Chimpanzee watching
Captive chimpanzees do clever things, but how deep is their planning? Michael Balter describes a research study following how one chimpanzee harasses zoo vis...
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Chimp gunplay
MSNBC reports on the really important issues, such as, “Will chimpanzees rise against us?”
Monkey escapades
The Guardian runs a strange story from its 1925 archives:
Vegetable superiority
Is there any better example of the importance of throwing for our evolution?
Mailbag: Coyote attacks
Sorry to interrupt the 'all Anthropoid all the time' theme going on lately but I want to get back to a subject we've discussed before (well kind of).
Chimpanzee smoke rehab
Gretchen sends along a pearl of animal news:
At least U.S. cocaine money came to something…
Bioterrorism?
Cheshire chimps
"We had an army of chimps eating their way through the keeper's kitchen and the decision was taken, quite rightly, to evacuate," a spokeswoman said.
The premeditated chimp
Hmm….
Just call Animal Control
I’m not really qualified to give chimpanzee-related advice, but…
Deceit on display
Natalie Angier enters a nice article on deception in animals, focusing on primates.
Panda attacks on rise
Panda attacks on rise:
Missing chimpanzee in LA
That “celebrity chimpanzee” that caused all the trouble three years ago is now on the loose in the hills outside LA.
Animal metaphors of questionable taste, VII
Not exactly a metaphor, but certainly of questionable taste in this story titled, "'Sex Pest' Seal Attacks Penguin":
Is blogging going to kill me?
That's what the New York Times seems to be suggesting:
Mix it up with menacing macaques
Michelle Tsai of Slate tells what to do when monkeys attack:
Don't mess with hippos
They kill more people in Africa than any predator, and now they're hitting the capybaras:
Baboons on the loose
This Reuters report certainly has a sinister undercurrent:
When chimps attack your taxi
...it's usually bad news:
Lion attacks
This Reuters article is just brutal:
The impending mouse horror
OK, I wouldn't be so concerned about "Gene turn-off makes meek mice fearless" (New Scientist):