“the twins enjoyed a treat of fruit salad”

Peanut and Pumpkin on Jungle Island.

“117 mechanical arms”

LEMUR: the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, an automated gamelan.

“I got to get away from this freak”

South Carolina faux gorilla attack.

Paragraph after paragraph from Discovery...

(and not a word of climate alarmism!)

Scientists report a better monkey scratcher invented by monkeys.

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Boy’s Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings and Warm up Sets Recalled by Burlington Coat Factory Due to Strangulation Hazard

Sherwin-Williams Recalls Purdy Scrapers Due to Laceration Hazard

“open to writers from Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth”

Autobiography of Cheeta “Me Cheeta” up for Booker Prize.

“has been simmering ever since”

International Astronomical Union may downgrade Neil deGrasse Tyson from planet status.

Meta meta meta

I have, I see, lost a number of entries while editing the list of blogs on the right. I haven't purged anyone for cause recently.

“without their feet touching the ground”

Surprise! Orangutans particularly clever at moving through trees!

“Nineteen people were arrested ”

The rest of the country laughs derisively as Connecticut's canary
fighting ring is exposed.

Like coals to Newcastle!

Man arrested for smuggling monkeys into India's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.

“lemurs could not stop crying”

Longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century upsets the animals at China's Hangzhou City Zoo.

“stopped in Seoul, South Korea before arriving”

American volunteer at Indonesian orangutan rehabilitation center suspected to have been infected by the H1N1 virus.

“scientific methods will be employed”

Misbehaving Indian macaques to be taught their manners at monkey school.

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Sevca LLC Recalls Sevylor® Tow Behinds; Quick Hitch Connectors Break, Posing Serious Hazard to Users

LeapFrog Recalls Electronic Plush Toys Due to Choking Hazard

“say there's no cause for concern”

No great apes at CT's Lionshare Farm, where Greenwich grandees raise their cheetahs and their peacock, porcupine, anteater, zebra, miniature horse, tortoise, camel, giraffe, two striped hyenas and several small monkeys.

“a healthy chimp in captivity should live as long as humans”

Two chimpanzees formerly at South Africa's Natal Zoological Gardens are said to be recovering well at Chimpanzee Eden.

Linkless musing

Should gross incompetence be classed as a high crime and misdemeanor? I don't suppose it'd get out of committee, regardless of the party in power.

“Five baby lemurs have been born”

It's lemurs-a-poppin' at Bronx Zoo's Madagascar exhibit.

Baby-strangling snakes A-OK, though

Connecticut bans private ownership of gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans

“he was trying to feed chocolate”

Emergency surgery reported for boy in China's Guangzhou after severe monkey bite.

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Stamina Products Recalls Elliptical Machines; Provides New Warning and Assembly Instructions

Buster Brown Clog Children’s Shoes Recalled by Brown Shoe Co. and Pagoda International Footwear Ltd. Due to Choking Hazard

“monkeys do not make good pets”

Kidnapped squirrel monkey recovered, returned to Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo.

Update: Arrest made.

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Fiesta Recalls to Repair Gas Grills Due to Fire, Burn Hazards

“she asked police not to pursue the investigation”

Texas plant store owner finds a surprise on surveilance camera video:a thieving monkey and his human accomplice.

“an annoyance and danger”

Man against monkey. War in Viet Nam!

“monkeys who will take just about anything, including underwear”

It's parkway robbery as baboons learn to take advantage of motor tourists at UK's Knowsley Safari Park.

“a really great age for a ring-tailed lemur”

23-year-old Stumpy, probably the oldest lemur in Europe, gets kids off his lawn at UK's Five Sisters Zoo.

“If people stopped feeding them, the monkeys would move on”

Please don't feed the monkeys, South African source advises.

While I Slept

Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings Recalled by Propac Distributing Due to Strangulation Hazard

Evenflo Recalls Telephone Toys Due to Choking Hazard

Children’s Hooded Jackets with Drawstrings Recalled by EMH Associates Due to Entrapment Hazard

Steam Cleaners Recalled by Thane International Due to Shock and Burn Hazards

“The babies are in danger of dying”

Gibbon-nappers strike at France's Frejus Zoological Park.

“she was scared of monkeys”

15-year-old girl in India dies of shock after monkey bite, Times of India claims.

“depositing a solid plug”

Scientist theorizes why male and female lemurs are the same size.

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Energizer Wallplate Nightlights Recalled Due to Fire Hazard

“sustained severe head injuries”

Fatal monkey attack at Indian temple.

“and the orangutan cage of Rusty and Violet”

Vandals strike Honolulu Zoo.

“experiments in ferrets and monkeys”

New H1N1 influenza virus bears a disturbing resemblance to the virus strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic, researchers say.

“one of the oldest macaque monkeys living in captivity”

36th birthday for Trapper, Rhesus macaque at Oregon's Health Science University Primate Center.

“no visitors to the zoo were in any danger”

Australia's Perth Zoo looks to downplay the brief escape of an orangutan from its enclosure.

“due to devastating budget cuts”

Boston Zoo animals threatened, as are taxpayers, by failed Obama presidency.

“rumours in the past”

Puerto de la Cruz, Canary Islands: The decrepit 'Casa Amarilla', once used by Wolfgang Köhler to investigate the intelligence of apes, may be restored so that it can be used as a museum.

“We will change the name to 'Okeke'”

Germany's Dresden Zoo renames new mandrill. It seems that "Obama" might be thought insensitive.

Be a ware!

Primate Awareness Weekend at the Maryland Zoo.

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Kidde Recalls Dual Sensor Smoke Alarms; Can Fail to Warn of a Fire

American Greetings Corp. Recalls Sport Balls Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings Recalled by C-Mrk Inc. Due to Strangulation Hazard

“actively searching for his mate”

New Brunswick's Cherry Brook Zoo adds a spider monkey, with more planned.

“now calling for them to be forced out”

Indian villagers get strict with menacing monkeys.

“but had yet to find a name”

Australia's Werribee Open Range Zoo welcomes a new vervet monkey.

“officials investigate the cause”

Barbary Macaques escape their enclosure at Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo.

“one of the best 15 zoos in the world”

UK's Chester Zoo evacuated after chimpanzee escape.

Update: 30 chimps escaped.

“it does far more than thrill visitors”

Bronx Zoo celebrates 10 years of Congo Gorilla Forest.

Who says monkeys don't do irony?

Priest, worshippers attacked by menacing monkeys at India's Bade Hanuman Temple

“males may become frustrated”

Brazil's muriqui not entirely the peaceful and egalitarian primate some people enjoy imagining.

“Jocco was suffering from jaw cancer”

At UTs Hogle Zoo, Jocko the capuchin monkey, perhaps one of the world's oldest, is so no longer.

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Simplicity Drop Side Cribs Recalled by Retailers Due to Risk of Death from Suffocation

Aqua-Leisure Industries Recalls Inflatable Baby Floats Due to Drowning Hazard

“should have shown better judgment”

Sasquatch interviewed by Fairfield CT police, and turned over to his parents.

“prosimians”

New thoughts on our early primate ancestors.

“trained a chimpanzee to make a long pole”

St Andrews University in Scotland to introduce DIY videos for chimpanzees.