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AI will eavesdrop on world’s wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. “Those remote places are also the most important places on the Earth from a biodiversity perspective,” said Microsoft’s chief data scientist, Juan Lavista Ferres, in an interview last week by video call from Colombia, where …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Monkey menace reported at residential areas in Coimbatore

The Hindu

Residents of Ponvizha Nagar, Anbu Nagar, and other localities near Ukkadam in Coimbatore have lodged complaints with the Forest Department about monkeys entering their houses and causing disturbances. It retreated into nearby thickets only after the residents gave it a chase,” said Mohammed Kasim, resident of Anbu Nagar. Coimbatore Forest Range Officer Thirumurugan said the Department contacted the residents, immediately …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Bali Monkey Forest horror caught on camera: 2 tourists die as massive tree comes crashing down

Hindustan Times

Two foreign tourists reportedly died at a popular tourist hotspot in Bali on Tuesday after a massive tree fell. The incident occurred at the sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud, northern Bali, on a day when the area saw strong wind and heavy rain. A massive tree fell inside Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali, on Tuesday. About Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Flight Among Monkey Over Banana Delays Trains In Bihar's Samastipur

ABP News

A fight between two monkeys at the Samastipur Junction railway station in Bihar has disrupted the operations of a train for almost an hour. India's First Vande Bharat Train Delayed Due To Quality Concerns In a separate incident, on Friday, the first Vande Bharat sleeper train in India, developed by Bengaluru-based BEML Limited and scheduled to be operational by December …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

What’s a Proboscis monkey?

The Hindu

Deep in the forests of the island of Borneo, the day broke gloriously, revealing two primates, perched on the trees, engrossed in an intense conversation about all things wild and strange on planet Earth. The Bornean orangutan named ‘Pongo’ is munching on a wild fig, enjoying his meal, while also trying to lend an ear to ‘Silvery’, a young, curious …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Adilabad Farmers Rely on Catapults To Fight Monkey Menace

Deccan Chronicle

Adilabad: The monkey business is no child’s play, and yet locals of the erstwhile Adilabad district are resorting to a toy from their childhood — catapults, or ‘ghulare’ — to keep the simians away from themselves, their houses and crops. The matter is so serious that locals submitted a memorandum to MLA Gaddam Vivek to take steps to control the …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Chunky Pandey says monkeys in Aankhen were paid more than him and Govinda

India Today

The 1993 action-comedy Aankhen, starring Govinda, Chunky Pandey, and Shakti Kapoor, was a blockbuster hit. Chunky Pandey recently revealed that the monkeys were treated like celebrities, staying in five-star hotels and receiving better pay than the actors. Ask them.” Chunky added humorously, “Yes, he was paid more handsomely than us.” Govinda agreed, quipping, “We didn’t get paid.” Shakti also shared …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Tennessee zoo throws gender reveal party for its newest monkey baby

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tennessee’s Memphis Zoo held a gender reveal party this week for …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Monkeys found ‘injured and terrified’ in blood-soaked plane crates en route to UK labs for animal tests

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Animal rights organisation Action for Primates described these cases as “the tip of the …

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1 month ago

Monkey's jump on sunroof turns into a disaster for car owner | WATCH

India TV News

In a bizarre twist of fate, a car owner in India might be reconsidering their love for the sunroof feature, all thanks to an unexpected "visitor" from above. A viral video circulating on social media has left netizens in splits, showing a monkey making a dramatic entrance via a car's sunroof, resulting in a shattered mess. The caption reads: “Le …

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1 month ago

No more monkey mania as Thai city clamps down

Al Jazeera

Marauding monkeys will not face slingshots any more in the historic Thai city of Lopburi, where they have been rounded up and sterilised after turning rampant over the past four years. Before COVID-19 shut Lopburi, some of its 58,000 residents casually fed the 3,000 long-tailed macaques that lived alongside them and even threw an annual fruit banquet for them, drawing …

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1 month ago

Law and disorder as Thai police station comes under monkey attack

Raw Story

Police in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped monkeys ran riot on the town. But on Saturday around 200 of the primates broke out and rampaged through town, with one posse descending on a local police station. Around a dozen of the intruders were still perched …

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1 month ago

6 monkeys are still on the loose from a South Carolina compound after dozens escaped

LA Times

A rhesus macaques monkey observes kayakers as they navigate along the Silver River in Silver Springs, Fla., in 2017. Six monkeys were still on the loose early Monday after dozens escaped earlier this month from a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, according to authorities. Two more rhesus macaques were trapped Sunday outside the Alpha Genesis …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Town rounds up and sterilises hundreds of monkeys after years of menacing behaviour

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Thai town famous for …

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Twenty-four monkeys that escaped from South Carolina research facility recovered unharmed

ABC

More than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina last week have been recaptured. Dozens of monkeys escape from US research facility Photo shows two rhesus macaque monkeys sitting on a ledge Yemassee police say the monkeys were spotted during a search and workers from the research facility are now trying to …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

1 monkey recovered safely, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — One of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered unharmed, officials said Saturday. The Rhesus macaques made a break for it Wednesday after an employee at the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee didn’t fully lock a door as she fed and checked on them, officials said. Alpha Genesis …

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1 monkey recovered unharmed, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab

LA Times

One of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered unharmed, officials said Saturday. The rhesus macaques made a break for it Wednesday after an employee at the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, S.C., didn’t fully lock a door as she fed and checked on them, officials said. Alpha Genesis Chief Executive …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Monkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s

Associated Press

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. “Every large research university in the United States probably has some rhesus macaques hidden somewhere in the basement of its medical school,” according to the 2007 book, “Macachiavellian Intelligence: How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tiny South Carolina town residents lock down homes after 40 monkeys escape from a bioresearch lab

Daily Mail

Forty monkeys are on the loose in South Carolina after breaking out of a medical research facility. The animals escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility in the town on Wednesday, a testing center that tests experimental drugs and vaccines for various illnesses, infectious diseases and disorders. Forty monkeys have escaped from a research facility in South Carolina. Alpha Genesis also …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mathematicians challenge Infinite Monkeys Theorem - alas, monkeys will never be able to write Shakespeare

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ricky Gervais owes Karl Pilkington apology as study ‘reveals’ whether monkeys can type Shakespeare

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Monkeys WOULDN'T type the complete works of Shakespeare if given until the end of time: Scientists reveal the reason why (although they might type 'banana')

Daily Mail

Fresh doubt has been cast over the famous scientific proverb that if given an infinite amount of time, monkeys could type the complete works of Shakespeare. The well-known 'infinite monkey theorem' appears to have been busted by two Australian mathematicians The theorem had previously claimed that if given an infinite amount of time, that a monkey would randomly type out …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Akshay Kumar Feeds 1200 Monkeys in Ayodhya; Pays Tribute to Father-in-Law Rajesh Khanna

Hindustan Times

Actor Akshay Kumar has started an initiative to feed thousands of monkeys in Ayodhya. The initiative involves hygienic and nutritious food being fed to monkeys at several predesignated areas away from the crowded parts of the town. Kumar paid a tribute to his parents and his father-in-law, late actor Rajesh Khanna by having their names written on the feeding van. …

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2 months ago

Deadly Bacterial Outbreak Claims Lives of 12 Monkeys at Hong Kong Zoo

Firstpost

12 monkeys have died in Hong Kong's Zoological and Botanical Gardens in the past 10 days, with some species being critically endangered. The cause of the deaths is under investigation, but authorities suspect a deadly bacterial infection known as Melioidosis. The infection primarily spreads through contact with contaminated soil or water, often via skin abrasions, wounds, inhalation of contaminated dust …

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AI will eavesdrop on world’s wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

Monkey menace reported at residential areas in Coimbatore

Bali Monkey Forest horror caught on camera: 2 tourists die as massive tree comes crashing down

Flight Among Monkey Over Banana Delays Trains In Bihar's Samastipur

What’s a Proboscis monkey?

Adilabad Farmers Rely on Catapults To Fight Monkey Menace

Chunky Pandey says monkeys in Aankhen were paid more than him and Govinda

Tennessee zoo throws gender reveal party for its newest monkey baby

Monkeys found ‘injured and terrified’ in blood-soaked plane crates en route to UK labs for animal tests

Monkey's jump on sunroof turns into a disaster for car owner | WATCH

No more monkey mania as Thai city clamps down

Law and disorder as Thai police station comes under monkey attack

6 monkeys are still on the loose from a South Carolina compound after dozens escaped

Town rounds up and sterilises hundreds of monkeys after years of menacing behaviour

Twenty-four monkeys that escaped from South Carolina research facility recovered unharmed

1 monkey recovered safely, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab

1 monkey recovered unharmed, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab

Monkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s

Tiny South Carolina town residents lock down homes after 40 monkeys escape from a bioresearch lab

Mathematicians challenge Infinite Monkeys Theorem - alas, monkeys will never be able to write Shakespeare

Ricky Gervais owes Karl Pilkington apology as study ‘reveals’ whether monkeys can type Shakespeare

Monkeys WOULDN'T type the complete works of Shakespeare if given until the end of time: Scientists reveal the reason why (although they might type 'banana')

Akshay Kumar Feeds 1200 Monkeys in Ayodhya; Pays Tribute to Father-in-Law Rajesh Khanna

Deadly Bacterial Outbreak Claims Lives of 12 Monkeys at Hong Kong Zoo