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Science: Two New Monkey Species Discovered

Posted by Hemos on from the my-army-of-apes dept.

Rio writes "Scientists working in Brazil's central Amazon have discovered two new monkey species that are about the size of small cats, according to a myCFnow.com story. "This once again demonstrates how little we know about biodiversity, these are the 37th and 38th new primate species described since 1990," said Conservation International's President Russell Mittermeier, a co-author of the scientific descriptions."

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  1. Biodiversity... by Chasing+Amy · · Score: 1, Troll

    > This once again demonstrates how little we know about biodiversity

    I know all I need to know about biodiversity: if I can eat it (animal) or fuck it (human animal) or keep it as a housepet, great. If it ain't useful for any of that, I can't say it matters much...

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  2. Wow! by zulux · · Score: 1, Troll

    Two *NEW* species? And I thought I exausted all my hot-monkey-sex options.

    Gotta go!

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