Primates in peril
- POSTED ON: 15 Dec, 2018
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- POSTED BY: Madhuvanti S. Krishnan
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Wizened faces, cheeky expressions, agile and intelligent… monkeys have always given us reason to smile. Little wonder that there is a whole day dedicated to them — Monkey Day, which falls on December 14. Monkey Day was started by artists Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin, in 2000, when they were art students at Michigan State University (MSU), U.S. Sorrow scribbled “Monkey Day” on a friend’s calendar, and they celebrated the day with fellow art students.
Despite the celebration, the threat to primates is real. “The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates” is a list selected and published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group.
Play the memory game below to learn about some primates, who are on the verge of extinction.