MetaFilter posts tagged with Monkey

Everyone needs a hug.

Liver — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:30:47 -0800

In which a chimpanzee is shown reacting to sleight-of-hand on a Japanese television show. [SLYT. Overuse of sound effects.]

How The West Was Monkey And Where It Got Us

Len — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:09:30 -0800

The Lonesome Stranger: An All-Monkey Western!

I love the monkey's uncle and I wish I were the monkey's aunt!

Item — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:56:58 -0800

When shitty '90s movies come to life: "Hit by a string of thefts, the owners of Plants & Planters in Richardson (TX) installed surveillance cameras in the hopes of recording the suspects in action, WFAA-TV reports. The cameras recorded images of what appears to be a monkey scooping up plants, flowers and accessories and handing it to someone waiting on the other side of a fence. In all, the monkey got a few dozen plants, flowers and concrete statues." "The monkey has not been arrested and the owners of the store tell WFAA reporter Steve Stoler they don't want the cops to pursue this any further because they actually find it humorous." To keep my journalistic integrity I must disclose the following: I know about this because my mother is a regular at Plants & Planters. She does not, however, know the monkey. Bonus: The Beach Boys featuring Annette Funicello: "Monkey's Uncle".

Life imitating art

numberstation — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:00:44 -0800

Life imitating art Disclaimer: noted it was Iraq depicted in Monkey Dust and not Afghanistan but you get the idea.

Ay ay ay, ay ay ay...

LSK — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:33:59 -0800

Everybody's hugging up the big monkey man. Seriously, everybody.

Snow Monkeys bathe in hot springs

Joe in Australia — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:34:54 -0800

Japanese snow monkeys in Yamanouchi have developed a neat trick - they bathe in the region's hot springs. Here's another gallery. There's even a webcam! I love these guys. They're really cute. And this time I searched for monkeys, hot springs, hot tubs, and every other relevant keyword I could think of. I really hope nobody's posted this before, but with my luck it will appear as, oh, "oriental primate immersion within caloric effusions".

Animal behaviour: Grape expectations

kliuless — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:10:32 -0800

Revealing how we are just a bunch of monkeys... (via) Franz de Waals and Sarah Brosnan

...trained brown capuchin monkeys to give them pebbles in exchange for cucumbers. Almost overnight, a capuchin economy developed, with hungry monkeys harvesting small stones. But the marketplace was disrupted when the scientists got mischievous: instead of giving every monkey a cucumber in exchange for pebbles, they started giving some monkeys a tasty grape instead. (Monkeys prefer grapes to cucumbers.) After witnessing this injustice, the monkeys earning cucumbers went on strike. Some started throwing their cucumbers at the scientists; the vast majority just stopped collecting pebbles. The capuchin economy ground to a halt. The monkeys were willing to forfeit cheap food simply to register their anger at the arbitrary pay scale.

in other words, it could be up to our kids to replenish our trust networks... BONUS GRAPES

The Linguistic Banhammer Falls Again

wendell — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:29:38 -0800

How am I gonna introduce my annual post about the annual LSSU Banished Words List when "It's that time of year again" has itself just been banished? Maybe with an assortment of links not-very-related to the words on This Year's List... (Going) Green Carbon Footprint / Carbon Offset Maverick First Dude Bailout Wall Street / Main Street -Monkey <3> Icon/Iconic Game Changer Staycation Desperate Search Not So Much Winner of X Nominations It's That Time of Year Again

Waiting on you hand and foot

Secret Life of Gravy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:12:42 -0800

A restaurant in Japan employs Monkey Waiters. They're not the worst waiters in the world and you only have to tip them with edamame.

Evolution : Gorilla to Monkey

mannequito — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:21:00 -0800

Damon Albarn’s career reads like a roadmap to some musical no-man's land: start a pop band, turn into an indie/hip-hop/dub “virtual” group, followed by a supergroup featuring Tony Allen and Paul Simonon, and throw in an album of Malian guitar music for good measure. Not enough variety? The latest effort, Monkey - Journey to the West, took 4 years to prepare and debuted last summer at the Manchester International Festival. The accompanying soundtrack is out today in North America. (previously)

He looks kind of like Ernest Borgnine.

miss lynnster — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:16:46 -0800

Remember Cy? Well, meet the world's first pigmonk. Or would that be monklet? Apparently the piglet is drinking milk and not in bad health. "The piglet looks just like a monkey, with two thin lips, a small nose and two big eyes. Its rear legs are also much longer than its forelegs, causing it to jump instead of walk." Other deformed animals to gawk at. As long as we're on the topic.

Monkey!

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:17:49 -0800

Jamie Hewlett of Tank Girl and Gorrilaz fame has created the animated film that will be used to introduce the BBC's coverage of the summer Olympics with music by his fellow Gorrlaz compatriot, Damon Albarn, inspired by Monkey, the cult classic television program. Better quality version. Hewlett Interview. Hewlett's art. Previous Monkey inspired work.

Monkeys fish.

HE Amb. T. S. L. DuVal — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:46:49 -0800

Scientists find monkeys who know how to fish. Apparently, they're not the first. Although they might be the first to do so without tools. I, for one, want some sashimi.

monkey see, monkey do

Pants! — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:51:35 -0800

Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon have demonstrated that a monkey can control a robotic arm with its brain when food is used as a reward.

In tribute to Charlton Heston, Russia has begun a real-life Planet of the Apes.

myopicman — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:50:15 -0800

By 2020, Mars may have monkeys, adding to the impressive roster of primates in space.

Tron's light cycle scene "Sweded"

stbalbach — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:14:10 -0800

Tron's light cycle scene 'Sweded'

Monkey on a Bike

Stynxno — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:28:53 -0800

A 37 second video of a monkey on a mini-bike

Monkey Does Handstand on Tight-Rope Walking Goat

derangedlarid — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:07:21 -0800

The Goat and the Monkey in Rashomon. Part 1, Part 2

Animal Planet investigates alcoholism in monkeys

finite — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:32:42 -0800

"Significantly, the percentage of monkeys and humans who avoid alcohol is the same." [YouTube]

Opera by Gorillaz about Monkey

meech — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:52:31 -0800

Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure is a documentary following the Gorillaz' boys - Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett - as they attempt to make an opera based on classic Chinese novel Journey to the West [or for them - the 70s television show Monkey]. The documentary follows the two year process with a decent section on Albarn's approach to learning a new form of music.

Hey Hey We're the Monkeys

cal71 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:55:42 -0800

Serious monkey trouble for the deputy mayor. How to end the scourge? "One approach has been to train bands of larger, more ferocious langur monkeys..."School children are nervous, but at least one monkey is charged with protecting commuters. Of course, serious monkey problems are nothing new. Baby monkeys aren't even safe. Better learn how to prevent or survive an attack.

Monkey Testicles

caddis — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:59:23 -0800

The elixer of youth. Serge Voronoff's early experiments involved transplanting thyroid tissue into humans with a thyroid deficiency. He also began transplanting the testicles of executed criminals into rich old guys (as a treatment for senility and schizophrenia), but had to stop when the demand for the procedure far exceeding the supply of criminal testicles. At this point, Voronoff began using monkey testicles instead, and his first "monkey gland" to human transplant took place in June of 1920. (via another filter)

Spatula of Death

Asparagirl — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:35:31 -0800

Instead of yet another social networking site, why not try an anti-social networking site? Presenting Spatula of Death, where the goal is enmity, not community. Smite your ~~friends~~ enemies or watch other people smite theirs, and you'll get to watch a poor stuffed monkey get whapped on the head with a spatula over a live web feed. Rate other users' smites, and have your own smites rated, earning Douchebag Points (TM) for the most cutting remarks and cruel behavior. The site was created as a thesis presentation for Tisch ITP at NYU; watch the creator discuss it.

IS THERE NONE WHO CAN CHALLENGE ME?

jonson — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:40:29 -0800

I hereby declare myself king of Monkey Kick-Off. With a score of 4750 Monkey Meters, I feel secure & confident that my reign will be a long & prosperous one.

ETV music video

tellurian — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:07:45 -0800

Fantastic dancing and singing.