Cool Animales

Langsta

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Here are some animales which I consider to be rather cool.

Portuguese Man O' War
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Japanese Macaque (commonly known as the Snow Monkey)
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Mandrill
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What are some of your favorite animals?
 
I'm sorry, but how could you spell animals wrong twice? I thought it might be a pun, aniMALES, MAN o' war, MANdrill.... but that doesn't explain the monkey! You're tearing me aparrrrt, Langsta!

Budgerigars -
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- smarter than you might think.
 
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I'm sorry, but how could you spell animals wrong twice? I thought it might be a pun, aniMALES, MAN o' war, MANdrill.... but that doesn't explain the monkey! You're tearing me aparrrrt, Langsta!

Budgerigars -
Budgie6.jpg
- smarter than you might think.

Animales is Spanish for "animals."

Fun factoids about macaques:

>In the late 1990s it was discovered that nearly all (circa 90%) pet or captive macaques are carriers of the herpes-B virus. This virus is harmless to macaques, but infections of humans, while rare, are potentially fatal.

>Results of a research done by Dr. Michael Gumert, a primatologist at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, shows that "male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females". Study found that "after a male grooms a female, the likelihood that she will engage in sexual activity with the male was about three times more than if the grooming had not occurred."

>Same-sex relations are frequent, rates however vary between troops. Females will form consortships characterized by affectionate, social and sexual activities. In some troops up to one quarter of the females will form such bonds, which will vary in duration from a few days to a few weeks. Often, strong and lasting friendships will result from such pairings. Males also have same-sex relations, typically with multiple partners of the same age. Affectionate and playful activities are associated with such relations.

>The Japanese Macaque is very smart. It is the only animal other than humans and raccoons that is known to wash its food before eating it. Researchers studying this species left sweet potatoes out on the beach for them to feed on, then witnessed one female taking the food down to the sea to wash the sand off it. After a while, others started to copy her behavior. This trait was then passed on from generation to generation, until eventually, all except the very oldest members of the troop were washing their food in the sea. A somewhat altered account of this incident was the basis for the "Hundredth Monkey" meme.

>Also in recent studies, it has been found that the Japanese Macaque can develop different accents, like humans. It was found that macaques in areas separated by only a couple hundred miles can have very different pitches in their calls, their form of communication. The Japanese Macaque has been involved in many studies concerning neuroscience and also is used in drug testing.

>It is often the subject of Buddhist myths, and is thought to be the inspiration behind the saying "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."

>In January of 2000, the Rhesus Macaque became the first cloned primate with the birth of Tetra. January 2001 saw the birth of ANDi, the first transgenic primate; ANDi carries foreign genes originally from a jellyfish.

>Work on the genome of the Rhesus Macaque was completed in 2007, making Rhesus Macaque the second non-human primate to have its genome sequenced. The study shows that humans and macaques share about 93% of their DNA sequence and shared a common ancestor roughly 25 million years ago.
 
Animales is Spanish for "animals."
But you're not Spanish!!!! OMGZ wrong RACE!

Langsta said:
Fun factoids about macaques:

>In the late 1990s it was discovered that nearly all (circa 90%) pet or captive macaques are carriers of the herpes-B virus. This virus is harmless to macaques, but infections of humans, while rare, are potentially fatal.

>Results of a research done by Dr. Michael Gumert, a primatologist at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, shows that "male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females". Study found that "after a male grooms a female, the likelihood that she will engage in sexual activity with the male was about three times more than if the grooming had not occurred."

>Same-sex relations are frequent, rates however vary between troops. Females will form consortships characterized by affectionate, social and sexual activities. In some troops up to one quarter of the females will form such bonds, which will vary in duration from a few days to a few weeks. Often, strong and lasting friendships will result from such pairings. Males also have same-sex relations, typically with multiple partners of the same age. Affectionate and playful activities are associated with such relations.

>The Japanese Macaque is very smart. It is the only animal other than humans and raccoons that is known to wash its food before eating it. Researchers studying this species left sweet potatoes out on the beach for them to feed on, then witnessed one female taking the food down to the sea to wash the sand off it. After a while, others started to copy her behavior. This trait was then passed on from generation to generation, until eventually, all except the very oldest members of the troop were washing their food in the sea. A somewhat altered account of this incident was the basis for the "Hundredth Monkey" meme.

>Also in recent studies, it has been found that the Japanese Macaque can develop different accents, like humans. It was found that macaques in areas separated by only a couple hundred miles can have very different pitches in their calls, their form of communication. The Japanese Macaque has been involved in many studies concerning neuroscience and also is used in drug testing.

>It is often the subject of Buddhist myths, and is thought to be the inspiration behind the saying "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."

>In January of 2000, the Rhesus Macaque became the first cloned primate with the birth of Tetra. January 2001 saw the birth of ANDi, the first transgenic primate; ANDi carries foreign genes originally from a jellyfish.

>Work on the genome of the Rhesus Macaque was completed in 2007, making Rhesus Macaque the second non-human primate to have its genome sequenced. The study shows that humans and macaques share about 93% of their DNA sequence and shared a common ancestor roughly 25 million years ago.
These factoids are both fascinating and frightening. For realz, yo.
 
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