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'Monkey business' causes disruption

Friday 04 May, 2007

A monkey caused disruption in Singapore recently after deciding to chase a boy.

Although no harm was caused and the monkey was not reported to be behaving in an aggressive manner, it did prompt the child's mother to contact the police, reports Channel News Asia.

Seen by a news source, the monkey was based on a bridge in part of the affected district, prompting police officers to help passers-by cross safely.

"The monkey hung around on a nearby tree … for three hours," said Channel News Asia.

In related primate news, a study has found that chimpanzees and bonobos communicate with gestures in a flexible manner, assigning a different meaning depending upon the context, reports Reuters.

"We are a naturally gesturing species that may have first developed language in the gestural domain," said Frans de Waal, a primatologist from Emory University and Yerkes National Primate Research Centre, in a telephone interview with Reuters.

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