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The monkey named Punch whose only friend is a plushie | Ep89
Description
Which of the following is not true?
a) Human-raised macaques cannot integrate into troops
b) Birdwatching can boost cognitive function
c) Former house cats are being used in deadly cat research in the U.S.
Formosa Fauna is back this week to entertainingly teach you about animals both in Taiwan and abroad! Spend the next 20 minutes listening to this episode and feeding your noggin with fun facts about the animal kingdom so you can become smarter than all of your friends.
In this episode:
- The monkey named Punch
- Taiwan’s orphaned monkey
- University of Missouri uses federal funding to experiment on dozens of cats
- British government’s official “Chief Mouser”
- Nine wild horses shot and killed in Arizona
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See you every week for Formosa Fauna Fridays!