a harbinger of the apocalypse?
walking upright as a sign of brain damage?
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jerusalem – a young monkey at an israeli zoo has started walking like a human after a near-death experience.
the zoo’s veterinarian said natasha, a small five-year-old black macaque monkey at the safari park next to tel aviv, began walking exclusively upright after a stomach ailment nearly killed her.
monkeys usually alternate between upright movement and walking on all fours.
a picture in the ma’ariv newspaper on wednesday showed natasha standing ramrod straight like a human.
the picture was humorously labelled “”the missing link?””
“”i’ve never seen or heard of this before. one possible explanation is brain damage from the illness,”” veterinarian igal horowitz said. – sapa-ap