Research has also determined that chimps may use this skill to their own advantage by intentionally deceiving us, mainly by manipulating whether others can see and hear them.

Scientists have long speculated that these primates are clever and can be sneaky.

The Congress party in its manifesto for the Uttrakhand state assembly elections, cleared by the central panel led by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday, promises to save people from simian terror if re-elected.

Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America's Soul

Citizens in more than two dozen states agitate to introduce the supernatural in public school science classes. Legislators introduce bills in support. The U.S. president and more than a few U.S. senators and governors call it a good idea.

School boards demand that Bible-based creationism or its latest iteration, intelligent design, be taught alongside evolution. Lawsuits are filed. Neighbors challenge the religiosity of neighbors. Children brand classmates as descendents of monkeys. Scientists are reviled as agents of Satan and peddlers of atheism.

The young marmoset began screaming around 5 a.m., when the four people inside the home woke up, smelled smoke and began evacuating the house.

A short time later, the smoke alarms began going off in the house.

St. James Davis, who was nearly killed in March 2005 when he was attacked by two other chimps when he went to visit his pet, Moe, on the chimp’s 39th birthday at a Kern County facility, and his wife La Donna, will also get about $300 per month to house the chimp, according to published and broadcast reports.

Sophie, not at all pleased with being plunged into sudden darkness, screeched out a protest and fought like a demon to rid herself of her covering. Trying to ensure she stayed covered, I was in dire danger of losing the telephone again. In desperation, I said "Look, I'm having trouble with a baby baboon. Can you bring your animal in and I will explain when you get here?"