besides the NEW and the OLD
what are major characteristics between the old and new world monkeys….what should i know about the differences?
any other information regarding the question, is highly appreciated thank you
old world: from Africa and Asia, have narrower noses and larger bodies, spend more time on the ground, have opposable digits and some don’t have tails at all and none have prehensile tails (work as 5th limb)
new world: from Mexico, Central America, and South America, do not have fingernails or opposable digits, all have prehensile tails
hope that helped 
A teacher was telling us about monkeys in monasteries and they did these coloured ink pages and very fine writing of the bible and stuff and the monkeys had their hair cut short and wore brown robes they spent all their time writing stuff. I don’t believe that you could train monkeys to do that.
I’m not sure about that. But did you know that some monastaries monks produce and provide casino chips for casinos around the world?
Yes, they are called chip monks.
What do you think of this study on monkeys suffering brain shrinkage from antipsychotics?
http://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/blog/?p=3
Post mortems of schizophrenic brains show brain shrinkage which the "experts" have said are the results of the illness but these were all of people who had been on antipsychotics for a long time.
Shouldn’t a study be undertaken soon before more lives are ruined comparing non treated schizophrenics brains with treated ones.
I agree that it is of concern and there should be much more research done into mental illness generally.
However, I think you have to consider all the factors. Anti-psychotic drugs do help a lot of people to control their symptoms and lead more fulfilling lives. I do think there are two clear protocols to follow – don’t keep someone on medication that isn’t showing any benefit to them and regularly review the person’s need for the medication and the dosage. I’ve known some people keep very well on very small dosages of AP drugs.
I baught sea monkeys awhile ago and I didn’t know how to aerate them so I never actually did. But now I’ve started but there’s a problem. I only have 3 monkeys that actually survived. only 1 is a male. None of them have started mating yet so I need to know if they do end up mating how long after they reached adulthood to they actually start mating?
Actually Sea-Monkeys /aren’t just/ brine shrimp. They are from the same family and are very closely related, but are quite different.
Don’t worry about not knowing how to aerate. When I got Sea-Monkeys for the first time, I didn’t know anything about aerating and my little ones still lived. Now that you know you should do it, I suggest that you start.
There is no set amount of days it will take before they start mating, it just happens. If you feel like you should boost the "love" going on in your tank, I suggest that you buy some of ‘Cupid’s Arrow’ and even ‘Plasma III’ from the Sea-Monkeys.com Web Site. (There’s actually a sale going on right now as well ;D)
If you would like more helpful information on Sea-Monkeys, I actually have a Web Site in the works with tons of stuff there already (and new things being added daily). Check it out at www.seamonkeylove.webs.com
Good luck!
i want some for my birthday. and ive had sea monkeys before but you cant really see them without looking closely, what im after is the same sort of thing but they are visible to the human eye, does any body know what they are called? you also get them in packs just like sea monkeys.
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I have a report to do on capuchin monkeys and i need to know what are the different kinds of them. So please dont say it kust for points. I need these answers
All capuchin monkeys belong to the genus Cebus. Here’s a reliable website (the Animal Diversity Web) with the list of species and accounts for some of them:
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Cebus.html#Cebus
There are 8 species, and Cebus capucinus and C. apella are probably the best-known ones.
When monkeys develop language will they
want to talk to us or will they become our servants.
What will they think about. How long will it take
before chimpanzees start talking and developing
their own langauge?
Scientists have taught various apes/monkeys to press buttons to ask for things like food (other animals have learned this button pressing from chickens to dolphins). Then they taught some to use sign language and could actually discuss things like the dreams they had.
I think a monkey would probably start with things like "I want" statements.
I want a better place to live
I want you to get rid of these f******g predators that are always bothering me.
I want better status in this group
I want more/better mates
I want more/better food
The slightly sad and touching thing is that these subjects wanted affection. Especially the ones in captivity that couldn’t associate freely with a large group of their own. There was one case where one in a zoo had a pet kitten and went into a deep depression after it was accidental killed while outside the cage. Others have developed deep attachments to their keepers. Check out this site about a captive gorilla named Koko who learned sign language. http://ask.yahoo.com/20000905.html
i bought a sea monkey kit yesterday.I put the purifier in it and i waited 24 hours.I poured the whole packet of eggs in it and i dont know how many sea monkeys hatch.
Most of them will hatch out of the eggs, but the speed of hatching will depend on the water temperature and the thickness of the egg shell (although water temperature is a more important factor). They hatch fastest at 16C, usually instantly, and then at under 18C they could take a week or so, so it is usually advised to put them in a warmer spot. When they first hatch they really are tiny, so it is very easy to miss them. The best way to see them while they are still small is to turn the lights off and darken the room they are in as much as possible. Then use a torch and shine it from above the tank to see them.
Hope this helped!
Good luck!
My Sea Monkeys hatched yesterday, December 23rd. I’m not sure when to feed them though. Do I feed them 5 days after they hatched, or 5 days since I poured the Insta-Life packet in the tank?
5 days since you poured the Insta-Life packet in the tank. Good luck!
I don’t believe in this evolution crap. it doesn’t make any sense. just because monkeys have similar characteristics as humans, it doesn’t mean anything.
Well if that’s the caliber of the reasons you have against evolution, then no wonder you think it’s "crap" while pretty much the entire scientific community disagrees with you.
Your argument makes NO LOGICAL SENSE!
If evolution was about every species *REPLACING* its ancestor … then logically there should be only ONE species alive on the planet!!
Since that is clearly not the case, then that’s clearly not what evolutions *says*!
Evolution says that one species can *SPLIT* and become two species that both go on to be separate branches in evolution.
Why does a species *split* into two species? Because populations get genetically isolated from each other all the time. If this isolation is for a long enough time, then they lose the ability to interbreed … hence new species … and two permanently separated branches in evolution.
Thus one branch can go on to become the ancestors of modern humans, and the other branch the ancestor of modern monkeys.
That’s why we do NOT say that "humans evolved from monkeys" … but that humans and monkeys share a common ancestor.
And it’s NOT just because they have "similar characteristics" … it’s about patterns in DNA, and proteins, and morphology, and embryology, and fossils, and biogeography, and many many other reasons.
It’s NOT that complicated!
But you have to be willing to actually TRY to understand the theory … instead of just rejecting something without any effort whatsoever of actually understanding it first.
The problem with Creationism is that it teaches you to think in *SIMPLISTIC* cartoonlike terms. That is why it teaches truly pathetic science understanding.