So we were visiting the gorillas at the Bronx zoo. It was that amazing-weather-Saturday a few weeks ago that punctured a hole in the earlobe of Spring, which has since closed up, of course. And since the sun was doing its thing on this particular day, lots and lots of people were at [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘monkeys’
May 23, 2007
Famous Monkey Wednesday #2
This week’s Famous Monkey is: Albert!
Why is this monkey famous?: On June 11, 1948, Albert, a rhesus monkey, rode to over 39 miles into the atmosphere on a V2 rocket. He was the first monkey-astronaut.
Where is this monkey now?: Dead! Alberts 1-4 were sent high up into the atmosphere to see [...]
May 17, 2007
Famous Monkey Wednesday #1
Ok, yeah, so I got bored of Vice Presidents, I’m sorry. Didn’t you though too? I think I found the good ones, if not, someone else will I’m sure. But this is something brand new, a brand new act, so to speak (it was Ricky’s idea, some of you might have surmised). [...]
