“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.