Archive for the ‘Primates’ Category
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Suryia, an Orangutan, and Roscoe, a Bluetick Coonhound, are best friends, living at a preserve for endangered animals in South Carolina. They met a couple of years ago when Roscoe, looking thin and hungry, followed staff home to The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in Myrtle Beach. ...
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
In less time than it takes to search Travelocity.com for airfares to Africa or Antarctica, you can make your own wildlife film. National Geographic supplies the footage, sound effects and music, and you can write your own captions. Have some fun or turn your kids loose on the keyboard, and ...
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Macaques in Lopburi, Thailand, have been observed flossing their teeth using human hair that is plucked from visitors to a nearby Buddhist shrine. They also use coconut fibers. Japanese researchers studying the behavior have observed that monkeys with infants will spend twice as long flossing when their babies are watching.
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