Unusual Discovery of New African Monkey Species

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Unusual Discovery of New African Monkey Species

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 13, 2012 @04:38PM from the new-primate-on-the-block dept.

rhettb writes "In a remote and largely unexplored rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, researchers have made an astounding discovery: a new monkey species. The new primate, which is name the lesula and described in a paper in the journal PLoS ONE, was first noticed by scientist and explorer John Hart in 2007. The discovery of a new primate species is rare nowadays. In fact, the lesula is only the second newly discovered monkey in Africa in the past 28 years."

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WOW !! ALREADY OUTNUMBER WINDOWS PHONE USERS !! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-13 16:49 · Score: 1, Funny

Yes, laugh all you want !!
1. Re:WOW !! ALREADY OUTNUMBER WINDOWS PHONE USERS !! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-13 18:14 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  The difference being, one has actually been seen in the wild, while the other has only been thought to exist by inference (massive lay-offs in Finland, for instance).
Re:questions by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-13 17:58 · Score: 5, Funny

But does it blend?
Re:questions by istartedi · 2012-09-13 18:33 · Score: 3, Funny

Yes, and here on Slashdot they'll want to know if it's working on a new programming language. That beard has a lot of promise.

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For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
Re:questions by 1u3hr · 2012-09-13 18:36 · Score: 1, Funny

Americans will ask "So, how do the Darwinists explain this? This proves that evolution is just a theory", and "Born in Africa? Where is its long-form birth certificate?"
Re:questions by skovnymfe · 2012-09-13 19:02 · Score: 5, Funny

I'd say the most important question is this: Is it better at writing Shakespeare than other monkeys?
Re:questions by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-13 19:12 · Score: 1, Funny

I can't even decide if this is racist or not.
Re:new species by Joce640k · 2012-09-13 20:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh great, a new breed of monkey. Just what the world needed. I sure am glad that we solved all those other problems so we can care about this.
What are you complaining about? It's one more thing for you to have sex with.

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