Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, December 09 2008 @ 02:17 PM CST
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| Snub-nosed monkey (Credit: Image courtesy of Fauna & Flora International) |
Catching up on simian-blogging (and its close cousin, monkey-blogging):
First, from Special Simian Correspondent Bill, a story from Science Daily[*1] :
Believed to be extinct until the late 1980s, only around 200 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (scientific name: Rhinopithecus avunculus) are left in the world. As a result, the primate is listed as Critically Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Endangered Species. Unique to Vietnam, the species is now known to be present in just two of Vietnam’s northern-most provinces – Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang.
Next, more sadly, 30 lemurs killed at a UK sanctuary[*2] :
A blaze killed 30 lemurs as it ripped through an animal enclosure at a park in Cumbria.
The fire destroyed the wooden buildings that were housing the creatures at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton.
Finally, anyone for monkey barbecue[*3] – – to go?
Customs agents found the charred remains of three monkeys inside the luggage of a man who landed last week at Dulles International Airport, The Washington Post reports.
The passenger, who has not been publicly identified, wasn’t charged with a crime.
He arrived on a flight from Central Africa.