where do space monkeys go when they die? - Bilge

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Sun, Jan 29, 2006 10:49 AM Thanks c10 for that link. I had no idea that some of the peers of the most famous space chimpanzees are still alive - some of them nearly as old as I am. The public phenomena of the space chimps roughly paralleled the prime period of tiki and Polynesian Pop, and just like many of the elder tiki music stars are fading away, so is the first generation of space chimpanzees. So much of our cultural knowledge about the chimpanzees were from old space-era footage, and covers of old Life magazines - not to mention the cultural warpage caused by Cornelius and the various Planet of the Apes movies. Most of us were likely aware that many of these chimpanzees were still aging and growing older in their research environments. One is saddened to read about the many Air Force tests and the living conditions that the chimpanzees had to live through, but it is rewarding to see them able to live their final years in a much better environment. Here is an article from the above website - 'Former Astrochimps spend golden years at Florida sanctuary' http://savethechimps.org/news/article_astrochimps.asp Vern

Thanks c10 for that link. I had no idea that some of the peers of the most famous space chimpanzees are still alive - some of them nearly as old as I am. The public phenomena of the space chimps roughly paralleled the prime period of tiki and Polynesian Pop, and just like many of the elder tiki music stars are fading away, so is the first generation of space chimpanzees.

So much of our cultural knowledge about the chimpanzees were from old space-era footage, and covers of old Life magazines - not to mention the cultural warpage caused by Cornelius and the various Planet of the Apes movies. Most of us were likely aware that many of these chimpanzees were still aging and growing older in their research environments.

One is saddened to read about the many Air Force tests and the living conditions that the chimpanzees had to live through, but it is rewarding to see them able to live their final years in a much better environment.

Here is an article from the above website - 'Former Astrochimps spend golden years at Florida sanctuary'
http://savethechimps.org/news/article_astrochimps.asp

Vern

Post #211247 by ikitnrev on Sun, Jan 29, 2006 10:49 AM