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Planet of the Apps
I would love to take credit for this headline and this story, but I can’t! A great piece in The Sun newspaper, about scientists giving gorillas at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent a new toy. Animal behaviour experts handed out iPads to five great apes in an experiment to test cognition and to keep […]
Under my umbrella ella ella….video helps to fuel pet trade
March 16, 2011
All this week the Northerner has complained about how expensive dental treatment is in this country. He’s gone to several surgeries and one troublesome tooth could cost him as much as £1,700 to have treatment on. Price aside, none of us, myself included like going to the dentist. Maybe it’s the preempted fear of pain […]
Woman smuggles monkey into court in her bra
March 13, 2011
Padding your bra is nothing new, if you’re a flat-chested woman. There’s plenty of options how to turn your modest assets into something a little more ample. The market is saturated with push-up bras; variations on The “Wonder”bra; and chicken fillets (silicone breast enhancers, for any men wonder what the hell I’m talking about). But […]
People age the same as non-human primates
March 11, 2011
Like most women I spend far too much money on cosmetics and beauty products. I’m a sucker for anything that tells me it will stave off the ageing process that little bit longer. But the reality is no matter how much jojoba; aloe vera; goji and acai berries there are in my face cream, ageing […]
Chimpanzees can develop AIDS
March 9, 2011
As I spend more time learning about research carried out in the scientific world, I realise there are a wealth of stories that just never manage to penetrate the mainstream media. The attitude of so many news editors is surprising blinkered and aloof, as I found out last year when I tried to pitch my […]
Baboons unlock the key to human stress
March 5, 2011
There’s no question about it, stress is bad for you. You don’t need a science degree to work it out. But did you realise that continuous long-term stress can actually shorten your life? Last week I interviewed a woman who suffered years of post-traumatic stress after she was raped by someone she knew. A horrible […]
Chimpanzee meat allegedly being sold in the Midlands
March 1, 2011
The bushmeat trade in Europe made the headlines in June after researchers revealed that more than 270 tonnes pass through Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris a year. The study published in the journal, Conservation Letters, was the first of its kind. Now there’s growing concern that chimpanzee meat is allegedly being sold in underground bushmeat markets in […]
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whogivesamonkeys 
April 1, 2011
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