M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N primate care primate health primate news June / July / August 2002 Vol. 8 Number 3 P u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l P r i m a t e A s s o c i a t i o n Centerfold: Two New Titi Monkeys A Monkey’s Mini- Rainforest page 19 New Kidz! pages 6,10, 16 Macaque Factoids page 27 for people who care about primates... 1 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N We support responsible monkey ownership and the right to be fairly regulated in every state! 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Copyright / Terms Of Use.............................................2 Contents.......................................................................3 Monkey Mailbox--Letters To The Editor........................4,5,6 Belated Birthday Monkey..............................................5 Centerfold: Two New New Kidz!.........................................................6, 10, 15, 16 Titis”!....Page 29 Understanding Nutrition: Summer Fruits......................7 Your Monkey’s Amygdala............................................11 Farewell Sofie.............................................................14 The Beautiful Cat Ba Langur.......................................16 Useful Products: Colloidal Silver..................................17 VIP’s: Very Important Primates....................................17 Ask Our Veterinarians.................................................18 Body Language 101....................................................19 Monkey See, Monkey Do.............................................21 Body Language 101 A Monkey’s Mini-Rainforest.........................................23 . Page 19 How Many Communication Displays?..........................24 Enrichment!.................................................................25 Macaque Factoids........................................................27 Our Anthropomorphic Best..........................................28 New Titi Monkeys........................................................29 Focus On: Two New Species.......................................30 Monkeys In Action--Your Photos..................................32 Nutrition: Monkey Chow................................................33 Nutrition:Monkey Parting Shots, Your Photos..........................................35 Mandatory Information, A Letter To New Readers........35 Chow . Page 33 Primate Placement Service...........................................36 Monkey Matters Complete Guide To Care & Behavior..37 3 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N Dear Monkey Matters, I had subscribed to Monkey Matters and received my first copy. Soon after you put Monkey Matters on line. I love having it on line, but, I can’t print it. I managed to print one issue, but couldn’t print 7 or 8. What has changed or what am I doing wrong. I like to keep my Monkey Matters Magazine in a binder for ref- erence. We have a black and white capuchin, age 1 1/2 years old. Thanks, Louise H Dear Louise, When printing from Acrobat, do not use the browser print command. Instead, click on the printer icon in the Acrobat toolbar. This should solve the problem. Editor Dear Monkey Matters, Do you know where to get a woolly monkey? Or do you know any breeders of woolly monkeys?? Thanks, Anonymous (Editor’s note: No, I’m sorry. We don’t. Woolly monkeys are endangered, so although many people are interested in them, that is part of the reason they are not available.) Dear Monkey Matters, I have enjoyed your magazine in the last few months...however this last issue I have attempted to download and print...I have never had a problem with the others but for some reason It doesn’t take minutes to download it takes apparently hours...I have been sitting here waiting and waiting...is there any reason why this issue is taking so long...It used to take just 30 min to download and print...any suggestions would help...thanks...Lisa Dear Lisa, All the issues are about the same size and should take about the same time to download. It Cover monkey “Jonny” is a juvenile capuchin who was hand- raised from an infant. Capuchins are highly intelligent primates with semi-prehensile tails and excellent manual dexterity. Mon- key mom Joie says that Jonny is very protective of her. He plays well with several Java macaque monkey pals, old male “Sonny” and two females, “Java” and “Sheena”. (Photo from Joie). 4 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N (Monkey Mailbox, continued) may be that your server was busy and your connection was slower than usual. We at Monkey Matters have a cable internet connection. It takes less than one minute to download the magazine. You might want to look in to getting a faster connection (for visiting Monkey Mat- ters and enjoying all your other favorite sites as well). Editor Hello, My name is Carol and I am very interested in sharing our home with another monkey. At this time we have a 6 year old male Java named Roady. He is a sweet boy but would love I am sure a companion. We have had Roady for a little over a year and he has a home here forever. We have also had experience with a female rhesus that we had for 10 months and 2 caps we raised for Helping Hands. Felix was with us from the time he turned 8 months old till (Continued) Belated Birthday Monkey Monkey mom Judy says pretty cinnamon capuchin “Heidi” (mak- ing the capuchin open-mouthed threat face at the photographer), turned 7 years old in April. Happy Birthday Heidi! 5 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N (Monkey Mailbox, continued) he was 10. Donnie came to us at 4 years old and we had him until he was 12. They both went back to Helping Hands for training. We also have 2 very good vets. As a young girl my family had a squirrel monkey. She was there before I was born and died when I was in my late teens. Roady has an 8 by 10 by 4 play cage. There is a second cage the same size hooked to it with a connecting door. He uses both sides right now but if we were to get a second monk the door can be closed so they can groom threw the wire but can get away from each other if they need their own space.