1/13/2012

Ever Sneezing Newly Discovered Monkeys Specie


Swiss researchers have identified a new species of snub-nosed monkey living in the forests of northern Burma. It's upside-down nostrils seem to cause it to sneeze its way through the entire rainy season.

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich's Anthropological Institute and Museum discovered the new primate, though they were unable to snap a picture of the monkey before it ran away. Suffice to say that it said to resemble its cousin, the golden snub-nosed monkey (pictured above), but even a tad uglier.
Other species of snub-nosed monkeys had already been found, but until now there had been no reports of the animals in Burma. Unfortunately, scientists estimate that only 260 to 330 of these monkeys remain.

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