Tag Archives: macaques

Weird findings about monkeys and their relations

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Naomi

From Harper’s April 2022 Findings: A pharmacologically administered liver enzyme was found to halve ethanol consumption among alcoholic vervet monkeys, macaques in Virginia failed to wean themselves off heroin and cocaine, and a new population of whitehanded gibbons was discovered … Continue reading →

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Animal news: A real anarchy city, taken over by…

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Naomi

…macaques. It had to happen, didn’t it? News of the simian invasion has been spilling out of Thailand for quite a while now. See penultimate item in this linked post. Not even piano playing has had a beneficial effect. And, … Continue reading →

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The masks of the red death, plus corruption, plus animal news

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Naomi

All from Harper’s Weekly Review: Bill Montgomery, the 80-year-old cofounder of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA, also died of COVID-19; shortly after his passing, the group’s Twitter account deleted a meme making fun of protective masks that used … Continue reading →

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