#macaques — Public Fediverse posts

Mine, all mine!

A Japanese macaque picks fruit from a block of ice provided to help animals cool off during a heatwave at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, South Korea.

Photograph: Yonhap News Agency/Reuters

#photography
#monkeys
#macaques

Mine, all mine!

A Japanese macaque picks fruit from a block of ice provided to help animals cool off during a heatwave at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, South Korea.

Photograph: Yonhap News Agency/Reuters

#photography
#monkeys
#macaques

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐒🍌 Nine #macaques at #Singapore’s #Mandai #Wildlife Reserve spontaneously matched round #sounds to round shapes and spiky sounds to spiky shapes, echoing the classic bouba/kiki effect long seen in #humans.

The researchers trained the #monkeys to link decorated lids to #food, then played the words and tracked their choices. The team argues the effect may rest on ancient perceptual biases shared with a distant common ancestor.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/monkeys-show-a-strange-language-quirk-we-thought-was-unique-to-humans

#science #perception #language #evolution #primates #animals #behavior #neuroscience #experiment #wildlife

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐒🍌 Nine #macaques at #Singapore’s #Mandai #Wildlife Reserve spontaneously matched round #sounds to round shapes and spiky sounds to spiky shapes, echoing the classic bouba/kiki effect long seen in #humans.

The researchers trained the #monkeys to link decorated lids to #food, then played the words and tracked their choices. The team argues the effect may rest on ancient perceptual biases shared with a distant common ancestor.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/monkeys-show-a-strange-language-quirk-we-thought-was-unique-to-humans

#science #perception #language #evolution #primates #animals #behavior #neuroscience #experiment #wildlife

Resilient tool-using Nicobar long-tailed #macaques are now #vulnerable from #palmoil and human persecution in India’s Nicobar and #Andaman islands. Take a stand for them with your consumer choices! #Boycottpalmoil, and #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7rM?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Resilient tool-using Nicobar long-tailed #macaques are now #vulnerable from #palmoil and human persecution in India’s Nicobar and #Andaman islands. Take a stand for them with your consumer choices! #Boycottpalmoil, and #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7rM?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Elicitation of #stem-directed #antibodies in rhesus #macaques by a conventional #hemagglutinin immunogen, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/07/elicitation-of-stem-directed-antibodies.html

Elicitation of #stem-directed #antibodies in rhesus #macaques by a conventional #hemagglutinin immunogen, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/07/elicitation-of-stem-directed-antibodies.html

L’université de l’ #Oregon va transformer son centre de recherche en sanctuaire, mettant fin à l’expérimentation sur les primates. Le site abrite près de 5 000 primates. Soit, plus de 5 % des singes utilisés dans la recherche biomédicale du pays. Parmi eux des #macaques rhésus, des #babouins et des #saïmiris. Son budget annuel avoisine les 60 millions de dollars, financés à 84 % par l’État fédéral. https://lareleveetlapeste.fr/luniversite-de-loregon-va-transformer-son-centre-de-recherche-en-sanctuaire-mettant-fin-a-lexperimentation-sur-les-primates/

#animaux #etatsunis #singe #actu #actualites #info #information

A screenshot from some of the video I took this morning.

#Singapore #Punggol #Monkeys #Macaques #Wildlife #Nature

A screenshot from some of the video I took this morning.

#Singapore #Punggol #Monkeys #Macaques #Wildlife #Nature

🐒🎮 A #study involving rhesus #macaques shows that the #animals will engage with touch screen #puzzles even when no food rewards are provided.

Scientists at the University of #Tokyo observed the #primates solving challenges for long periods, suggesting that curiosity and intrinsic motivation are powerful drivers for their behavior. The #research challenges the idea that animal #learning is only motivated by external physical gains.

👉 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/monkey-video-game-without-reward-b2972968.html

#biology #science #monkeys #psychology #evolution #behavior #gaming

🐒🎮 A #study involving rhesus #macaques shows that the #animals will engage with touch screen #puzzles even when no food rewards are provided.

Scientists at the University of #Tokyo observed the #primates solving challenges for long periods, suggesting that curiosity and intrinsic motivation are powerful drivers for their behavior. The #research challenges the idea that animal #learning is only motivated by external physical gains.

👉 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/monkey-video-game-without-reward-b2972968.html

#biology #science #monkeys #psychology #evolution #behavior #gaming

Resilient tool-using Nicobar long-tailed #macaques are now #vulnerable from #palmoil and human persecution in India’s Nicobar and #Andaman islands. Take a stand for them with your consumer choices! #Boycottpalmoil, and #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7rM?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Resilient tool-using Nicobar long-tailed #macaques are now #vulnerable from #palmoil and human persecution in India’s Nicobar and #Andaman islands. Take a stand for them with your consumer choices! #Boycottpalmoil, and #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7rM?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Macaques in Gibraltar have started eating soil—linked to tourist junk food—to soothe digestive upset and may reflect a cultural adaptation to human landscapes. Study: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1124714 🐒🍦🌱🔬 #Gibraltar #macaques #Science

Macaques in Gibraltar have started eating soil—linked to tourist junk food—to soothe digestive upset and may reflect a cultural adaptation to human landscapes. Study: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1124714 🐒🍦🌱🔬 #Gibraltar #macaques #Science

Stop giving M&Ms to #macaques of #Gibraltar it upsets their #stomach https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/gibraltar-monkeys-eat-mud-avoid-upset-stomachs-tourists-junk-food?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Stop giving M&Ms to #macaques of #Gibraltar it upsets their #stomach https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/gibraltar-monkeys-eat-mud-avoid-upset-stomachs-tourists-junk-food?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Heterologous Sequential #mRNA #Vaccination of Indian Rhesus #Macaques Elicits Broad Binding and Neutralizing #Antibody Responses Against Diverse #Henipaviruses, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/04/heterologous-sequential-mrna.html

Heterologous Sequential #mRNA #Vaccination of Indian Rhesus #Macaques Elicits Broad Binding and Neutralizing #Antibody Responses Against Diverse #Henipaviruses, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/04/heterologous-sequential-mrna.html

Animal advocates are calling for the release of Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. 🐒💔 👉 Read more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2026/03/27/animal-rights-groups-demand-sanctuary-for-baby-monkey-punch-kept-at-japanese-zoo/ #punchmonkey #macaques #monkeys

'Bless you, macaques: Hay fever hits Japan's wild monkey parks'

'Wild Japanese macaques at observation facilities across Japan appear to be dealing with hay fever-like symptoms again this year, with some rubbing their eyes and noses or sneezing -- not unlike the humans watching them.'

'Staff hope visitors will feel a sense of empathy and kinship, finding common ground in the serious monkey business of spring allergies.'

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260323/p2g/00m/0li/024000c

#Spring #Hayfever #Allergies #Macaques #Japan

'Bless you, macaques: Hay fever hits Japan's wild monkey parks'

'Wild Japanese macaques at observation facilities across Japan appear to be dealing with hay fever-like symptoms again this year, with some rubbing their eyes and noses or sneezing -- not unlike the humans watching them.'

'Staff hope visitors will feel a sense of empathy and kinship, finding common ground in the serious monkey business of spring allergies.'

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260323/p2g/00m/0li/024000c

#Spring #Hayfever #Allergies #Macaques #Japan

A wild Japanese macaque caught in the rain at a nature park in Azumino, #Japan

Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

#photography
#macaques

A wild Japanese macaque caught in the rain at a nature park in Azumino, #Japan

Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

#photography
#macaques

🧸🐒 Remember Punch the lonely #macaque? Scientists at the #Awajishima Monkey Center are tracking him to understand primate social hierarchies.

Their #research explains how maternal status and early bonds determine if a #monkey successfully integrates into the troop.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-has-punch-an-adorable-baby-monkey-struggled-to-fit-in-with-his-troop-scientists-explain-the-lives-of-japanese-macaques-180988297/

#biology #animals #japan #science #nature #macaques #primatology #evolution #ecology #monkeys #wildlife

🧸🐒 Remember Punch the lonely #macaque? Scientists at the #Awajishima Monkey Center are tracking him to understand primate social hierarchies.

Their #research explains how maternal status and early bonds determine if a #monkey successfully integrates into the troop.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-has-punch-an-adorable-baby-monkey-struggled-to-fit-in-with-his-troop-scientists-explain-the-lives-of-japanese-macaques-180988297/

#biology #animals #japan #science #nature #macaques #primatology #evolution #ecology #monkeys #wildlife

Why Punch’s mom left him, seal pup shuts down street, shelter dog adopted after 803 days, and owl entourage.

#macaques #Minneapolis

(scroll down or you'll miss the Minneapolis vid.)

https://www.glamour.com/story/what-the-internet-got-wrong-about-punch-the-viral-baby-monkey

#macaques #Minneapolis

(scroll down or you'll miss the Minneapolis vid.)

https://www.glamour.com/story/what-the-internet-got-wrong-about-punch-the-viral-baby-monkey

A poor substitute

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, #Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

#photography
#macaques
#zoo

A poor substitute

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, #Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

#photography
#macaques
#zoo

Antalya, Turkey
A baby rhesus macaque named Portakal, seized during a drug operation, is held by municipal staff as it undergoes a health check and rehabilitation at Antalya wildlife park.

Photograph: Suleyman Elcin/Anadolu/Getty Images

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#macaques

Antalya, Turkey
A baby rhesus macaque named Portakal, seized during a drug operation, is held by municipal staff as it undergoes a health check and rehabilitation at Antalya wildlife park.

Photograph: Suleyman Elcin/Anadolu/Getty Images

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#macaques

Bond in Motion: The striking eyes of a curious lion-tailed macaque and its infant are on display as it races along a path.

Photograph: Lalith Ekanayake/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

#photography
#wildlife
#macaques

Bond in Motion: The striking eyes of a curious lion-tailed macaque and its infant are on display as it races along a path.

Photograph: Lalith Ekanayake/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

#photography
#wildlife
#macaques

Magnificent Lion-tailed #Macaques 🐒🐵 of Western Ghats #India 🇮🇳🪷 are #endangered. They are hemmed in on all sides by #palmoil 🌴🔥 #deforestation. Fight for them when you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🩸☠️🧐🙊⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social
https://wp.me/pcFhgU-72o?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Magnificent Lion-tailed #Macaques 🐒🐵 of Western Ghats #India 🇮🇳🪷 are #endangered. They are hemmed in on all sides by #palmoil 🌴🔥 #deforestation. Fight for them when you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🩸☠️🧐🙊⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social
https://wp.me/pcFhgU-72o?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

That time Maru met a macaque.

That time Maru met a macaque.

Hot spring bathing behaviors in Japanese #macaques actively reshape the host "holobiont," specifically modifying lice distribution and gut #microbiota composition beyond simple thermoregulation or stress relief.
#Zoology #Ecology #BehavioralScience #Primatology #Ethology #MicrobialEcology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/zoo01202601.html

Hot spring bathing behaviors in Japanese #macaques actively reshape the host "holobiont," specifically modifying lice distribution and gut #microbiota composition beyond simple thermoregulation or stress relief.
#Zoology #Ecology #BehavioralScience #Primatology #Ethology #MicrobialEcology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/zoo01202601.html

#Hokkaido, #Japan
Japanese macaques bathe in a hot spring surrounded by snow and ice at #Hakodate tropical botanical gardens.

Photograph: Kyodo News/AP

#photography
#macaques

#Hokkaido, #Japan
Japanese macaques bathe in a hot spring surrounded by snow and ice at #Hakodate tropical botanical gardens.

Photograph: Kyodo News/AP

#photography
#macaques

Peon A: "Sir, performing this plan would be akin to kissing baboons on the lips."

Boss: "Exactly! ... Now, I did not get here today by kissing baboons on the lips. No! They don't have adequate lips. It was macaques that I kissed on the lips. Those luscious lips are simply kissable."

Peon A: "Great!"

Peon B: "Super!"

(With apologies to the creators of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.)

#TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin #baboons #macaques #kissing #lips

🐒🎵 Researchers trained two #macaques to tap rhythmically to #music including Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." While the #monkeys succeeded with extensive training, critics question whether this trained behavior reveals evolutionary origins of rhythm or simply shows conditioning can teach unnatural abilities.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-monkeys-learned-to-tap-to-the-beat-of-the-backstreet-boys-can-they-teach-researchers-about-the-origins-of-human-musicality-180987779/

#science #neuroscience #evolution #research #primates #wildlife #nature

🐒🎵 Researchers trained two #macaques to tap rhythmically to #music including Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." While the #monkeys succeeded with extensive training, critics question whether this trained behavior reveals evolutionary origins of rhythm or simply shows conditioning can teach unnatural abilities.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-monkeys-learned-to-tap-to-the-beat-of-the-backstreet-boys-can-they-teach-researchers-about-the-origins-of-human-musicality-180987779/

#science #neuroscience #evolution #research #primates #wildlife #nature

No food after midnight, no water, and stay away from bright light?

These banana-crazed pig-tailed macaques in the Phnom Srei and Bros twin pagoda are quite the personalities, for good and bad. Keeping a distance, especially to their children, is highly recommended.

Unless you want trouble comparable to a mass attack of gremlins.

But sometimes they peaceful and charming simply strike a pose. Like Stripey here.

#2016CE #Cambodia #countryside #PhnomSrei #monkey #macaques #gremlin

#Chimps, #Humans and #Macaques All Love a Little Drama
“These findings demonstrate that #social information is important, rewarding and valuable for humans and other #primate #species,” Lewis says. “It suggests that social information was also important for our shared primate ancestors who lived around 25 million years ago and that for millions of years it has been adaptive for primates to gain social information about those around them.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chimps-humans-and-macaques-all-have-a-drive-to-people-watch/
https://archive.ph/nMAX6

#Chimps, #Humans and #Macaques All Love a Little Drama
“These findings demonstrate that #social information is important, rewarding and valuable for humans and other #primate #species,” Lewis says. “It suggests that social information was also important for our shared primate ancestors who lived around 25 million years ago and that for millions of years it has been adaptive for primates to gain social information about those around them.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chimps-humans-and-macaques-all-have-a-drive-to-people-watch/
https://archive.ph/nMAX6

Cortical development in #primates follows a hierarchical gradient, but how does this vary between species? This study shows that #humans & #macaques share conserved maturation patterns, with humans exhibiting prolonged #cortical development @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4prEO65

Cortical development in #primates follows a hierarchical gradient, but how does this vary between species? This study shows that #humans & #macaques share conserved maturation patterns, with humans exhibiting prolonged #cortical development @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4prEO65

The #pathogenicity and multi-organ proteomic profiles of #Mpox virus #infection in SIVmac239-infected rhesus #macaques, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-pathogenicity-and-multi-organ.html