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Uganda’s Hard To Miss Monkeys

10,000 Birds

I’m heading in a slightly different direction, focussing on a group we haven’t really looked at here before, but one that most people enjoy seeing, monkeys! They may not even be most beautiful species of monkey in Uganda, the guenons are even more attractive to my mind, but they are certainly the most striking.

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NatGeo WILD: Rebel Monkeys

4 The Love Of Animals

Rebel Monkeys ! But for a gang of monkeys making their home at the Galta Temple in the Indian city of Jaipur, it’s an easy life — lounge by the sacred pool, groom your friends and accept handouts from worshippers paying respect to the Hindu Monkey God Hanuman. Here is another sneak peek at a show on the new NatGeo WILD network!

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Monkeys Stolen from UK Wildlife Park

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I can't imagine the trauma the older monkey is going through. Thieves have stolen two monkeys from an enclosure at a wildlife park, police said today. The female squirrel monkeys were snatched after raiders broke into the Cotswold Wildlife Park, near Burford, Oxfordshire, last night. Tags: wildlife crime monkeys.

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Monkeys Work as Waiters in Japan

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Restaurants are always hit hard during economic downturns, but one restaurant in Japan has a novel approach to cutting costs: replace the wait staff with monkeys. The monkeys only work two hours a day, but bring in tourists from around the globe. Tags: Stupid Japan monkeys.

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Puerto Rico Ships Monkey to.Baghdad?

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Puerto Rico is using it as a dumping ground for "nuisance" monkeys. Puerto Rico is eager to rid itself of the estimated 2,000 patas and rhesus monkeys that have taken a toll on wildlife and agriculture in the Lajas Valley since escaping from nearby research centers 30 years ago. "We Angel Atienza, a ranger with the department.

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Monkey Rescued in India

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A monkey was rescued from a factory in India where it was being held in captivity. Poor monkey! It's an adult male macaque suffering from zoochosis. It's the first time I've ever heard the term. They don't know what they are going to do with it because it is so severely traumatized and probably can't be released back to the wild.

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Humans AND Monkeys Enjoy Television

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Tags: primate/human similarities animal research monkeys.

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