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vervet monkeys
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| more fun... |
| posted by: publius |
14:17 7.20.10 |
than a shirt full of monkeys...
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/20/mexico.monkey.smuggling/index.html#fbid=Imju5VSBYCS
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| ok ok.... |
| posted by: publius |
10:52 7.13.10 |
so they're not vervet monkeys...
but they are THE TALIBAN'S KILLER MONKEY ARMY!
http://gawker.com/5585714/the-talibans-killer-monkey-army
the video is pure genius (i particularly like the laughably poor photoshopping in some of the stills).... |
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| I'm so glad there's a thread for this |
| posted by: camdolphin |
15:09 12.30.09 |
Drunk vervet monkeys - apparently they drink in approximately the same rates that humans do, meaning most in moderation, some in excess, some not at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSm7BcQHWXk |
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| daddy.... |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
10:45 11.14.07 |
...is that a monkey?
http://www.nbc10.com/news/14585860/detail.html |
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| more monkeys...this time they' |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
17:44 8.8.07 |
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/07/30/070730fa_fact_parker |
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| more monkeys...this time they' |
| posted by: publius |
11:55 8.8.07 |
Airline asks, 'Is that a monkey in your ponytail?'
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Passengers aboard Spirit Airlines Flight 180 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to New York's LaGuardia International Airport had an unexpected travel companion Tuesday: a small monkey.
A passenger who originally departed from Lima, Peru, and connected in Fort Lauderdale had been hiding the small monkey in his ponytail, under his hat, according to Spirit Airlines spokeswoman Alison Russell.
During the flight, the monkey crawled out of its hiding spot, forcing the owner to hold it in his hands, where the unexpected visitor was soon spotted by fellow passengers and crew members, Russell said.
The Port Authority Police Department was contacted by Spirit Airlines, and officials met the owner and the monkey at the gate.
Port Authority spokesman Pasquale DiFulco released a statement saying the monkey was never loose in the airport, as originally reported.
"We've contacted health officials, and man and monkey will be turned over to appropriate officials. He was never on the loose in the airport," DiFulco said.
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| posted by: rabelais |
16:18 9.24.06 |
Man Arrested Years After Allegedly Smuggling Rare Asian Cats
By Maeve Reston and Bob Pool
Times Staff Writers
September 19, 2006
His buddy was in line with the flea-scratching pygmy monkeys stuffed in his underwear.
But Chris Edward Mulloy was the one with the sudden itch to flee as he watched his friend being searched by customs upon their arrival in Los Angeles from Indonesia in 2002.
When one of four smuggled birds of paradise fluttered out of his friend's bag and began swooping over the heads of startled incoming passengers at Los Angeles International Airport, Mulloy took advantage of the confusion to duck out of line and flee the Tom Bradley International Terminal, authorities contend.
Hidden in his own backpack, authorities say, were two protected Asian leopard newborns that authorities now allege Mulloy was trying to sneak into this country illegally.
On Monday, federal officials arrested Mulloy, 45, in Palm Springs. Hours later, a federal judge ordered his arraignment next week on four counts of smuggling, fraudulently concealing a protected species and lying to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Customs officials.
Authorities did not explain why the arrest and court appearance came more than four years after the LAX incident — and three years after his monkey-smuggling friend pleaded guilty and completed a six-month prison term.
"This is a good example of justice delayed but not denied," said assistant federal prosecutor Joseph O. Johns.
Mulloy's friend, Robert Cusack of Orange County, was arrested after airport customs agents found three more endangered birds of paradise in his luggage, along with containers with 50 protected orchids. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Ho Truong later said that Cusack was asked if he had anything else to declare.
"I've got monkeys in my pants," Cusack said.
After confessing, Cusack was sentenced to 57 days in jail — and served a total of about six months.
Johns said authorities in 2005 received a tip about Mulloy's alleged involvement. A federal grand jury indicted him in February of this year.
Also named in the indictment was Darlah Kaye Mulloy, described Monday by officials as Chris Edward Mulloy's sister. According to Johns, she was called in San Diego by her brother to pick up the newborn leopards at an airport-area hotel.
Chris Edward Mulloy, wearing a white sweatshirt and silver handcuffs, indicated to U.S. District Judge Paul Abrams that he had no money for an attorney. He was represented at the pre-arraignment hearing by a federal public defender and released on $50,000 bond after agreeing to surrender his passport.
The two leopards allegedly smuggled by Mulloy were said Monday to be in south Orange County and in Texas. The two pygmy monkeys were sent to the Los Angeles Zoo.
All four birds of paradise eventually died.
Johns said Mulloy and Cusack may have been intending to set up an animal sanctuary in Costa Rica. He said Mulloy could face up to 20 years in prison and fines up to $1 million if convicted on all charges.
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| i haven't read this story... |
| posted by: publius |
03:27 4.29.05 |
and have no idea what it's about. but vervet monkeys, whatever they are, feature prominently, and that's good enough for me.
http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=000363E3-1806-1264-980683414B7F0000 |
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