ANNOUNCEMENTS
Primate Nooz is pleased to announce that Mr. Chris Shaw is the
winner of our most recent Nooz election for the former employee
we'd most like to have back on our staff. Mr. Shaw just nosed out
Vijay Ahmadnagar, an ex-ink spreader who is now the official monkey catcher
for the city of Bhawanipatna, India. Mr. Shaw has happily agreed
to become our West Coast correspondent and will submit reports to us from
time to time as his busy and important schedule allows. He will
of course on an ad hoc basis continue to recommend good reading for anyone
who makes such a request of him, so long as it is worded politely. All
he asks is that his name not be used in the 'Recommended Reading' section
since he really considers his Reader's Digest articles to be a
form of 'fluff' journalism not worthy of a respectable 'Recommended Reading'
section such as the Nooz has. We have passed along his request
to Win Wing Wan, who has promised to honor it.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Win Wing Wan (1988). Parthenogenesis and How To Tell
If You Have It. New China News Agency Science Bulletin and
Wall Poster, 268:12-13. *****
Eric Scotmeister Fleiglehaus (1978). Going down a monkey
hole with nothing but a Swiss Army knife. Unnatural History,
October, pp. 12-119. *****
Senhor Teófilo Afonso Rosario Sobradinho (1986). My
Life in the Ancient Ant-Strewn Amazon. Jesus da Lapa Bros. Press,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil. *****
Christopher Shaw (1989). Having a lot of time on your
hands can be a tricky business. Reader's Digest,
894:27-35. **
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ADVERTS
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word 'rainforest' take on a whole new meaning? Are your habitats
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Rates by the cloud or yearly. Nick's Cloudseeding
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Produced as a public service
by the friendly folks down at the Ralph A. Bennett Teasdale
Corp., with funding provided by Georgia Pacific Gabon,
the Matsushita Chopstick Co., Joe's Not So Bad Cafe,
the Bluetail Foundation, the Cheesequake Monkey Toss Team,
the Chudleigh-Lilydale Royal Tasmanian Primatological
Observatory, the Rice Council of East Malaysia, the Hellmouth
Municipal Zoo and Exotic Animal Crematorium, the Primate
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© M. Charters, 1989.
Sierra Madre, CA.
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Dear Editor,
Listen, what gives
with this Great Apes and Lesser Primates
business? As one of the so-called 'lesser' primates, I'd like
to know what's so great about those big apes. Just because
they have more robust canine teeth, broader premolars, a very broad
ilium and a robust fibula, we're supposed to call them great? I
mean, size isn't the only criteria that matters. If it were,
bigfoot would be really great! So how about it? Wouldn't
it be better if it were called the Anthropoids, Prosimians and Tarsiers
Dinner?
A. Tarsier
Dear 'A',
As you know, Professor
Mitsuo Ohhohoho has been named the Chairman of the Committee for
organizing this year's dinner, and we are forwarding your suggestion
to him. Frankly, we think it's nuts.
Dear Editor,
When I gave my interview
to the Nooz, I stated that Dr. Boué was trying to
kill me. Of course, I was only speaking metaphorically. It's
my reputation he's trying to kill. I mean, just because he
writes this big deal article about some fossorial forest dwellers,
why should he get all the credit? My name was on that article
too. He acts like the Makokou Study Area is his own private
preserve. What would you suggest I do?
R.P. Maudlin-Jones
Dear 'R.P.'
As you know, Dr.
Boué will be visiting the Nooz later this year, and
we will hold your provocative letter for his consideration.
Perhaps you shouldn't be here when he reads it. Thanks for
writing, but we'd just as soon not get involved.
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