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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.

    1. Re:questions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      But does it blend?

    2. Re:questions by skovnymfe · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd say the most important question is this: Is it better at writing Shakespeare than other monkeys?

  2. Re:I'd take it with a pinch of salt... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Had you read TFA, you would've learned that they have done genetic testing and confirmed the species' distinctiveness from its closest relative.

  3. Re:new species by Joce640k · · 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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