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Random useless factoid I learned today

"Monkey Ward" was the nickname for Montgomery Ward, the mail order/department store brand

(started in 1872, apparently went bankrupt in 2000)

On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher called "viscerally disturbing" has recently taken off among a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents and juveniles have started to kidnap the infants of another monkey species, seemingly just for kicks. That's what scientists think after watching a bunch of male white-faced capuchin monkeys walking around with baby howler monkeys clinging to their backs. @npr reports:
npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-53959

Gentle Proboscis #Monkeys of #Borneo are famous for their long noses. Until recently the reasons why baffled scientists, not anymore! They're threatened by #palmoil #deforestation. You can help when you Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

palmoildetectives.com/2025/03/

Palm Oil Detectives · Demystifying the Strange Beauty of the Proboscis Monkey’s Large Nose
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