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K kenbo-jitsu Tiki Socialite Southern CA Joined: Jul 27, 2011 Posts: 367	K kenbo-jitsu Posted posted on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 2:17 PM On 2015-09-24 05:34, creativenative wrote: ... Sorry if I hurt anyone feelings on the matter but we must think of the feelings of the indigenous Pacific Islanders as well, who only see monkeys on TV, the movies or in a zoo, NEVER out of their windows. Not true. Maybe not ALL Pacific islands, but I know there are monkeys in, for example, the Philippines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_long-tailed_macaque There may well be other examples. In regards to Damon's, their monkey mascots have been with them since they opened (1930's ?). See Dustycajun's post a little earlier in this thread. Their departure would be a real shame. SAVE THE MONKEYS!

On 2015-09-24 05:34, creativenative wrote:
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Sorry if I hurt anyone feelings on the matter but we must think of the feelings of the indigenous Pacific Islanders as well, who only see monkeys on TV, the movies or in a zoo, NEVER out of their windows.

Not true. Maybe not ALL Pacific islands, but I know there are monkeys in, for example, the Philippines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_long-tailed_macaque

There may well be other examples.

In regards to Damon's, their monkey mascots have been with them since they opened (1930's ?). See Dustycajun's post a little earlier in this thread. Their departure would be a real shame. SAVE THE MONKEYS!

Post #751467 by kenbo-jitsu on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 2:17 PM