Fucking monkeys!

[BlackShanglan]

And for the filthy-minded, that's an annoyed exclamation containing an initial modifying present participle, not a description of my current actions containing an initial main verb.

But seriously (and, you'll be relieved to know, without any reference whatesoever to erotic fiction) -

Is there a primatologist in the house?

Shanglan

 

[Guest]

And for the filthy-minded, that's an annoyed exclamation containing an initial modifying present participle, not a description of my current actions containing an initial main verb.

But seriously (and, you'll be relieved to know, without any reference whatesoever to erotic fiction) -

Is there a primatologist in the house?

Shanglan

Nope, but I've stroked a few and live only 25 miles from Monkeyworld.

 

[Equinoxe]

I can't say that I am a primatologist.

Nope, but I've stroked a few and live only 25 miles from Monkeyworld.

You've stroked a few primatologists?

 

[Guest]

You've stroked a few primatologists?

Yes, but my sister-in-law went one better. Seriously! Her boyfriend is a primatologist at Monkeyworld.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Is there a primatologist in the house?

Are you referring to Dubya's personal keeper... I mean, trainer?

 

[minsue]

What an intriguing little thread.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

What an intriguing little thread.

This is the flying fucking stroking smirking monkey thread.

 

[Sunnie]

And for the filthy-minded, that's an annoyed exclamation containing an initial modifying present participle, not a description of my current actions containing an initial main verb.

I am glad you cleared that up; I was afraid we were dealing with bestiality all of a sudden.

(shit...that means I'm filthy minded, doesn't it? )

 

[AppleBiter]

And for the filthy-minded, that's an annoyed exclamation containing an initial modifying present participle, not a description of my current actions containing an initial main verb.

But seriously (and, you'll be relieved to know, without any reference whatesoever to erotic fiction) -

Is there a primatologist in the house?

Shanglan

Nerd!!! That's why I love you, Shang!

 

[minsue]

This is the flying fucking stroking smirking monkey thread.

I've always wondered what it was we were lacking around here. Now I know.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

What an intriguing little thread.

I'm not really sure where it started, I can't figure out where it really is and I have absolutly no fucking idea where it's going....

... and yet I can't look away.

 

[champagne1982]

And for the filthy-minded, that's an annoyed exclamation containing an initial modifying present participle, not a description of my current actions containing an initial main verb.

But seriously (and, you'll be relieved to know, without any reference whatesoever to erotic fiction) -

Is there a primatologist in the house?

Shanglan

Do you really need a primatologist or will a decent googlist do as well? Seriously, a research assistant is worth their weight in primate studies degrees...

 

[minsue]

Do you really need a primatologist or will a decent googlist do as well? Seriously, a research assistant is worth their weight in primate studies degrees...

Good point.

And good to see you!

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Do you really need a primatologist or will a decent googlist do as well? Seriously, a research assistant is worth their weight in primate studies degrees...

Unless you have an infinite number of monkeys, typewriters, and no pressing deadlines.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Monkeyworld, lmao!

eek, that's too much like Planet Of The Apes.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Nerd!!! That's why I love you, Shang!

And I love you But wait until you get to the actual question closer to the bottom of thread ... if you admire nerds, this should probably lead you to recognize me as your god.

Nope, but I've stroked a few and live only 25 miles from Monkeyworld.

What inexpressible joy to know that there *is* a Monkeyworld. And probably a Santa Claus.

Yes, but my sister-in-law went one better. Seriously! Her boyfriend is a primatologist at Monkeyworld.

Damn. I need to go stake out Monkeyworld - "World's Largest Captive Population of Primatologists!" Seriously, I will keep them in mind because I think that this trail is rapidly leading toward professional consultation.

Do you really need a primatologist or will a decent googlist do as well? Seriously, a research assistant is worth their weight in primate studies degrees...

Excellent suggestion. I have, however, been Googling for about two days now and also consulting exciting volumes with titles like "The Taxonomy of South America Primates." Tomorrow I will be reading a 300-page dissertation - thank goodness for electronic online dissertation availability - and awaiting the arrival of a 1769 account of a voyage to Surinam, in French. Unfortunately, as this may all suggest, my question is a bit complex:

What were the likely ranges of leontopithecus chrysopygus (black or golden-rumped lion tamarin) and callimico goeldii (goeldi's monkey or tamarin) in roughly the year 1660, and which is less likely: that they actually lived or at least were transported and sold as far north as Dutch Guyana before massive deforestation and habitat destruction restricted their modern range, or that the person describing the kitten-sized black "lions" being kept as pets somehow failed to notice or record the bright golden paws of saguinus midas (midas tamarin), the only semi-close match still native to the area? Oh, and what marmosets was the man recording (he mentions those by name), considering that the closest modern populations of marmosets appear to be midway down the Brazilian coast and somewhere near the border of Brazil and Peru?

Why? Because it's there!

Shanglan

 

[The_Fool]

Holy shit.....

 

[Dar~]

Holy shit.....

Only in India and just the cows'

 

[BlackShanglan]

Holy shit.....

Frankly, after two long days of research on this, that reaction is only slightly less gratifying than an answer.

 

[pop_54]

Nope, but I've stroked a few and live only 25 miles from Monkeyworld.

I've spanked a few and I live nowhere near Monkeyworld

 

[carsonshepherd]

my novel would be much more fun to read.

 

[Guest]

This thread makes me miss SubJoe
*sigh*

 

[Equinoxe]

What were the likely ranges of leontopithecus chrysopygus (black or golden-rumped lion tamarin) and callimico goeldii (goeldi's monkey or tamarin) in roughly the year 1660, and which is less likely: that they actually lived or at least were transported and sold as far north as Dutch Guyana before massive deforestation and habitat destruction restricted their modern range, or that the person describing the kitten-sized black "lions" being kept as pets somehow failed to notice or record the bright golden paws of saguinus midas (midas tamarin), the only semi-close match still native to the area? Oh, and what marmosets was the man recording (he mentions those by name), considering that the closest modern populations of marmosets appear to be midway down the Brazilian coast and somewhere near the border of Brazil and Peru?

I am not a primatologist, nor am I particularly well acquainted with New World primates (or for that matter Old World ones). Having said that, I have endeavoured to research the issue and provide some help.

According to the information that I can find, leontopithecus chrysopygus has never been known to live outside of Brazil and wasn't registered taxonomically until 1823 by Mikan. Likewise, as near as I can tell the historic distribution of callimico goeldii was never into Guyana and it was registered in 1904 by Thomas. Of course, the time frame of the story predates the Linnaean taxonomical system, which has potential mitigating effects upon the specificity of the creatures. The biological sciences were not quite what one sees today, or even one hundred years later, in 1660. As for someone in the 17th century not knowing the difference between leontopithecus chrysopygus and saguinus midas, it seems possible.

One of the problems with South America as a historical setting is that huge parts of it were never really examined until the 20th century; there are still parts of it which haven't seen human beings (or at least, modern scientists). It's entirely possible, even probable, that no one in that time frame would be remotely acquainted with any of the species we know now.

 

[carsonshepherd]

This thread makes me miss SubJoe
*sigh*

don't worry, vella darling.... when feces-throwing comes around, Joe is not far behind.

 

[Guest]

don't worry, vella darling.... when feces-throwing comes around, Joe is not far behind.

thank you handsome, i know monkey boy will turn up...
theres just something so endearing about the lice picking.