A 10 day old Gibbon was separated from its mother and was going to die until a zookeeper provided a stuffed camel that it immediately bonded with. Now, it can bear to be away from it for a even a moment.
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September 2008
September 27, 2008
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September 21, 2008
Gorilla Magazine Prank
The extremely amazing and astounding Gorilla Men Blog gives us this fantastic scanned page from an old magazine. I can't tell you how happy it makes me.
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September 19, 2008
Jack - The Baboon Who Worked for the Railroad and was Paid in Rum
Here's a great story about a baboon named Jack who not only worked for a railroad company, but also assisted some guy who thought he could jump between train cars and ended up legless.
Read the whole article at yesbutnobutyes!
After some time, and I swear I am not making this up, it is said that Jack learned to change the signals at the train yard. He responded to the horn blasts from the engineers and changed the signals accordingly. Locals swear that Jack never made an error. In fact, Cape Town train officials, after hearing of the monkey bidness up the road, came to investigate. Skeptical, they agreed to test Jack's competence and the little guy passed with flying colors. After he aced the signal exam, Jack was officially given a government salary (bananas?) and was issued an employee number. Really.
There are tributes to Jack the Signalman, as he was known, at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown (they have Jack's skull) and the Uitenhage Railway Station.
God bless that hard working monkey.
September 14, 2008
Stolen Robot Gorilla Returned With Head Severed
Someone stole a mechanical gorilla from a Maine flea market. It ended up in a cornfield in Akron Ohio and some good samaritans drove him back home. This is a complicated story with accusations and youtube videos galore.
It has been a long two weeks for the Miller family. After the kidnapper had absconded with Seamore, the Bangor Daily News ran the story and within days Seamore’s escapades became part of the international news scene.
After learning that Seamore had been grabbed, Farrington mobilized her family to bring Seamore hom.
Farrington described going Friday to the state police barracks in St. Albans, Vt., where Seamore was in “protective custody.”
“I handed the woman that was in the office my license and told her I was here to spring Seamore, and she started laughing,” Farrington said.
When they arrived at Sandy’s Sales on Saturday they were greeted by the University of Maine at Machias ukulele band under the direction of Gene Nichols, associate professor of music. The band played “Sandy Sales in the Sunset,” “Mother and Child Reunion” and the “Gorilla of my Dreams.”
A small group of gorilla fans had gathered in front of the store to listen to the music, snap pictures and welcome Seamore home.
Much has happened since Seamore was snatched.
An Ohio man who owns the gorilla factory where Seamore was manufactured volunteered to help. He put a video on You-Tube offering a $500 reward.
The “kidnapper” saw the video and posted his own You-Tube video, saying he was sorry and offering to return Seamore. And he did — sometime during the early morning hours last weekend. He dumped Seamore in a cornfield in Swanton, Vt. The Vermont State Police retrieved her.
Although the kidnapper was in full disguise on his YouTube video, including his face, the Maine State Police said last week that Vermont authorities did have a suspect.
One thing was clear over the weekend: The kidnapper was feeling pretty secure in his disguise. He has made two more videos. In one he was wearing a white plastic mask and riding a tricycle. He said he didn’t think he should be prosecuted if he returned the gorilla.
Although the Millers had not planned to prosecute the perpetrator, Sandy Miller said his lack of remorse and treating the kidnapping as a joke had rankled her. Although she would like to see the man prosecuted, she wasn’t looking for much — just something to teach him a lesson about people’s property. She said she’d like the judge to order the man to pay restitution, fix the gorilla and participate in community service.
Seamore was a little worse for wear after her long trip. Her head had been severed from her body and there were holes and rips in her face. Her arm also was broken. “I think they must have really smacked her around a bit,” Sandy Miller said.
See video news story here with footage of kidnappers youtube video
