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King Pong
The Northerner thinks I have an OCD about hygiene, I like to think it’s an endearing foible. Smelling nice is important to me. On my birthday I was given lots of lovely body and bath stuff; thankfully nobody brought any sticks to the party (see blogpost Hello Dolly!). I love using exotic scented showergels and […]
Posted in: would you believe?!
Female Empowerment
February 24, 2011
Girl Power is a phrase that was banded about in the mid 1990’s by the phenomenally successful pop quintet, Spice Girls. Females of all ages were no longer tarred with the same brush as the ‘burn-your-bra’ feminists of the past; but given a new perspective in mainstream media. The phrase was so popular that the […]
Posted in: love is in the air
A King among men (and other primates)
February 22, 2011
This infant’s arrival didn’t have the pomp that most royalty receive, but the latest West Country’s edition born at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is by no means any less important. It’s a King Colobus monkey (Colobus polykomos) also known as the Western Black-and-white Colobus. These monkeys are endangered and officially rated as vulnerable by the International Union for […]
Posted in: Say cheese
97% Human, primates feature in exhibition Down Under
February 22, 2011
These beautiful primate portraits are part of a project called 97% Human, which were taken at Melbourne Zoo by photographer Arthur Xanthopoulos. He wanted to bring out the human side to these animals (anthropomorphism). Arthur was originally inspired by primate documentaries, including BBC productions narrated by Sir David Attenborough, where the theme […]
Posted in: A new beginning.....
Chunky-monkey
February 21, 2011
As a freelancer and a part-time student it would be very easy for me to morph into a couch potato. But I know only too well, that an expanding waistline is unlikely to bring more on-screen work, just additional woes about health issues and lots of ribbing from friends and family. So, three times a […]
Posted in: How is this possible?
Gorilla cupcake?
February 20, 2011
What is it about cupcakes that has people going ga-ga? Everywhere I look there are recipes in magazines; books and blogs dedicated to the art of making them; coffee shops filled with ladies-who-lunch chowing down on them; there’s an episode in Sex in The City where Carrie and Miranda dissect their love lives over sponge and buttercream and […]
Posted in: How is this possible?
Jungle fever given the all clear
February 18, 2011
This weekend Longleat Safari Park’s monkey enclosure, is due to open after almost two years of being shut, following the discovery of a rare virus that’s fatal to humans. In March 2008, one of the primates at the Wiltshire park was found to have a strain of herpes virus. A routine blood test found a […]
Posted in: A new beginning.....
First big steps for Tiny
February 18, 2011
Three months ago I told you about the first baby gorilla to be born at London Zoo in more than 20 years (Postcode Lottery). The infant who still hasn’t been given a proper name yet, is affectionately called Tiny by the zoo keepers. At just over a foot tall the little fella is quickly outgrowing […]
Posted in: It's a boy!
Size is everything, especially in bats
February 17, 2011
All primates have large brains and that includes us. Although I seriously wonder sometimes whether this is true of some people. Yesterday, I had to reprimand a young man (I’m slowly but surely turning into father) in Vauxhall while crossing a busy main road. The numpty in question, decided the quickest route to cross three […]
Posted in: How is this possible?
Nénette – Paris zoo’s oldest Madame
February 14, 2011
She’s an ageing red-head, who’s had three “husbands” and four kids, but Nénette’s life is far from fulfilled. Unlike most Parisian women her age, she is not a lady of leisure, she is in fact a prisoner in her own home. The 40-year orangutan is the subject of the latest documentary by Nicolas Philibert, famed for […]
Posted in: Protect our rainforests
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February 25, 2011
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