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NASA Funds Radiation Experiments on Monkeys

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was one of 12 awarded radiobiology research grants through NASA's Human Research Program, the space agency announced October 27. In Bergman's study, according to Discovery News, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys would be subjected to radiation and periodically tested to gauge how exposure affects performance in a variety of learned tasks.

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On "High in the Clouds"

Animal Person

From Barnes and Noble : "Wirral the Squirrel is homeless. They don't stay where they are (Megatropolis), I think, because humans are destroying it and building cities with evil factories that enslave animals. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language. Finally, there's a place over yonder where animals are free (Animalia).

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