🧸🐒 Remember Punch the lonely #macaque? Scientists at the #Awajishima Monkey Center are tracking him to understand primate social hierarchies.

Their #research explains how maternal status and early bonds determine if a #monkey successfully integrates into the troop.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-has-punch-an-adorable-baby-monkey-struggled-to-fit-in-with-his-troop-scientists-explain-the-lives-of-japanese-macaques-180988297/

#biology #animals #japan #science #nature #macaques #primatology #evolution #ecology #monkeys #wildlife

#throwbackthursday

The Twangmonkeys live from the practice room in #Kevelaer #Niederrhein #NRW 2018

"Polythene Pam" (Lennon/McCartney)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3qDkbhEPWs&list=RDu3qDkbhEPWs&start_radio=1

#garagepunk #punk #punkrock #popart #indie #alternativepop #twang #monkeys #playitloud #langlebelivemusik

Mashable: We all love viral videos of Punch the monkey. A lot of them are AI. . “As Punch’s beloved Ikea plushie became his emotional support animal, he became the world’s emotional support animal. And, for now, the story seems to have a happy ending. As Punch grows up, the macaques at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan are accepting him as one of their own. Every day, more videos of Punch the […]

Which Chimp Should Wield The Crystal?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/which-chimp-should-wield-the-crystal

cover for "Brain Wave" by Poul Anderson, Paul Lehr cover artist

this probably isn't meant to be satire but I'm taking it as satire this morning, the monkeys don't seem like they should be around that stuff unsupervised. Maybe they're supposed to be smart monkeys or maybe they're going to accidentally kill us all. I guess we have to stay tuned to see what happens. Really like the color scheme, the monkeys, the way the technology is represented (what is all that crap? doesn't matter. we know) ❤️

#monkeys #art #politics #government #danger #noNukes #noWar #choices #hellsBells #peace #love

Monkey ‘tied with rope around neck’ in live ‘execution’ performance

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/04/monkey-tied-rope-around-neck-live-execution-performance-27224720/

Mistaken For A #Monster? The Lost Mystical #Monkeys of #ShangriLa #yt

https://youtu.be/ILffWbMEkvA

#WildLife