Monkeys dropping from trees, dying during heat wave in Mexico: 'Massive deaths'

Fox Weather ^ | 5/23/24 | Hillary Andrews

[Roman_War_Criminal]

TABASCO, Mexico – Heat-stressed, endangered howler monkeys are dropping out of trees and dying across Tabasco and Chiapas, Mexico, as the third relentless heat wave this season bakes the region.

Conservation and rescue groups have made impassioned pleas for villagers to leave fresh water in the jungle for the heat-sickened primates. One group, COBIUS, reported "massive deaths."

COBIUS told Reuters that at least 100 monkeys have died so far.

Civil Protection officers said villagers have gathered the bodies in mass graves and covered them with lime for disposal, with few other options.

[alternatives?]

Come on. Nothing gets in the way of growing government power.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Five families, 179 species.

[oldasrocks]

QUICK, I need a 5 billion dollar Grant to help the monkeys dig tunnels and live underground.

[Reily]

yeah going from memory.
Not a biologist so species and families kind of runs together in my mind.

Main point there are indeed monkeys in South and Central Americab (p species).

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I always have to run through the mnemonic Put Cat Out For God’s Sake to keep the taxonomic hierarchy straight.

[Reily]

Thanks!
I didn’t even know that mnemonic!

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Useful things, mnemonics.

[GranTorino]

Regan had a good bit on his old radio show about volcanoes vs “ man made” warming.
Numbers don’t lie.
Some people don’t accept fact over fake science.

[P.O.E.]

Remember when King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Never heard that one.

[P.O.E.]

A more recent version (to account for the addition of Domain) is “Dear King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti”

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Domain and kingdom are pretty obvious, so I just stick with the old one that I learned from my dad when I was really young.

[P.O.E.]

Me too. I also still use “My Very Efficient Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles” (includes Pluto), taught to us by our beloved 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. K. back in the day.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I preferred the planet mnemonic that I learned from Heinlein’s Have Spacesuit Will Travel: Mother Very Thoughtfully Made A Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest. That one has the asteroids in it, even if it does call Earth “Terra”.

[P.O.E.]

Never heard that one - I like it.

Read several of Heinlein’s novels and short stories - I’m going to put that one on my summer reading list.

Thanks!

[HartleyMBaldwin]

It’s one of his so-called juvenile novels, but I still enjoy them too. We have a lot of science fiction here, including all of Heinlein.