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2nd Day of Xmas: 1 Monkey Golfing

andy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:12:54 +0000

Monkeys and bears play musical instruments

andy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:04:59 +0000

Not content with riding bicylces together, it seems that monkeys and bears have a long history of partaking in leisure interests together.

“Monkeys got a squeeze-box, Yogi doesnt sleep at night…”

I am enjoying this old photograph of a monkey riding a bicycle

andy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:38:51 +0000

Monkeys Racing Bears on Bicycles

andy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:19:14 +0000

Holy shit!! Ive watched this about 12 times now, and each time I can’t decide if i’m hallucinating, or having some kind of flashback. Even the title of the video seems to make me doubt my sanity…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxFqjPlbmaU

Its hard to tell, but i reckon the monkey wins. I bet the bears kick its arse afterwards.

‘Evil Robot Monkey’ sci-fi short story

andy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:35 +0000

‘Evil robot monkey’ is a short science fiction story about a clay modelling chimp. It was written by Mary Kowal and was nominated for a Hugo award in 2009.

Sly scowled and yanked his hands free. “I’m not like the other chimps.” He pointed to the implant in his head. “Maybe Delilah should have one of these. Seems like she needs help thinking.”

You can download this awesome short story for free as a PDF or a mp3 from Mary’s site. Definitely worth the read.

Link: http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/evil-robot-monkey/

Beautiful papercraft ukulele playing monkey

andy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:08:56 +0000

A rather clever chap called Matt Hawkins has designed this beautiful papercraft model of a monkey sat on a half-moon playing a ukulele. Im sorely tempted to make a purchase, but dont know if could do it justice. It reminds me of the Woody Allen film ‘Sweet and low down’

Its a limited print of 200, available to buy and build yourself here

Best. Acid. Ever.

andy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:40:14 +0000

A monkey on stilts

andy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:36:12 +0000

They don’t make you much taller mate!

Monkey Cowboys!

andy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:30:59 +0000

This is possibly the greatest thing ever made!!

In most peoples eyes (well in mine) the though of monkey cowboys would be more than enough, but im also pleased to announce that 7 mins 55 seconds in, we have a monkey playing a ukulele

King of Swingers blows

andy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:13:31 +0000

New Scientist reports on Orang-u-tans making different sounds using folded leaves..

As wind instruments go, folded vegetation seems a little on the primitive side. Orang-utans have been found to blow through leaves to modulate the sound of their alarm calls, making them the only animal apart from humans known to use tools to manipulate sound.

“It’s a particularly interesting form of tool use, to me, because it gets away from a lot of the typical examples of foraging,” Shumaker adds. “It’s really, really nice to see an example that has absolutely nothing to do with food.”

Link: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17557-orangutans-fashion-only-known-animal-instrument.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news