December 14 is Monkey Day! We may look just a bit different from our primate pals, but we shouldn’t forget that we share a common ancestor with them in chimpanzees!
11 Monkey Facts On Monkey Day 2020
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It is an event that many countries now celebrate to raise awareness about monkeys
Below are some monkey facts to celebrate Monkey Day 2020
Monkey Day started with simple joke written on a calendar and students dressing up as monkeys, but it ended up becoming an international holiday that celebrates these primates and raises awareness about the threats they face.
The holiday, celebrated on Dec. 14, dates back to 2000, when Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin were art students at Michigan State University. Sorrow told a Detroit newspaper that he came up with the idea partly as a way to combat the winter blues. He jotted down Monkey Day in a buddy s calendar, and then took a step further, as he and his art buddies dressed up as monkeys and impersonated them, according to the website National Today. Sorrow and Millikin also began blending the Monkey Day theme into their own art and alternative comics, which appeared online and