The Greatest Monkeys of All Time

By Alex in Animals & Pets on Jul 4, 2008 at 1:05 am

Johnny Wright of our pal YesButNoButYes blog wrote a neat post counting down the 25 greatest monkeys (real and fictional) of all time.

This one to the left is Oliver the "Humanzee":

Oliver has been billed as "The Missing Link" due to his more-human-than-chimp face and his tendency to walk upright. Ollie has toured the world, bringing joy to countless millions. Genetic testing has allegedly shown that Ollie is not the missing link, but I’m not buying.

Link – More on Oliver at Rense – Thanks Johnny!

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Johnny Wright
Jul 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Your welcome. Many thanks to Neatorama for your continued support.

Yours in love and monkeys,

JW
Rainbow
Jul 4th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
What about the gorilla that plays drums in the Cadbury´s ad?
liltrix
Jul 4th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
you know oliver is still alive today!
he was let go from his circus performing family after he bent the wife over the washing machine and dry humped her.. this is a true story… its in the doco “humanzee” by the bbc
ted
Jul 5th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Mostly fictional simians on the list. It kinda shows how dull lists are getting.
JTPednaud
Jul 6th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I wrote an article, which has since shown up and referenced everywhere, regarding the specifics of Oliver last year.

http://www.thehumanmarvels.com/2007/09/oliver-humanzee.html

His handler contacted me at the time to inform me that Oliver is currently housed by Primarily Primates. He is close to sixty years old and, while he did suffer a mild stroke a couple years back, he is pretty good shape for a retired bloke.

A current photo can be viewed at the bottom of:
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/news/2008/april/chimpanzees-awash-in.h tml
DOJ
Jul 8th, 2008 at 12:12 am
@liltrix – that’s exactly what came to mind when i saw his picture
Rimbo The Ape
Jan 27th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Hey well, you might think you’ve created a good article about monkeys here, but actually I have to tell you it’s lacking in many areas. Here’s a top monkeys article which everyone should read as an addendum to this:

http://www.voont.com/animal_awards_1_apes

I think it’s important.

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