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Monkeys are night owls when the moon is full
« on: September 05, 2010, 06:56:15 AM »
Monkeys Caught Monkeying Around During Full Moon
         
livescience.com – Fri Sep 3, 5:20 pm ET

Monkeys that prowl the forests of Argentina after dark prefer the light of the full moon, according to a new study. The findings suggest that for some nocturnal monkeys, moonlight trumps their internal biological clock for setting sleep schedules.

Owl monkeys in Central and South America are the only primates to stick to strict nocturnal patterns. But one type of owl monkey, the Azara's owl monkey, can switch from a nocturnal schedule to one that includes activity during the day and night.

To find out what triggers the Azara's owl monkey's strange schedule, researchers fitted wild monkeys with collars that would record when they were active. They then monitored the monkeys for up to 18 months.

They learned that the monkeys much preferred warmth and light over cold and darkness. Nocturnal activity was more common during the warm months of September to March than during colder months. On nights when the full moon rose, monkey activity peaked; the next morning, the worn-out monkeys often slept in. When the moon was new (and so not visible from Earth), however, monkeys hunkered down for the night and waited for morning before moving about. During three lunar eclipses (when the moon moves into the Earth's shadow) during the course of the study, the monkeys also stayed put.

The reason for the monkeys' increased activity seems to be the extra light put out by the full moon, rather than any sort of mystical lunar force. Studies have failed to find any widespread effects of the full moon on humans and animals, despite many full moon folk myths.


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Re: Monkeys are night owls when the moon is full
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2010, 09:59:24 PM »
sa una, sa wa pay computer, kun full moon, kaming young humans magduwa ug buwan-buwan o tubig-tubig (patintero).  palingkuron ra baya ko sa akong sis sa daplin, maghuwat niya nga hawod manakop.

hinaot unta nga magbuwan-buwan sad ang mga owl monkeys puslan man nga ang mga bata karon mas moatubang man sa computer kay sa mohangad sa buwan.

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Re: Monkeys are night owls when the moon is full
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2010, 11:03:54 AM »
hinaot unta nga magbuwan-buwan sad ang mga owl monkeys puslan man nga ang mga bata karon mas moatubang man sa computer kay sa mohangad sa buwan.

Unsay buwan-buwan nga computer-literate na man pud ang mga karaho...





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