Posted on 08/12/2014 3:03:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Robin Williams was known for making his audiences howl.
That belly-laughing spirit is behind Williams' namesake at the San Francisco Zoo, which named a Howler monkey after the comedian in June.
"He's been such a friend and zoo supporter," zoo spokesman Danny Latham said on Tuesday.
Williams helped an auctioneer raise money for the zoo last year, and Executive Director Tanya M. Peterson wanted to thank him with the monkey honor before his visit there two months ago.
She picked the Howler, Latham said, because it was "loud and hairy," which Williams identified with "almost immediately."
The zoo posted a photo of Williams on June 6 – his last visit there – visiting his namesake. The monkeys are native to South and Central American forests and are famous for their loud howls, which can travel for miles.
"The San Francisco Zoological Society is deeply saddened by the news of Robin Williams' death," the zoo said on its Facebook page. "Mr. Williams was a long time supporter of the Zoo and a dedicated conservation spokesperson."
Williams lived in San Francisco for many years, and then moved to nearby Tiburon in Marin County. He was pronounced dead at his home there after being found unconscious and not breathing around noon on Monday, the Marin County Sheriff’s office said. His death was ruled a suicide due to asphyxia.
The "Mrs. Doubtfire" star posted a photo of him feeding "Robin Williams" some peaches through a zoo fence two months ago and captioned the image: "Feeding "Robin Williams" @sanfranciscozoo. He's their newest Holller Monkey, named after me!"
Nope. If it’s anything like when Michael Jackson died, we’ll be hearing this for forever and a day.
How long before the left blames this on Republicans?
“If we’d only had more money allocated for suicide prevention!”
I see they did it a month ago. It’d be a tad iffy if they’d done it today.
They changed its name from Nancy Pelosi.
I bet he was thinking: “They named a monkey after me, now my life is truly complete”
Next is a street named after him: Dead Junkie Dr.
What a legacy.
Don’t insult the cute little monkey!!
I believe that naming a howler monkey after Robin Williams is extremely appropriate. Howler monkeys and Robin Williams do a lot screeching and make a lot of noise with no other purpose that to annoy and offend. They also throw a lot of fecal matter around for the same purpose.
I do not know what kind of person he was but years of alcohol and drug abuse have got to be the cause of his mental disorder.
Why didn’t they do this before he killed himself?
this will really help robin, now.
maybe if he was such a good friend of the zoo they’d have done it when he was alive?
seems to me they are just trying to get some spotlight on themselves.
i think that’s already the name of the a$$hole of the largest elephant in the zoo.
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