Comments on The Phoenix: Shock the monkey!

The humans/chimps mating thing is grrrross, and I ...

2006-05-21T19:33:00.000-05:00

The humans/chimps mating thing is grrrross, and I don't believe it for a split second. Poppycock!

The female monkeys who are being ignored need to learn the art of testicular squeezing. For some reason, the males ears perk up when their balls are firmly squeezed. Human males have this same reaction, although the human females may not be heard over the cries of the males unless they raise their voices significantly.

I saw this on TV. It is absolutely amazing that th...

2006-05-21T11:05:00.000-05:00

I saw this on TV. It is absolutely amazing that they have their own language. Although I am led to believe that as yet, they are not able to swear.

Monkeys are fascinated that's why their habitat at...

2006-05-20T17:32:00.000-05:00

Monkeys are fascinated that's why their habitat at the zoo is always the most popular haha. I can tumble like the monkeys :)

That last picture is a little scary

After reading this, I can no longer say that i'm u...

2006-05-20T05:58:00.000-05:00

After reading this, I can no longer say that i'm uninformed about chimps! =)

hahaaa! They are sooo cute. I always wanted one! T...

2006-05-19T16:26:00.000-05:00

hahaaa! They are sooo cute. I always wanted one! They are messy though. ....hmmmm...... I think when they yell "doo-bee" it really means.......BURNING!
:]

You know, your blog just makes my day. Thanks for ...

2006-05-19T13:21:00.000-05:00

You know, your blog just makes my day. Thanks for yet again another great laugh!

As you already know, I work with a theatre company...

2006-05-19T10:57:00.000-05:00

As you already know, I work with a theatre company called The Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre. We once got a voicemail from someone who was contemplating coming to see one of our shows, but wanted to make sure that we weren't harming the monkeys in any way. Duh. People actually think we're using monkeys as actors? Well, maybe it's photos like this that confuse them

LOL at pdd!!! Priceless!

2006-05-19T09:42:00.000-05:00

LOL at pdd!!! Priceless!

lol hehehehe :)Keshi.

2006-05-19T01:57:00.000-05:00

lol hehehehe :)

Keshi.

I have taken a few dogs out in my life but never a...

2006-05-19T01:46:00.000-05:00

I have taken a few dogs out in my life but never a monkey.

Flinging poo? Is this a new aphrodesiac?

You are disturbed, and it's irresistable.Also, I d...

2006-05-18T23:58:00.000-05:00

You are disturbed, and it's irresistable.

Also, I don't think monkeys are human-like. I think humans are monkey like.

You are disturbed, and it's irresistable.Also, I d...

2006-05-18T23:57:00.000-05:00

You are disturbed, and it's irresistable.

Also, I don't think monkeys are human-like. I think humans are monkey like.

Oh so that explains David Hasselhoff.

2006-05-18T21:50:00.000-05:00

Oh so that explains David Hasselhoff.

Yeah, here here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermai...

2006-05-18T21:13:00.000-05:00

Yeah, here here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/monkeywire/2005-June/000767.html

Something else happened during that chaotic scene, something that
convinced Chen of the monkeys' true grasp of money. Perhaps the most
distinguishing characteristic of money, after all, is its fungibility,
the fact that it can be used to buy not just food but anything. During
the chaos in the monkey cage, Chen saw something out of the corner of
his eye that he would later try to play down but in his heart of hearts
he knew to be true. What he witnessed was probably the first observed
exchange of money for sex in the history of monkeykind. (Further proof
that the monkeys truly understood money: the monkey who was paid for
sex immediately traded the token in for a grape.)

This is a sensitive subject. The capuchin lab at Yale has been built
and maintained to make the monkeys as comfortable as possible, and
especially to allow them to carry on in a natural state. The
introduction of money was tricky enough; it wouldn't reflect well on
anyone involved if the money turned the lab into a brothel. To this
end, Chen has taken steps to ensure that future monkey sex at Yale
occurs as nature intended it.

But these facts remain: When taught to use money, a group of capuchin
monkeys responded quite rationally to simple incentives; responded
irrationally to risky gambles; failed to save; stole when they could;
used money for food and, on occasion, sex. In other words, they behaved
a good bit like the creature that most of Chen's more traditional
colleagues study: Homo sapiens.

I believe I read that when they taught the monkeys...

2006-05-18T21:10:00.000-05:00

I believe I read that when they taught the monkeys to gamble and spend money, they actually tried to buy sex off female monkeys. I'll see if I can dig that up.

Great post! Monkeys are fun.

Monkey business indeed! I heard this week about s...

2006-05-18T21:02:00.000-05:00

Monkey business indeed! I heard this week about some bears in a zoo eating a monkey ... that's not as good as your monkey stories.

-- david

yawn, "those damn dirty apes!"karen, I feel like s...

2006-05-18T20:13:00.000-05:00

yawn, "those damn dirty apes!"

karen, I feel like such a monkey's uncle.

anhoni, Um...thanks for that factiod concerning the gorillia genitalia

o ceallaigh, or maybe a bird that flings its poop

pixie, See! Monkeys play football too.

phred, Curious George could be trusted!

vani, You were jealous of Michael Jackson? Hmmmm...

my favorite are baby chimps. i was jelous of micha...

2006-05-18T19:43:00.000-05:00

my favorite are baby chimps. i was jelous of michael jackson when he owned one...lol

Monkeys scare me, much the same way babies scare B...

2006-05-18T19:38:00.000-05:00

Monkeys scare me, much the same way babies scare Big D. They are not to be trusted.

I adore to watch the monkeys. I remember when I wa...

2006-05-18T19:31:00.000-05:00

I adore to watch the monkeys. I remember when I was small (eons ago) a baby monkey holding onto my little finger through the bars of his cage at the zoo.
Then there was the scarier time when some of the chimps at Chester Zoo caught a duck who swam to close to their island and they proceeded to have a game of catch with it.
The duck was rescued by a keeper and { I think ) it was ok ...

As it happens, ravens (which are surprisingly soci...

2006-05-18T18:23:00.000-05:00

As it happens, ravens (which are surprisingly social birds) also use vocal cues to warn against specific predators (those from above vs. from below). So that vocal cue stuff's not so special. But if you could find a monkey who quoth "Nevermore", you'd have something.

human-chimp hybrids? Sounds exotic, but one has to remember that, six million years ago, there wasn't much in it. My knuckle walking's better than your knuckle walking.

gorillas are supposed to have very smale penises. ...

2006-05-18T18:17:00.000-05:00

gorillas are supposed to have very smale penises. i read somewhere that in some countries it's an insult to tell a man "you have a gorilla penis".

anyhoo, just thought I'd mention that...

Monkey see, monkey do!Oh well, that's monkeyin' ar...

2006-05-18T18:14:00.000-05:00

Monkey see, monkey do!

Oh well, that's monkeyin' around for ya!!

*chortle*

I have the ingrained need to throw poop. I'm banne...

2006-05-18T15:01:00.000-05:00

I have the ingrained need to throw poop. I'm banned from the Washington D.C., San Diego, and Dallas zoos for acting on this undesirable urge and lobbing logs at the chimps behind bars. They look at me like I'm some kind of freak, well I'll show them those damn monkeys!

delmer, Yes. That was an interesting study. Also p...

2006-05-18T14:48:00.000-05:00

delmer, Yes. That was an interesting study. Also primates have sex purely for pleasure like humans.

crallspace, Holy shitzu!!!!

dirk, Make sure to get a lot of fiber today then. You'll thank me later.

Fuzz, You have a point there. It's our version of a fuzzy tail.

kyhagirl, Thanks so much! I don't think a barrel of monkeys is so much fun though. (Think Duke lacrosse team).