Macaques

Links: Punch Rolls with the Punches

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Shelter Dog Waited 803 Days for a Home

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And finally: Tell It To My Associates

Elizabeth G. shared an owl entourage.

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Maru’s Macaque Memory

Not That Mike The Other Mike4 Comments
Maru the cat looks through a sliding glass door at a macaque monkey standing on a wooden deck.

Looking back at the times when a gang of macaques tried to monkey with Maru, but the brave boy stood his ground — until he remembered it was dinner time.

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Twist Ending

Not That Mike The Other Mike6 Comments

For weeks, Roland planned the caper in meticulous detail. The tour bus stopped every day at exactly 2:17. While his accomplices created a distraction, he would sneak up behind the tourists, grab the item and run. It was supposed to be the perfect crime — but alas, he had overlooked one small detail.

A macaque monkey at Mount Popa near Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), tries to open a water bottle stolen from a hapless temple visitor.
Um, how do you open these things?

Temple Monkey, by D-Stanley, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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Monkeys on the Keys, Mon

Not That Mike The Other Mike5 Comments

Good evening and welcome to the Macaque Room here in the courtyard of the Hyatt Regency Garden Business Inn and Suites and Convention Temple in beautiful downtown Lopburi, Thailand. Your entertainment tonight will be the piano stylings of Paul Barton, notable pianist for elephants. (found by Skimpy)

a man plays upright piano for a group of macaque monkeys sitting on the piano, keys and the man's shoulders.
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