Posted on 01/18/2019 8:17:21 AM PST by ETL
I believe in the Peter Gabriel response: Don’t you know you’ve got to SHOCK the monkey?
When my back was turned, my middle daughter, age 5, had pulled an apple out of her backpack and was starting to munch on it when one of those monkeys made an aggressive approach.
She started to run and I sized up the situation quickly and told her to throw the apple. She didn't so I snatched it and did. Fortunately, the monkey stopped the pursuit of us and went off in pursuit of the apple. There was no way we could outrun them.
Thanks God you were there-——nasty little buggers.
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This is why we need high capacity magazines.
There are a few temples where the monks give them sanctuary and people feed them, but outside of that, no, they are not protected. They have professional monkey catchers like we have dog catchers over here who try to grab them and clear them out of the cities.
They never should have shown “Planet of of the Apes” at an outdoor theater. Planted the idea in the monkeys’ heads.
Did you ever see the film Congo?
macaque kung fu. Who’d a thunk?
Maybe they need to start spanking their monkeys.
Back in 2011, Naruto was just an anonymous macaque in the jungles of Indonesia. On one particular day, however, the photogenic primate happened upon a wildlife photographers camera and snapped a monkey selfie.
Whether the act was intentional or a quite-too-literal instance of monkeying around, only the grinning primate knows for certain. But it raised a complicated question: Who owns the images Naruto took, the monkey or the man?
It also started a years-long saga in which the U.S. Copyright Office and even Wikipedia weighed in.
On Monday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced a settlement with photographer David Slater, ending a lawsuit it filed on Narutos behalf. Under the deal, Slater agreed to donate 25 percent of future revenue from the photos to groups that protect crested macaques and their habitat in Indonesia.
Both sides also asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the case and throw out a lower court decision that said animals cannot own copyrights, The Associated Press reports.
PETA and David Slater agree that this case raises important, cutting-edge issues about expanding legal rights for nonhuman animals, a goal that they both support, and they will continue their respective work to achieve this goal, read a joint statement on the groups website. ...
Wow! It’s good seeing Joe Flaherty’s picture again! That guy was a real funny man.
I often have the same problem. You want to grab on somewhere, but where?!
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