‘God help thee, poor monkey,’ says Lady Macbeth to her son, demonstrating a typical use of ‘monkey’ to a child or young person. Charlotte Brontë has ‘What do you want, you little monkey?’ addressed to a girl...

A monkey is not to be caught in a trap. (Roman) A monkey remains a monkey, though dressed in silk. (Spanish) By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. (West African) Do chattering monkeys mimic men, or we, turned apes, out-monkey them?...

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MONKEYS. Monkeys have played a complex and ambiguous role in the religion and folklore of diverse cultures. Although deities in monkey form have occasionally been venerated as psychopomps, tricksters, or intercessors, simians have more commonly been...

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Monkey see, monkey EAT Monkey see, monkey EAT By DOUG STRUCK The Washington Post Sunday, December 1, 2002 Totsukawa, Japan -- He was tricked, the crab concluded. Monkey had persuaded him to plant persimmon seeds. But now that the tree was...

Samantha woke up one Saturday morning. She got dressed, brushed her hair, and opened her bedroom door. Her little brother, Jimmy, was waiting. "Ooga, Ooga!" he shouted, jumping at her. Samantha jumped back, startled. "You little monkey!" she yelled. Jimmy...

A wild monkey went on a rampage in a low-income neighborhood in the Indian capital, injuring several people, most of them children, police said Monday.Police sub-inspector Gaje Singh told The Associated Press that the attacks started late Saturday in the Shastri Park area of New...

A northern Indian state said Thursday it planned to use unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding farms. The idea drew immediate condemnation from conservationists, who said the plan was unscientific and would likely worsen the problem.Indian...