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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Primate Nooz is deeply saddened to announce
the
apparent death by volcanic suffocation, burns and
being hit on the head by lava bombs of Dr. Oondóué
M. Boué, the Director of the Makokou Study Area, a
longtime supporter and Advisory Board member of the
Nooz and frequent correspondent of publisher Arnett
Putney, III and executive editor Widen Lundale, Jr.,
who feel that if they have not lost a brother, they have
lost something like a third cousin twice removed on
their grandmother's side. Dr. Boué was an authority
on the burrowing behavior of wild bluetail guenons
(Cercopithecus subterraneus) and some of his final
remarks to the outside world can be read elsewhere in
these pages. Because of this terrible tragedy, we are
suspending any further announcements at least until
the next issue.
RECOMMENDED READING BY DR. THRACE
THRASHER, M.D.:
Dr. Oscar Simon Bolivar Bolivar-Fuentes de la Hoya
(1993). “Purple Wannabies and Sinking Islands.”
Natural Biographic, 12(6):39-55. *****
Dr. Oscar Simon Bolivar Bolivar-Fuentes de la Hoya
(1989). “Paleozoography of Santa Rubia Island and
Other Bodies of Land in the Santa Rubia Straits.”
Central American Journal of Subsidence, 40:102-122.
*****
Merlin P. Musselwhyte (1993). “What Really
Went
On at the Cheesequake Municipal Man and Mammal
Museum.” Cheesequake Municipal Man and Mammal
Museum Notes, April, pp. 45-50. *****
Eric Scotmeister Fleiglehaus (1993). “My
Trek Across
Santa Rubia Island.” Travel and Primatology, Summer,
pp. 18-24. *****
Dr. Oondóué M. Boué (1978).
“Water retention char-
acteristics of Gabonese montane forest soils.” J.
West
African Trop. Soc., 56:22-39. *****
Christopher Shaw (1993). “Sinking Islands
Are Really
Wierd!” Reader's Digest, 933:39-43. *
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Dear Chris,
I've always wanted to
write a really scientific let-
ter. I grew up wanting to write a really scientific
letter. I even stayed after school to read about how
to write really scientific letters. I mean, I dreamed
about writing a really scientific letter. Well, every-
one did, I suppose, but with me it was somehow
different. When I saw your feature in the Nooz,
I
thought to myself, here's my chance to write a really
scientific letter. So here it is. How do you like
it?
Mildred Pennymoney
Brightenhamshire, UK
Dear Mildred,
Taxonomically speaking,
the marmosets and
tamarins together make up the family Callitrichidae.
The marmosets include the genera Callithrix,
Cebuella and Titanicus, while the tamarins include
Saguinus, Leontopithecus, Malitia and
Obscurus.
Thanks for your question.
Dear Chris,
I'm glad to have this
opportunity to write to you.
You may find it strange but I've never written a letter
to the Nooz before. In fact, I've never written
a letter
to any newspaper, or any other publication before.
So this is a really big deal for me. Of course, I know
how it's done, I'm not stupid. I've just never done
it
before myself. I may be your boss and all and the
top administrator of the Nooz, but I studied some
science in the 3rd grade. My question is: why is the
sky blue?
Arnett Putney, III, Publisher
Dear Mr. Putney,
Thanks for your really
scientific letter.
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Produced
as a public service by the friendly folks down at the
Ralph A. Bennett Teasdale Corp., with some additional
funding provided by Georgia Pacific Gabon, the Purple
Wannaby Foundation, the Santa Rubia Island Rescue League,
Travel and Primatology Magazine, the Gorogo Bean
Boosters Club of Runnamuck, Arizona Oil (the Ecology People),
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© M. Charters, 1993, Sierra
Madre, CA.
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Makokou, Gabon
Chudleigh-Lilydale, Tasmania
Ballybunion, Ireland
North of Nepal, Asia
Ubsk, former USSR
Santa Rubia Island, Gorgonzola
Kualakurun, Borneo
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