Archives for the 'apes' Category
Monkey Business
Published on 2 Oct 2009 at 9:29 am.
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Filed under ancient mysteries, anthronerdism, apes.
No, this isn’t about David Letterman … heh heh, ba-dum-dum …
You’ve read the breathless newsbriefs and cheap tabloid simian jokes. Boston Herald: Study throws monkey wrench into ape evolution. Good one!
So what the heck is it, and what does it really mean? Who’s going to explain it all, with cutting, edgy anthrosnark? Everyone’s favorite superlative anthroblogger, [...]
Chimp’s Day
Published on 9 Mar 2009 at 10:09 pm.
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Filed under apes, deep thot.
All planned out. Collect rocks in the morning, throw them at zoo visitors later. Swedish researchers call it evidence of simian planning. Anyone surprised? Washington Post.
Sorry
Published on 20 Feb 2009 at 2:23 pm.
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Filed under apes, dummkopf!.
NYT may not regret its story insinuating that John McCain and Viki Iseman had an affair, and the New York Post may be only sorry that some dimbulbs actually though a Post cartoonist was comparing President Obama, as opposed to Congress, to a bloated, rampaging chimp that needs to be shot. And the Post totally unapologizes to those who [...]
Quote Of The Week
Published on 19 Feb 2009 at 11:30 pm.
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Filed under Obama, apes, pols.
Re that the controversial NY Post cartoon and whether the economic stimulus bill-writing chimp represents President Barack Obama, Dan Collins at Protein Wisdom:
Chimp News
Published on 19 Feb 2009 at 9:21 am.
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Filed under Obama, apes, pols.
NY Post: “What she had with that monkey was not normal.”
Chimp Shots
Published on 18 Feb 2009 at 10:51 pm.
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Filed under Bush, Obama, apes, media.
Comparing the president of the United States to a chimp would be pretty bad, especially a dead one. It could have pretty vile racial overtones, though in fairness, presidential chimp comparisons seem to have transcended race. Where was the deep sense of shock the last time someone compared the president of the United States to a chimp? A little [...]
When Simians Attack
Published on 18 Feb 2009 at 9:25 am.
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Filed under apes.
The big mystery is why a beloved member of the family turned on his keepers, in a mauling that led to a tragic death by cop. Authorities are looking at the part about him being fed Xanax for anxiety. I’ll hazard that the part about him drinking wine from stemmed glasses may have something to [...]
How Fast to Australia?
Published on 20 Oct 2007 at 10:50 am.
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Filed under Neanderthals, academia, anthronerdism, apes, science.
And other sci-tems. The superlative anthroblogger John Hawks taps us into the issue of whether the earliest colonization of Oz was a matter of accidental vegetation* or if they strapped bits of wood together and paddled, 60,000-plus years ago. Meanwhile, in Watson news:
In Other Primate News
Published on 6 Oct 2007 at 8:52 am.
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Filed under apes.
On a tragic note, chimp breakout ends badly.
