Dracula monkey rediscovered
Dracula monkey rediscovered
AN ELUSIVE MONKEY FEARED EXTINCT HAS SHOWN UP IN THE REMOTE FORESTS OF BORNEO, POSING FOR THE FIRST GOOD PICTURES OF THE ANIMAL EVER TAKEN.
The mug shots reveal a furry Count Dracula of sorts, with the monkey’s black head, face tipped with white whiskers and a pointy collar made of fluffy white fur.
The Miller’s grizzled langur, an extremely rare primate that has suffered from habitat loss over the last 30 years, popped up unexpectedly in the protected Wehea Forest in east Kalimantan, Borneo.
“We knew we had found this primate that some people had speculated was potentially extinct,” said study researcher Stephanie Spehar, a primatologist at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. “It was really exciting.”
But the animal is still in grave danger, Spehar told LiveScience, and no one knows how many of these langurs are left. The researchers observed only two small groups of them.
Vanishing act
The shy monkey (Presbytis hosei canicrus) was seen in the 1970s in Kutai National Park in Borneo, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from where the new population lives. But as the years passed, fires and illegal logging devastated Kutai. By 2008, the Miller’s grizzled langur seems to have vanished from the park. A survey that year found just five langurs living on the Sangkulirang Peninsula in East Kalitmantan, also about 50 miles (80 km) away from the newly discovered langur habitat. But by 2010, that group of primates had also disappeared. Read more…
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Man assault mom ham
Man assault mom ham
Man Assault Mom Ham, Man charged in meat assault, UC man facing assault charge after allegedly hitting mom with ham. A Union City man was charged Tuesday after allegedly assaulting his mother with a ham.
Emanual Cordell Kennedy, 37, of 907 North Glendale St., Union City, was arrested at 4:38 p.m. Tuesday on a charge of domestic assault, according to a Union City Police Department report.
The charge stems from an incident that allegedly occurred a short time earlier involving Kennedy and his mother.
Brenda King, 55, told police she and her son, Kennedy, had a disagreement at her home at 907 North Glendale St. She claimed the disagreement escalated until Kennedy allegedly threw something and hit her in the back while she was walking down the hall. She left the residence and went to the police department to report it.man assault mom ham, union city, tennessee,
Police reported Kennedy admitted to officers that he threw a ham, but he told police he was not expecting Ms. King to be walking down the hall and did not expect to hit her. He was taken into custody for the domestic assault charge.
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Adele Illness Tour
Adele Illness Tour
Adele has been forced to cancel the remaining 9 dates of her sold-out North American tour due to ongoing illness. Adele recently postponed 5 shows under doctor’s orders when she was diagnosed with laryngitis. While resting in Los Angeles, Adele met with an Otolaryngology specialist who determined it was imperative that she take the next few weeks to recover with absolute voice rest. Read more…
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Man Bathes With Rattlesnakes
Man Bathes With Rattlesnakes
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