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Unusual Discovery of New African Monkey Species

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. questions by onyxruby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Science will ask biological type questions. The rest of the world only cares about these questions though:

    Is it cute?
    Is it tasty?
    Can it do tricks?

    Beyond that the rest of the world just doesn't care. Kind of sad actually.