Tool use in Chimpanzees AKA the perils of interspecies dating. NSFW.
Category: Primatology
Toads, sex toys, it's all the same for a chimp.
Posted by Evil Monkey at 8:18 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern U.S. university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and an adjunct assistant professor at a nearby state university.
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Primatology:
Convergent evolution of a gene that blocks HIV in monkeys
Category: Evolution
Here we have yet another example of evolution cobbling together new proteins from existing structures. And what do you know, it kinda matters: The TRIM5-CypA gene found in Asian macaques is a hybrid of two existing proteins, TRIM5 and CypA....
Posted by Evil Monkey at 11:10 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Viva la Evolucion!!!
Category: Primatology
My simian brethren are taking over: "Wildlife officials are trying to find them. As police we're not experts in dealing with monkeys. We can deal with mad bulls but monkeys are more difficult," he said. Along with an estimated 35,000...
Posted by Evil Monkey at 12:34 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Like primates? Tough. Kiss 'em goodbye.
Category: Primatology
It's not a good millenium to be a monkey. GENEVA (AFP) - Nearly a third of all non-human primates could be wiped out, threatened by illegal wildlife trade, climate change and destruction of their habitat, a new report warned on...
Posted by Evil Monkey at 1:30 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Thank you, George Allen
Category: Politics/Policy
As every Evil Monkey knows, you've bestowed upon a student from UVA a great honor. S.R. Sidarth, a senior at the University of Virginia, had been trailing Allen with a video camera to document his travels and speeches for the...
Posted by Evil Monkey at 4:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Anniversary Trip, or How Not to Treat a Monkey
Mrs. Evil Monkey and I went to visit Fallingwater for our 8th anniversary, and got some interesting surprises along the way. Lots of photos involved....
Posted by Evil Monkey at 1:31 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Of Sweet Potatoes, Social Cognition, and Spiritual Hullabaloo
I did my Ph.D. using monkeys as a model system, and as such I have quite an affinity for the little buggers. They may not be cute, they may not smell good, and they're definitely not cuddly, but they're completely...
Posted by Evil Monkey at 10:46 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
And when you're in your bigger room...
Category: Academia
...you might not know what to do you might have to think of how you got started sittin' in your little room --The White Stripes...
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