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Not afraid of jungle monkeys: Bilawal Bhutto assails opposition for using
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, has slammed the opposition for using derogatory language during President Asif Ali Zardari's speech to parliament on Friday, and added that his party has a history of opposing dictators and that they are not afraid of the "jungle
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"Because of that barking sound...": UP teen uses Alexa to save her and her
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Nikita saved her and her infant sister when monkeys entered their home
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Uttarakhand CM directs forest department to take preventive steps after le
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Expressing concern over the incidents of monkeys attacking children in various areas of Dehradun, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed Principal Secretary Forest RK Sudhanshu to work on an effective action plan to stop such incidents.
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Monkeys make a stink in response to human noise
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to new research, monkeys increase their usage of scent markings in order to compensate for human noise pollution. Pied tamarins (Saguinus bicolor) communicate through both vocal calls and scent markings, and the current study, published in the journal Ethology Ecology & Evolut
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72 exotic snakes, 6 capuchin monkeys seized at Bengaluru airport
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a statement by the Bengaluru Customs, the animals were stuffed in baggage and arrived on an Air Asia flight from Bangkok (Flight Number FD 137) which landed at Bengaluru airport at 10:30 pm on Wednesday.
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Langur cut-outs installed along G20 routes in Delhi to scare off monkeys
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahead of the G20 meeting, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has installed life-size cut-outs of grey langurs on Sardar Patel Marg and Shastri Bhawan, in an attempt to keep rhesus macaques, colloquially known as rhesus monkeys, away from transit routes and venues during the Summit.&nb
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Himachal HC seeks remedy to deal with monkey, stray dog menace
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, passed this order, on a Public Interest Litigation taken up suo moto by the High Court and a couple of other petitions filed to deal with the threat posed by monkeys and stray dogs.
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Sri Lanka govt waits for outcome of cases regarding export of monkeys to C
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture spokesperson Dharma Wanninayake said that legal cases were proving to be a hindrance to the government's venture to export monkeys to China and the government will take the next step after the case ends.
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Socially adept monkeys have superior impulse control: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Non-human primates have been used by researchers to test one of the theories put up to explain how humanity developed to become smarter. A team from the University of Portsmouth led a study that discovered a strong link between monkeys' social organisation and their cognitive abilities.
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Activists protest against Sri Lankan authorities' plan to export 100,000 m
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
After the Sri Lankan Agriculture minister announced that the authorities are planning to export 100,000 endangered toque macaque monkeys to a private Chinese company, animal rights activists staged a protest, Voice of America reported.
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Did early humans and monkeys use same stone tools? Find out
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology found artefacts built by old-world monkeys in Thailand that resemble stone tools that were historically thought to have been deliberately crafted by early hominins.
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Rumoured lovers Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth groove to viral 'Tum Tum'
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Taking to social media on Monday, Aditi dropped the video with a caption, "Dance monkeys - The Reel deal." In the video, Siddharth was dressed in a blue tee and denim, while Aditi wore a floral kurta with sharara pants. The couple were seen recreating the exact hook steps which many celeb
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