{"id":2180,"date":"2004-07-22T09:49:40","date_gmt":"2004-07-22T09:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2004-07-22T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2004-07-22T09:49:40","slug":"upright-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2004\/07\/upright-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Upright Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This gives me a wiggins.  It must dip a bit too far into my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/mt-archives\/003634.php\">Uncanny Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/us.news2.yimg.com\/us.yimg.com\/p\/ap\/20040721\/capt.xem80107211944.mideast_israel_upright_monkey_xem801.jpg\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\nBy DAN WALDMAN, Associated Press Writer<\/p>\n<p>JERUSALEM &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;u=\/ap\/upright_monkey\" class=\"external external_icon\">A young monkey at an Israeli zoo has started walking on its hind legs only ? aping humans ? after a near death experience<\/a>, the zoo&#8217;s veterinarian said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, Natasha and three other monkeys were diagnosed with severe stomach flu. At the zoo clinic, she slipped into critical condition, said Igal Horowitz, the veterinarian.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was sure that she was going to die,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She could hardly breathe and her heart was not functioning properly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After intensive treatment, Natasha&#8217;s condition stabilized. When she was released from the clinic, Natasha began walking upright.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen or heard of this before,&#8221; said Horowitz. One possible explanation is brain damage from the illness, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, Horowitz said, Natasha&#8217;s behavior has returned to normal.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget there&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/mt-archives\/002754.php\">dog who &#8220;walks&#8221; on two legs<\/a> out there as well.<\/p>\n<p>link via MedicMike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This gives me a wiggins. It must dip a bit too far into my Uncanny Valley. By DAN WALDMAN, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM &#8211; A young monkey at an Israeli zoo has started walking on its hind legs only ? aping humans ? after a near death experience, the zoo&#8217;s veterinarian said Wednesday. [&#8230;] Two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}