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- From: boulton@netcom.com (David A. Boulton)
- Subject: Re: Macaques (Was: Re: Man-eating lemurs)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.045749.4632@netcom.com>
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- References: <1992Nov11.173512.1077@microsoft.com> <1992Nov21.040711.16386@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <By67w0.Dwt@access.digex.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 04:57:49 GMT
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- In article <By67w0.Dwt@access.digex.com> huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
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- >
- >Macaques are very resourceful monkeys. The first primate astronauts were
- >rhesus macaques. Japanese macaques are the monkeys that "see no evil,
- >hear no evil, speak no evil."
- >
- I am pretty certain that the first primate astronauts were two spider
- monkeys named Able and Baker. A macaque is a fairly large animal, and
- I doubt that they would have fit in the early Explorer satellite that
- orbited Able and Baker. Rhesuses did get used in other early flights, though.
-
- (Personally, I think it shows a clear anti-lemuroid bias on the part
- of NASA. Where was the Lemur Lobby when you needed it! :-)
-
- -- Dave
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