Monday 29 October 2012

MONKEY BUSINESS

Watched the most amazing programme yesterday called NATURE'S MIRACLE BABIES.  Yes, it's a cheesy title - but it's a remarkable short film about endangered species, which are being bred in captivity.  There are Barbary Lions and beautiful leopards - cute and fluffy little things with a fierce snarl and razor sharp teeth.  There's a very moving live birth of a gorilla at London Zoo.  
The film highlights the care and dedication shown by people who look after animals and it made me fish out this photo of a monkey which I took back in March, when I was staying with friends in Singapore.


Any ideas what to call this monkey?
A glossy hardback novel for the best suggestion.

15 comments:

  1. I ll go with Mooki or Snooki ,thx for the give away.

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  2. Hackneyed perhaps, but has to be Cheeky - he's a spit for the monkey logo of the great new restaurant 'Cheeky's' in Palm Springs. Had a great lunch there last week.

    http://www.cheekysps.com/

    ps The design on the wait staffs' T-Shirts is even cheekier...!

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    1. Cheeky is good choice, Jack - though rather infuriatingly it has started me singing that very irritating song "ooh-ee, chirpy chirpy cheep cheep"!

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  3. Maddox! May the best win!

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    1. Maddox is yet another puzzling entry.....why?!

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    2. Why puzzling?!

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    3. Puzzling cos I can't see the monkey connection!

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    4. In fact I didn't mean a connection! There's no connection with animals' names.
      It's like calling a dog Fluffy only because it's a dog... :-) I don't like that.
      I had an iguana once who was called Iggy (a tribute to Iggy Pop... Coz he was skinny and looked like the animal) - my aunt has a pug called Ginger!

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  4. magic

    Only because I used to love the show Monkee when I was a child.

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    1. And was "Magic" a character in the show? Or was the show simply *magic*?

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  5. It loosely based on a Chinese 16th century novel journey to the west and Taoism.
    But Monkey Magic was the theme to the show.

    I remember watching the show with my mum on a Friday and laughing together

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  6. Snooki is very sweet and reminds me of my cousin (it's a long story) so Snooki it is and Desere wins.
    Well done and thanks to everyone else who entered.
    Send me your address and I'll send you a book.

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