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Last Monkey Recaptured by Primate Center

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These are not subject monkeys, but they are part of the breeding colony. Breeding for what? The last of nine monkeys that escaped from the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Hillsboro was found at 2 p.m. The last monkey was found on the primate center campus. Sunday, officials said.

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Primate Breeding Facility Generates Controversy In Puerto Rico Itself

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They've been planning to build a facility to breed research monkeys in Puerto Rico for some time. Tags: puerto rico animal research primates. Plus, the horrible pictures I've seen of strays in Puerto Rico. Plus the fact that I personally know the Latin attitude towards animals. Plus, well, you get this picture.

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Benicio del Toro Writes Letter Opposing Monkey Breeding Facility in Puerto Rico

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Actor Benicio del Toro has written a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico opposing a new monkey breeding facility. The Puerto Rican actor has penned a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico urging him to halt the construction plans for Bioculture's massive monkey-breeding facility.

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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

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They used Great T**s from non-urban and urban areas, and mixed them up through breeding, to rule out any possible family history of telomere length. The benefits are many, including the availability of anthropogenic food sources, breeding boxes and warmer temperatures. The less telomere, the more aging, independently of time.

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Ethiopia’s Endemics

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Flocks of cheerful birds frequent caves and cliffs where they breed. Gelada lip flare My favorite Ethiopian animal, the Gelada used to be considered a baboon but is actually the last survivor of an ancient group of grass-eating monkeys that used to occur throughout Africa, the Mediterranean and India. Gelada mock attack a.

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Secrets of the Swamps

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On Bush Bush, the main attraction is undoubtedly the pair of native primate species: Red Howler and (Trinidad) White-fronted Capuchin, the latter being critically endangered. We managed to see both species of monkey, though – so we were ultimately well satiated.

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Africa’s remarkable long tailed birds

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Once the breeding season is over these impressively adorned males lose not only their tails but also all their black plumage, and most of their other colors, in order to blend into the brown winter grasslands they inhabit. At the end of each winter I keenly await the spring announcement from the pair that annually breed in my back yard.