Memories: notes from the field in Suriname

[jenarael]

This recent peanut butter recall brought to mind today how unlucky peanut butter has been to me in the past. Not that I'd stop eating it (especially now that I grind my own organic butter at the food co-operative), but sometimes seeing a jar full of the gloppy brown stuff sends me into post-traumatic stress paroxysms

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[jourdannex]

holy cow that is scary! I decided a while back I sure never wanted a monkey, they are just too ....scary....

I love them and respect them and will stay faaaar away from them.

That man who was attacked by two chimps lives near me and it's so sad how he looks now and how disabled he is. They never found his chimp, I think I told you this story though...his chimp was in a sanctuary and he was bringing him a birthday cake or something and 2 males were jealous and escaped and attacked his wife and when he pushed her aside, they went after him and they removed most of his face and hands and I believe his feet and genitals :(

Chimps..WTF are people thinking having them as pets? My cat is 22 lbs and unpredictable, if she were 200 I would run for the hills...but not any hills where monkeys lived.

P.S. Capuchins are my favourite too :(

I am pretty sure my Amazon parrot would kill me for food too. He gave me a black eye.

[jenarael]

Oh scary, though I can totally believe it! I heard in my primatology classes that when a new male takes over a chimpanzee group, he often kills (and often eats) the females' offspring by other males, so that only his genes are passed along. Stories like these are why I laugh when non-anthropologists tell me things like "only humans fight wars" and "humans are the only tool-users" ...well, no.

[jourdannex]

OMG, that is horrible. And true, they always go for these same areas, those attacks are brutal. Although the only time I feel good about them is when mistreated circus and zoo/performing animals seek revenge on their abusers.

Sadly in this case it was just people who were trying to help them...but the guy left the cage unlocked.

I did see a docu once about these men in Africa who were lost and these escaped sanctuary chimps attacked and killed 2 out of the 3 men in exactly the same way. They said they hunted them all as a group and stalked them. And there it is again, it's the mistreated chimps, not as much the wild ones who are going after the people. It's like they are paying us back and I can't really blame them.

I too have seen those attacks from chimps to rival groups and they are brutal. So I really believe they do plan these attacks.

[68024]

You're posting about monkeys! This is just like old times! ;D

[jenarael]

I feel like returning to my roots. And I missed writing. :)

[tdj]

Nature is red in jelly and claw.

[jenarael]

I first saw this as "Nature is read in jellyfish claws." And people laugh at me when I call human children cold, calculated foodtraps with oversized brains. I've had toddlers bite me for snacks too!

[tapakidney]

"The only time I was ever bitten by a primate, a young female capuchin decided to maul a chunk out of my arm. Over peanut butter. Seriously."

You lie! You forget the time we spent together...

[jenarael]

You're really more of a baboon than a capuchin... better grooming habits.

[murphy59]

That's what you think.

[chronarchy]

I was going to put peanut butter on my toast this morning.

Now, I think I'll eat it dry. . . From the linked entry, it looks like my strawberry preserves would also have been an issue. . .

Never know when there's a monkey about, after all. . .

[jenarael]

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