Jezebel: Monkey

Judging Me Judging You

Doug Barry — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:30:00 EST

A dressed monkey sits at a roadside to earn money from passers-by for his owner in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Jan 13, 2012. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) More »

Tiny Little Monkey Returned Safely To Zoo After He Was Stolen

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:30:00 EST

In a nice turn of events (for once!), last night an adorable squirrel monkey who'd been stolen from the San Francisco Zoo was returned to his owners unharmed after missing for two days. The monkey, whose name is Banana Sam (which might be the perfect monkey name) was "hungry, trembling and thirsty" when he was returned to the zoo but otherwise in good health. Oh, the heart strings, they are being tugged with an alarming force! More »

Iran Sending Monkey To Space

Anna North — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:30:00 EDT

As part of its budding space program, Iran will soon be sending a monkey to space. More »

Monkey Wins Best-Dressed At The Hangover II Premiere

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:30:00 EDT

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Aside from unfortunately patterned fabrics, the fashions weren't too bad at last night's premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater. However, everyone on the red carpet was upstaged by a monkey. More »

Sunday Night Social: Time To Kick Back And Relax

Megan Carpentier — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:30:11 EDT

It's that time again, when I take my leave of you guys. Thanks to Jessica Coen for inviting me back. And you know what to do below. [Image via Me-Liss-A on Flickr] More »

Sleepy Monkey Wonders If It's Really Morning Already

Megan Carpentier — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:30:00 EDT

[Berg en Bos, The Netherlands. Image via Mirm on Flickr]

One-Armed, One-Legged Monkey Is Devoted To Man Who Saved Its Life

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:25:00 EDT

Li Chun, a Chinese farmer, saved a monkey's life by amputating its injured arm and leg. Now it's paying him back by copying everything he does, including cracking all his eggs, and killing his chickens after seeing Chun slaughter one. More »

TGIF

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:50:00 EDT

[London, March 25. Image via Getty.]

Zoo Renames "Obama" Monkey • Apology Might Secure Journalists' Release

Anna North — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:30:00 EDT

Responding to criticism from the Initiative for Black Germans, the Dresden Zoo has changed the name of one of its baby mandrills from "Obama" to "Okeke" — unfortunately, also a common African surname. • More »

TGIF

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:10:00 EDT

[Images via Let's Be Friends]

TGIF

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:50:00 EDT

Monkey On The Lam!

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:20:00 EDT

A spider monkey in East Bumblefuck, Indiana (otherwise known as "Michigan City") made a desperate bid for freedom this weekend by traversing an empty moat and crawling up a garden hose. Okay, actually, it doesn't sound like it was that hard. He was recaptured at a nearby boat dealership, having evolved into the kind of primate that goes to boat dealerships and gawks at shiny speed boats. Evolution is simple! (Yes, this was just a gratuitous reason to run a cute monkey picture and reference Stephen Colbert.) [USA Today] More »

The SockObama Might Die, But Racism Will Live 'Til November (At Least)

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:50:00 EDT

TheSockObama Company, about whom we wrote last week, has run away with its tail between its legs. On its no-longer-fuctional website, the gentlemen who once wrote, "We wonder now if this might be a great opportunity to take this moment to really try and transcend still existing racial biases," when people complained that their ObamaMonkey might be ever-so-slightly offensive have issued an apology. It says, "We are very apologetic to all who were upset by our toy idea. We will not be proceeding with the manufacturing of this toy. Thank you." We're guessing that when they got that order for a full gross from Ron Edwards they might've finally gotten what the rest of us were saying. [The SockObama, Southern Poverty Law Center] More »

ObamaMonkey? There Is No Teachable Moment With Some People.

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT

As if there hasn't been enough coverage of how using images of monkeys to represent the first African-American Presidential candidate from one of the two main parties is unwarranted and incredibly racist, there's a new company marketing a new Obama-monkey product. TheSockObama Co. is marketing this toy via its website that we're not going to link to. In response to inquiries from plenty of people about what kind of scum-sucking, race-baiting, Neo Nazi company they are, they responded: More »

Your Mom Stinks

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:45:00 EDT

Conchita is a white-naped mangabey, an endangered primate at the London Zoo. Her mother was seriously ill when Conchita was delivered via C-section, so zookeepers put a teddy bear into the newborn's enclosure. Now Conchita sorta thinks the bear is her mom. "She hugs that bear day and night," says keeper Andrea Payne. "She will run to the bear when she's alarmed. She won't run to me. She clamps on to it just like she would her mother." The teddy bear is "smelly" and has some monkey poo on it, but the zookeepers can't wash it. "To the baby it is her own special smell... The baby recognises the smell, it's a comfort to her. Washing the teddy would make it unrecognizable." [Times of London] More »

When Animals Attract: Your Cuddly Childhood Creatures

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EDT

As I've said before, adopting a pet is perhaps the most masochistic thing we humans can do to ourselves. We develop affection, friendship, and unconditional love for our companion animals, all with the knowledge that we will be completely bereft and broken-hearted when we (inevitably) outlive them. But the upside of that total buzzkill (sorry) is that those of us who grew up alongside animals are lucky to have experienced those emotions; through them, we were given the tools to cope with love and loss, specifically, the ability to understand that just because loved ones are out of our lives, the impacts they made remain. So it goes with this month's Past Fashion feature, which focuses on pictures of Jezebel readers and their childhood pets and is jam-packed with warm, fuzzy feelings. (Someone had a kitten named Jezebel! Some of you had farm animals! One girl was lucky enough to have a monkey!) A gallery of the kids and their cute critters, after the jump. More »

Truly, all is going to be alright with the...

Jennifer — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:45:00 EDT

Truly, all is going to be alright with the world. Or so we are willing to believe after reading this tale of an abandoned baby monkey who was in critical condition when taken in by an animal sanctuary in China. Then, he met a white pigeon, struck up a beautiful friendship, and the rest is history. Shana Tovah! There is a God! [Daily News] More »