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monkey
monkey Any of a wide variety of mostly tree-dwelling, diurnal, omnivorous
primates that live in the tropics and sub-tropics. Most monkeys have flat, human-like faces, relatively large brains and grasping hands. They fall into two broad groups – Old World monkeys (family Cercopithecidae) and New World monkeys (Cebidae). The 60
Old World species include
macaques,
baboons,
Barbary apes, and
langur monkeys. They all have non-prehensile (unable to grasp) tails. They range in distribution from Japan and
n China through
s Asia and Africa. The 70 species of
New World monkeys include
capuchin monkeys,
spider monkeys, and
marmosets. They are all tree dwellers, and most have grasping (prehensile) tails. They live in tropical forests of Central and South America.
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From monkey to man?
Magazine article from: New African; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...white man the white monkey? Last August, BBC2...Uhlenbroek was about monkeys. She had spent perhaps...include the white monkeys of the Amazon Forest...endangered of all monkey species were excluded...humans? The African monkeys are exhibited in...not a single white monkey of the ...
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Monkeys on the move as a decorating motif
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/24/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...decorative use of the monkey, says Wayne Adler, owner of the monkey-laden William Wayne Store in Manhattan. "Monkeys have been a very strong...French "singe," monkey. It was the French...first popularized monkeys as a decorative element...
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Monkeys take over the paper
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 2/10/2004; ; 657 words
; ...filing papers. * National monkey coverage. "Monkeys under scrutiny" Tensions...place they meet." * Monkeys in Money "Monkey impact dwindling" For the...pocketbooks with them." * Monkeys in Life "Monkey takes over humor column...
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Monkeys on Their Backs; For Many Japanese, Primates' Appeal Wears Off as Crops Are Carried Away
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/25/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Kagoshima home two months ago. "For a second, we looked at each other. Then I screamed, 'Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!' " The population of macaque monkeys has been swelling in this country since World War II, when Japan began a dramatic shift...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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MONKEYS' BUSINESS IS HELPING.(LIVING)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/7/2001; 700+ words
; ...picks it up and says, ''Monkeys.'' Monkey financial secretary Bill...first signed up with the Monkeys in 1942. Merle is not the eldest Monkey - that would be Ben Barkley...says. ''He was a live monkey when the Monkeys were incorporated. He...
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Monkeys on a hot tin roof
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/12/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...tail. That's your monkey, displaced by development...new circumstances. The monkeys are aping our behaviour...tail does not stop the monkey from thinking it is a...beautiful creature. "The monkeys are watching us," says...Sakiman who has seen the monkey admiring itself in the...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Monkeys fluent in baby talk: Discovery suggests that man's ga-ga-goo-gooing might be biological in origin, scientists say.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 8/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...exclusively when adult monkeys see babies." Previous...that when a rhesus monkey approached a mother...wag its tail. The monkeys often wag their tails in the presence of a monkey infant, like a human...is rare to see a monkey wag its tail...babies," he said. "Monkeys get excited ...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+News+Service) "The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Monkeys threaten San Juan.
Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 7/29/2005; 700+ words
; ...home to a species of monkey dating back to the...patas and rhesus monkeys that escaped from...aggressive. Mature monkeys can weigh up to 50...s estimated the monkey population in southeast...she said. The monkey eventually was sedated...has seen about 15 monkeys as close as 200 ...
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Monkey see, monkey do.
Magazine article from: U.S. Kids; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...back. "Monkey see, monkey do," he said. Samantha...at him. "I'll bet monkeys can't climb trees...bird-songs, too. "Monkey see, monkey do," he said. Samantha...climbed down. "Can monkeys do somersaults?" she...
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Monkey business: Producer dreams of film starring Angels mascot.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/12/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...took one look at the Anaheim Angels Rally Monkey phenomenon and saw a film star. It was...register for a trademark for the Rally Monkey, the team's unofficial and unlicensed...ideas, Cano, 53, watched the Rally Monkey become a full-blown phenomenon after...
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monkey
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...they are to the New World monkeys; the two monkey groups probably evolved separately...monkeys, include the sacred monkeys of India. The snub-nosed monkey of China and the proboscis monkey of Borneo are langurlike monkeys with peculiar snouts. The...
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Colobus Monkey
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Colobus Monkey Black and white colobus monkeys Red colobus monkeys Resources Colobus monkeys and the closely related langurs and leaf monkeys are Old World monkeys in the subfamily Colobinae of the family Cercopithecidae. The primates in this subfamily...
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Monkey or The Monkey King
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Monkey or The Monkey King. (Chin., hsi-yu chi). One of the titles of a work also...Buddhist scriptures. Along the way, he meets the title character, the monkey ‘king’ Sun Wu-k'ung, and rescues him from...
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The Scopes "Monkey" Trial and the Separation of Church and State
Book article from: American Decades
THE SCOPES "MONKEY" TRIAL AND THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND...the excitement surrounding the Scopes "Monkey" Trial in July 1925, public attention...the notoriety he had achieved at the "Monkey" Trial. Source: John T. Scopes and...
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monkey-puzzle tree
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
monkey-puzzle tree evergreen tree ( Araucaria...by the stiff, overlapping leaves. The monkey-puzzle tree and related species&mdash...abundant in the Northern Hemisphere. The monkey-puzzle tree is classified in the division...
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