Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 140: "Real-Life Monkeys Coining Their Own Meaning For See-No-Evil"
This is the bonus show for Episode 140! (See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil)
Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, and Jason Pargin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of a group of mandrills at an English zoo who parallel-invented the "see no evil" gesture, for their own cultural reasons.
RESEARCH SOURCES:
"Monkey see, monkey facepalm" by Ed Yong (National Geographic)
Photo of a Colchester Zoo mandrill doing an eye-covering gesture
Mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx (San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants)
Japanese Monkeys Are Seasoning Their Food With Saltwater (Food & Wine / Yahoo! Entertainment)
A kiss is not a kiss. In some cultures, it's just gross, researchers find. (The Washington Post)
Disney Wikia page for Rafiki
Special thanks to Leah Bell-Jones, Conservation Educator, Colchester Zoo.
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