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Stories about: macaques

Primates Found to Care for Their Children Scientists were recently puzzled to find out that monkeys too had the ability to care for their grandchildren. The investigation, which was conducted on a group of Japanese macaques, proved that, when needed, grandmothers took their nephews in, and cared for them as their mothers would have. This is the first instanc... 23 November 2009 06:47 GMT Monkeys Also Fish Although this is not the first time when a species of monkeys are spotted fishing in rivers, the discovery of a silver-haired primate in Indonesia which exhibits similar behavior is definitely a first. In the last eight years alone on at least four occasions researchers have observed long-tailed macaques capturing fi... 11 June 2008 03:45 GMT Mars: Planet of the Apes Laika preceded the first manned spaceflight; why can't macaques preceed the first manned flight to Mars? According to Russian scientists, they can and they will. The first living being to the Martian system will most likely be a monkey, not a man. The reason is very simple and easy to guess; radiation poses too ... 14 April 2008 10:14 GMT