Maharashtra to adopt a chimpanzee.

"This is the second consecutive year the Bank has adopted the Chimpanzee."

"renewed interest for studying the parasitic fungus, Pneumocystis, responsible for an opportunist mycosis which infects humans"

Every mammal has its own pneumocyst parasite, says Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement press release.

"She was born May 2 at the Denver Zoo"

Baby gorilla moves to New Mexico's Rio Grande Zoo.

"we compete against places like Great Adventure"

Philadelphia Zoo, America's first zoo, raises funds to make improvements.

"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.