Posts Tagged ‘monkey’

Chimpanzee food challenges

A video of Ken Shimura taking genius Chimpanzee Pan-kun to various parts of Japan to sample local cuisine:

If you notice big changes in Pan-kun’s size between the clips, do not be alarmed. Some of the segments were filmed several years ago.
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Bobby Ologun goes ape

Nigerian-Japanese TV talento Bobby Ologun visits a zoo with his kids, going crazy when he encounters chimpanzees:

Bobby comes from Africa and claims he knows the chimps. His attempts to “talk” to them in monkey language are not very successful, and he is shocked when they become angry.
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Monkey spotted in Kasukabe

A wild monkey was got on film as it ran through a residential area of Kasukabe yesterday:

There have been quite a few monkey sightings reported in the area since last month. So far, the monkey has evaded capture.
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Workers fail to capture renegade monkey

A wild monkey on the loose in Kisarazu:

Some 30 workers took part in efforts to capture the animal, but so far they have failed.

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Monkey uses stuffed animal as replacement mother

A baby macaque abandoned by her mother and raised by zookeepers at the Ichikawa Zoo has been using a Rilakkuma stuffed animal as a replacement mother:

When she was initially introduced to the main monkey enclosure in January, the stuffed animal kept her company when the other monkeys would shun and bully her.

Almost half a year has passed, and she’s adjusted to life in the enclosure and socializes with the other monkeys. She only occasionally spends time with her stuffed animal “mom.”

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Monkey spotted in Tokyo’s Minato Ward

FTV reports that a monkey, possibly the same one spotted in Shibuya Station last month, was seen in Tokyo’s Minato Ward yesterday:

Witnesses first spotted it in the area about a week ago, eating a Japanese persimmon plucked from a tree. The most recent sighting of the monkey took place at a temple, where it was reportedly fighting with two or three crows. Residents were able to snap a photo of the monkey, allowing an expert to examine its facial features and proclaim that this is probably the famous Shibuya Station monkey.