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Macaque study sheds light on brain's perception of static images
During each session, a macaque sat in a chair and looked at a screen that showed a sequence of varied, real-world photos. The animal looked at each photo for an average of two seconds—about five ...
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Monkeys of Morocco
Photographer Francisco Mingorance spent more than a year taking pictures ofMacaca sylvanus high in the Middle Atlas mountains, home to one of the largest Barbary macaque populations.
All 43 research monkeys that escaped South Carolina facility have been recaptured
All 43 research monkeys that escaped a South Carolina facility in November have been safely recaptured, the Yemassee Police ...
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Find Out What Turns a Monkey On
That’s easier to answer if you’re a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)—or Constance ... Dubuc showed each rhesus test subject two photos of faces in different shades of red.
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S’pore Zoo visitor goes from exasperation at macaque eating bananas from child’s stroller to asking if they are tasty
A chonky long-tailed macaque stealthily took two bananas from a child's backpack in a stroller at the Singapore Zoo. The ...
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PETA petitions again to keep macaques out of US research labs
The Fish and Wildlife Service last October rejected a petition to provide federal protections for the monkeys.