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yardbird wrote:Ok.... me too... not even sure why....

-SWS wrote:

elader wrote:Do these pants make my ass look big??.

BleepingBeauty wrote:Okay, I'm acquiescing to the pressure (for a little while, anyway). Gotta be colorful about it, though.

robertmarilyn wrote:

BleepingBeauty wrote:Okay, I'm acquiescing to the pressure (for a little while, anyway). Gotta be colorful about it, though.

How embarrassing Three posts in a row...but I wanted to tell you that you are very very colorful Bleeping Beauty
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builta wrote:

dsm wrote:

FatiguedMe wrote:Just had to use this one I hope everyone gets a smile!
Fatigued

Fatigued, what were you looking at when the pic (avatar) was taken

Let me guess, what makes a red blooded monkey's eyes go really wide ?, what also causes his tongue to hang out, hmmmm

Come - tell us

DSM

Hey DMS,

Why are ou wearing an American "Monkey Suit"???

dsm wrote:To be a Yinqee Minky

dsm wrote:

FatiguedMe wrote:Just had to use this one I hope everyone gets a smile!
Fatigued

Fatigued, what were you looking at when the pic (avatar) was taken

Let me guess, what makes a red blooded monkey's eyes go really wide ?, what also causes his tongue to hang out, hmmmm

Come - tell us

DSM

-SWS wrote:

dsm wrote:To be a Yinqee Minky

I'm a big fan of the old Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers.

Needless to say, that Inspector Clouseau style pronunciation was absolutely top notch IMHO! "Yinqee Minky". I love that!!

Monkeys may hold clues to human obesity
Bridie Smith
May 25, 2009

Swinging along in the rainforest. Photo: AP
SOME monkeys manage their diet in a similar way to humans, suggesting that the origin of human obesity could go back earlier than previously thought, research shows.

Annika Felton spent a year studying the feeding habits of 15 Peruvian spider monkeys in the canopy of the Bolivian rainforest.

She found the herbivores controlled their daily protein intake in a similar way to humans, who are omnivores.

The findings, published in the online Behavioral Ecology last week, could shed light on the ancient origins of human obesity.

Dr Felton found the monkeys, which travelled between two and six kilometres a day, had a consistent daily protein intake of between 11 and 12 grams regardless of the season or whether they ate fruit only or added higher-protein leaves and shoots in their diet.

"In the fruit season they can have a 100 per cent fruit diet and still get the protein they need but they do it by gorging themselves and eating (the low protein fruit) until they reach their protein target," she said.

"They get a huge amount of energy and they do look a little rounder."

Dr Felton said that, like humans, if a monkey's diet was poor in protein but rich in energy-dense carbohydrates and fats, the monkeys would keep consuming food and energy until they reached their protein target. This could result in a high-energy diet, which could lead to weight gain.

"If anything, we as humans can learn from them," she said. "It's not the dieting, it's the activity. We shouldn't overeat in our quest to reach the protein target, which is what's going on in many Western countries."

Sweden-based Dr Felton, a departmental visitor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University, said humans' susceptibility to obesity could date as far back as 40 million years, instead of about 10,000 years.

She said the findings could also prove useful for zoos and other wildlife organisations.

Like humans, captive primates can be prone to obesity and related health problems due to their diet and lower activity levels.

"Captive primates should eat food with a higher proportion of protein and that way they wouldn't have to eat as much to reach their protein target," she said. "(Keepers) could also emulate the natural seasons a bit more and not always feed the monkeys as if they are living in the best of times."