Category Archives: Animal news

I was right about the monkey on the lam

I did get there before Harper’s Weekly Review! “I looked out the window and there he was, proud as punch, standing against the fence eating nuts,” said a resident of Kingussie, Scotland, where a macaque monkey escaped. I am so … Continue reading

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Animal news: A monkey’s “life on the lam”

I just read this monkey business in the New York Times and eagerly grabbed the url. Several reasons: we all love monkey news; the lammer is lamming in the Scottish Highlands, one of my favorite places on earth; and I’m … Continue reading

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Alarming animal news about certain bat penises

From Harper’s February Findings: [M]ale serotine bats who mated in the attic of a Dutch church were found to have enormous penises that they used not for penetration but for manipulation. So many questions here. Is the church attic integral … Continue reading

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