Macaque

The Japanese Marques The Japanese macaques, also known as the Snow Monkeys, are cute looking monkeys that are native to Japan. What makes them special? These are the only nonhuman primates to live in such a cold climate – they live where snow covers the ground for several months, which gives them the name ‘Snow Monkeys.’ While most monkeys in the world live in the areas within the tropics and subtropics, these primates live in cold regions where the temperature may dip as low as 14 degrees F in…

Medical tools and operations have been advancing ever since the first human cut his or herself on a rock, whether the advancements have been significant or not. Through all of this time, scientists and doctors have been searching for answers to try and improve the health of the world’s population daily. What many people do not realize is although the cure for cancer has not yet been found, treatments for many other diseases have been and medical technology has come a long way. Every decade,…

key aspect in the social interactions of primates. For rhesus macaques eye contact was seen as threatening behavior and if a lower monkey made eye contact with one of a higher status they would make appeasement gestures to avoid a punishment (McFarland et al., 2013). The body language that appeared when interacting with a monkey of higher rank was nonthreatening and made the monkey appear weaker than they actually were. The rhesus macaque also provided care for those who had been beaten by the…

naturally-occurring LVH cases and SD in captive rhesus macaques was identified by antemortem and postmortem evaluation. These monkeys present clinical and pathologic entities resembling HCM in humans.[101, 102] In addition, case reports of LVH-related SD have been documented in other non-human primates such as owl monkeys (aotus spp.), captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), and captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). In the cohort of rhesus macaques with LVH, several sires…

and are terrestrials. There is evidence that there is dominance hierarchies in males and females. Macaques are spread throughout the planet, making them second to humans. The specie comprises of four groups, M. sylvanus is the oldest in the lineage, while fascicularis group is the most recent. Macaques reside in Asia, along with the Southeast Asian islands. Considering they are widely dispersed, Macaques live in a various environments such as forests, mountains, human buildings, etc. Their…

could be found. Ebola tends to just go away for years at a time, which is what makes it a difficult virus to track. On down the road, there would become five species of ebolavirus: Zaire virus, Sudan virus, Reston virus, Taï Forest virus, and Bundibugyo virus. Bundibugyo virus emerged in 2007 and a reservoir host still has not been found. Gorillas have been found to have antibodies, but hat doesn’t mean they are the reservoirs. Malaria was first believed to no be zoonotic because “the four…

prevent the infection and/or lessen its impact. A vaccine will develop immunity against the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterial strain that causes the infection. Cynomolgus macaques have an immune system very similar to humans; thus, will be the best fit model to predict the reaction in humans. Therefore, we hypothesize cynomologus macaques will develop immunity to the live-attenuated chlamydia vaccine. We test our theory by utilizing a weakened strain of C. trachomatis bacteria used as a…

the human perception of moral applicability. Primates exhibit a level of intelligence that is substantial enough that they recognize emotion and can make moral decisions, which was discussed previously in the examples pertaining to chimpanzees and macaques. These human-like features make humans feel that they are more deserving of moral status including the right to not be used for testing in laboratories. Similar legislation has been passed in many countries relating to the treatment of cats…

Genital herpes is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in the world. More than 1 billion people host the herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), and there is currently no immunization or cure for the infection. Despite its prevalence, the majority of the infected population is unaware that they carry the virus. Current methods to treat symptoms consist of drugs such as famciclovir and valacyclovir, which shorten the outbreaks. Although these solutions help reduce the resurgence of symptoms,…

Court on behalf of a macaque monkey for the copyright ownership over “selfies” it took dating back to 2011. The suit requests a court order to give PETA allowance to administer proceeds from the photos to benefit the monkey and the macaque reserve to which it resides. The 6-year-old macaque monkey named Naruto inhabits in a protected sanctuary on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. In 2011 British photographer, David Slater made a trip to the island to photograph the macaques for a self-published…