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Japan Introduces Monkey Waiters; Blogger Scratches Another Business Plan Off His List
A Japanese sake house near Tokyo has stolen one of my ideas and employed monkeys as waiters—one brings hot towels to customers when they sit down, and another takes orders and delivers bottles of sake. They're tipped in edamame, which U.S. waitstaff should seriously consider since you don't have to report it, and since the dollar will soon be worth about the same anyway. Our favorite quote from the article: "'The monkeys are actually better waiters than some really bad human ones,' customer Takayoshi Soeno said." Hold on to your hats, there's video footage below! More » -
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Confirmed: BPA Will Harm Your Monkey
The bisphenol-A (BPA) saga continues, this time with a study that tried to replicate the ongoing environmental exposure to BPA that the average American faces, only with monkeys instead of rodents. The Washington Post reports:
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked [BPA] to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys—the first time the chemical has been connected to health problems in primates.
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Should You Buy A Monkey?
Like so many of us, Stewart at My Family's Money has always wanted to own a monkey. His reasoning is sound: "They are ridiculously awesome and having one as a pet would be even more awesome." Stewart decided it would be a good idea to estimate the total lifetime cost of owning a monkey. We think he's playing a little fast and loose with the numbers, but then again where do you go to get hard stats on monkey ownership? Not from our lazy Census takers, that's for sure. More » -
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