Gorilla plays Donkey Kong?

The gorillas were just hanging out at the San Francisco Zoo when a kid dropped his Nintendo DSi XL and they picked it up! So we don't know what game they were playing but maybe it was Donkey Kong! Though if it was they probably would just let Donkey Kong win.

In a related story - a gorilla gets a new game but after he asks his Dad to change the batteries he has a hard time getting it back.

(Story and Pictures via Gizmodo)

It's Human Afterall!!

Last year scientists discovered a skeleton named Ardi that they thought may have been the missing link between humans and non-human primates. Now scientists are thinking that maybe this skeleton is really an early human and not a missing link.

For more go here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_sc/us_sci_human_ancestor

Half of the World's primates are in Danger!

Or Endangered (sorry I had to get your attention)

(A Yellow-Tailed woolly monkey from Peru)

According to a recent report by a major conservation group almost half the world's primate population faces extinction (that includes monkeys!).

Of the worlds 634 primates species - 48% are threatened by extinction. Mainly due to deforestation, illegal trade of these animals, and commercial bush meat hunting. 

The main species who seem to be the most threatened include apes, lemurs and monkeys!

For more on this story (and for more pictures) Go Here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/02/17/endangered.species/index.html?hpt=C2

Donkey Kong Shelves

Donkey Kong Shelves were made to look like the video game Donkey Kong. Jeeves tells me that Donkey Kong (an Ape), is the Villain of the game. He is the pet of a carpenter named Jumpman (aka Mario). The carpenter mistreats the ape, so Donkey Kong escapes and kidnaps Jumpman's girlfriend. The object of the game is to rescue the girl (as Jumpman).

Enough about the game - now check out these Shelves! Pretty cool - they look like the game (complete with a Ape on top!)

Thumbs UP! - L.A. Times

(Picture via L.A. Times)

I have to give Thumbs UP! this week to the L.A. Times! The Los Angeles Times posted some pictures of a baby squirrel monkey getting a ride on the back of its mother. I thought is was great that the L.A. Times shared with the world just a couple of pictures of these monkeys and a little bit of information.

But it turns out that the L.A Times has many stories about Apes and Monkeys in it's L.A. Unleashed section! And that's great!

Be sure to check them out!

For more pictures and the story about the squirrel monkeys - Click Here

And to see the Monkeys and Apes Section of the L.A. Unleashed Section of the Los Angeles Times - Click Here

Good job L.A.! (We Love It!)
-MoJo