Zara W BPS

I was watching a movie this morning called Dustin Checks in and it is a really cute and creative movie! It really does show that monkeys are very creative, because the amount of stunts one monkey makes in that movie is amazing and I think that makes monkeys really smart! Well also a fact here that they are the closet living thing to humans. there finger are sort of the same. So the next time you think about teasing a monkey because well there are monkey be careful they are smarter then you think! They might even punch you!

Can you image if you were a monkey how would you feel being locked up and hunted by people? personally I wouldn’t. Monkeys are hunted down and captured. In the zoo is ok but in a circus or something mean is really bad! So if you go to the zoo don’t go poking or punching the monkeys in there cage put yourself in there shoes I don’t think they would like it. Or in the circus it isn’t that fun to laugh at the monkey because people do mean things to make them do tricks. Please think about it, and try to help monkeys because they want to be free in the wild. What if your mum or dad sold you to the circus or the zoo how would you feel. it is really mean try watching a documentary about them like there was one about the Gelada Monkey that was on 60 mins but only because it was being eaten buy cheetahs but still what are you going to do with a monkey if you caught it….. put on a side show! So i please ask you don’t be mean to the monkey WHAT HAVE THEY EVER DONE TO YOU?

I guess you most of you have been to the circus some time. Well there are lots of animals in the circus. And in most or some there are monkeys I think it is mean because they just should be in the wild. But to make an animal to tricks like that it really bad. A friend of mine her dad  worked in the circus with he elephants, and to make them do things they got big sticks and poked them.

So if you want to work in the circus maybe think about what your really doing hurting animals!

Hey everyone

Don’t you wish sometimes that you don’t have to go all the way up to Melbourne or overseas to see a monkey? Well would it be good if they were like a normal animal and they had them in at the Geelong show. I think that would be good! Well it could happen some day. But until that day you will have to wait but I just thought it would be cool if monkeys were in other places e.g the show. Or maybe have a monkey in you backyard ( ask mum and dad first)?

Just wondering if you have any questions that I could answer, I haven’t run out of ideas but, just wanted to know if you wanted to know something. Well just leave a comment with your question (s). I will answer you question on your blog so if you leave a link, then I would be able to comment, and leave the answer on you blog

Hey everyone my survey is coming up GREAT and there is 34 people who have done it but it would been better if more people did it. Even if you don’t like monkey please do it any way! So here is the tally

Ape: 3

Baboon: 6

Chimp: 16

Howler Monkey:1

Spider Monkey: 6

Other: 2

Survey From: Survey Monkey

New World Monkeys are found only in South and
Central America. Their nose is broad and flat, with the mose facing outs. Many of the New World Monkeys have prehensile tails. A prehensile tail can wrap around a branch and can hold and help the weight of the animal as it hangs. A prehensile tail is used as another limb e.g like another foot or arm.
New world monkeys

• Spider monkeys
• Howler monkeys
• Tamarins

And lots more! Info: http://www.mc.maricopa.edudept/d10/asb/anthro2003/origins/ primates/new_monkeys.html 

Monkeys are consistently the bad guys, or silly guys in movies there are lots movie where someone is always trying to catch the monkey, or lock it up in a cadge this is a very popular thing to do in movies!  Sometimes it is the story line and it is about a monkey, but in a movie ‘Night At The Museum’  it is the case where the monkey is always tricking the night guard. Here are some movie that you might like to see what I am talking about:

• Dunston Checks In
• King Kong
• Land of the apes
• George of the Jungle 1 and 2
• Night at the Museum
• Cartoons - The Jungle book 1 and 2
• Pirate’s of the Caribbean 1,2 and 3 

Thre are many more and Maybe you could see then and then you would get what I mean by ‘Monkeys being the stars’

Once again another article in the paper about monkeys, This one contains a new baby girl monkey born on 25th of august . This money is a vervet  ( one I haven’t heard of! )  the monkey troop leader - Luway gave birth to Kaygee.These types of monkey come from South Africa, since Luway is the most highest ranked monkey in the group means Kaygee will be too. Vervet monkey are tiny when they are born and only weigh about 200g!  Soon Kaygee will start to move around and wont cling to her mother for ever, soon to start playing with other vervets in the group, like ’King of the castle’ . Kaygee bring the number of vervet monkey up to 20 at the zoo. 

Picture & Info From: The Geelong Advertiser Issue: 13.9.07