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Boy Finds Spider Monkey in Backyard - Video

Brett Singer — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Living in Manhattan, we don't get a lot of wild animals. Then again, I doubt most "country" dwellers expect to see an overweight spider monkey in their backyard.

Yes. A spider monkey. In East Ridge, Tennessee.

Here's a video report:

According to local station News Channel 9, the monkey's name is Clyde, and the owners "say they bought him from a flea market" 25 years ago. In addition to being overweight -- Clyde has a fondness for Lil' Debbie cakes and Italian food -- "they say he's getting old, and has cataracts."

In other words, Clyde is somebody's pet. Pet spider monkey.

How much would you freak if you saw Clyde in your backyard? How about if you were four years old?

Source: newschannel9.com
Image: necn.com

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World's Cutest Monkey Rejected by His Mom

JeanneSager — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:04:00 GMT

We might count monkeys among our relatives (shhh, don't tell Sarah Palin), but I'm happy to say most of us wouldn't do what a marmoset mom of triplets did to the cutest thing I've seen since my kid wrapped her arms around her best friend and puckered up.

The marmoset at a British safari park gave birth to a rare set of triplets, but with two teets and three babies, she did the math. Her decision? Bye bye little monkey. Fortunately for little John Wayne (because he's a quiet man? I don't know - he's definitely no challenge to the Duke in stature), the park photographer has stepped in to play foster mom.

John Wayne is barely the size of photographer Penny Boyd's thumb, and she has to feed him with a syringe at two-hour intervals throughout the day and night. Apparently newborn marmosets don't sleep through the night either (an inherited trait?). This is actually the second baby monkey Boyd has had to adopt since marmosets were introduced at the tourist destination. Elliott is older, but not much bigger - marmosets are the world's smallest primates.

She says John Wayne will make an excellent little brother for Elliott to play with. Let's just hope he doesn't get too cheeky.

Image/Source: Telegraph

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Cole Gamble — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Get ready to forget your economy woes and election fatigue, folks. You’re about to get a double-barreled shot of sweetness that will put you into immediate diabetic shock. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the White Tiger Kitten and Monkey Frolic:

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Attack of the Monkey Children

Brett Singer — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT

When your children get older and (finally!) move out of the house, what are your plans?

a)   Move to a smaller place
b)   Turn their room into a casino
c)   Adopt a monkey

No, I didn't make that last one up. Amazingly, there are people that, when confronted with so-called "empty nest" syndrome, decide that the thing to do is to adopt a monkey.

Now, before you think, "aw, how cute, a monkey as a pet" or even, "what a horrible idea, having a monkey as a pet", you need to know one thing: many of these monkeys are not treated as pets. They are treated as children. They call them – monkids.

Tonight at 10pm on ABC, "Primetime: The Outsiders" will profile Lori and Jim Johnson, a couple of lunatics humans from Orlando, Florida who have a capuchin monkey named Jessy as a…pet child. Lori had "adopted" the primate prior to marrying Jim; Lori told ABC News that "living with Jessy was 'all part of the deal' and that [Jim] 'signed up for both' when he married Lori." I know love is hard to find, but if a woman tells me on the first date that she has a monkey that she dresses in children's clothing, that said monkey eats at the table with her, and that she treats said monkey as if she were her daughter, including referring to the monkey as "my daughter", I'm thinking there's no second date, much less a wedding. But hey, who am I to judge? Check out these pictures. They certainly look happy. Well, "mom" does. Hard to tell how the monkey feels about all this.

This story was actually reported on by the Orlando Sentinel back in April; here's the story, and video (via BoingBoing). According to the Sentinel, there are 15,000 people in the U.S. who own/live with/adopt monkeys, despite the fact that the practice is illegal in 20 states. There's even a magazine that caters to monkey owners/adopters/parents (sheesh, what exactly do you call these people?)

For a slightly different take, let's be sure to mention Angelle Sampey, a successful professional motorcycle racer with a monkid. According to ABC News, she wanted to have kids, but didn't feel that she could while pursuing a pro racing career. "I can't race and, you know, bear a child… And I thought adopting a monkey as a surrogate child would be a good thing to do." So no empty-nest for her; the monkey is instead of a human child.

Myself, I think I'd just get a dog.

So tonight at 10pm, ABC. Have fun.

images: abcnews.com

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