Using microelectrodes to monitor individual neurons in the brains
of owl monkeys, he found that the somatosensory cortex has a complete topographical «map» of the entire body surface, in which adjacent areas of the map responded to body parts that were next to one another, such as the fingers.
Miguel Nicolelis of Duke University and his colleagues wired the brains
of owl monkeys to mechanical arms such that the animals» thoughts controlled the robots» actions.
Not exact matches
The mobile has a white plastic arm that attaches to the side
of a crib with four blinking, glowing leaves with stuffed animal attachments, including a yellow and gray giraffe, a green turtle with a gray and white polka - dot shell, a brown and tan
monkey and a gray and white striped
owl.
Owl monkeys infected with usually lethal malaria cleared the illness after a week - long course
of the drug (PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0026916).
This long - legged, pale,
monkey - faced bird is the
owl of Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and other English literary works.
This abrupt change in behavior hints at the importance
of facial expressions for recognition, University
of Washington evolutionary biologist Sharlene Santana says, and could help to explain why primate faces are so wildly divergent: Some species, like white - faced capuchins, have monotone hair and skin color; others, like the northern
owl monkey, sport a dramatic mix
of fur and flesh tones.
Research interests: Neotropical primate conservation (Ateles hybridus and Saguinus leucopus); taxonomy and systematics (using genetics and morphology), especially
of spider
monkeys, tamarins and
owl monkeys.
The researchers compared the brains
of seven non-human primates
of varying sizes — pig - tailed and crab - eating macaques, baboon, marmoset, galago,
owl monkey and capuchin — with the human brain.
Studying
owl monkeys and squirrel
monkeys, he found that damage to a nerve, or loss
of one or two fingers caused the portion
of the map that had lost its input to be overtaken by neighbouring maps, as neurons in the affected area became responsive to other areas
of skin.
Frozen Factory's vicious snowball sequence channels Super
Monkey Ball, Silent Forest boasts intense spotlight dodging from a creepy
owl robot, and Tropical Coast features a Temple
of Doom-esque chase from a giant apple — and are all standout sequences.
This DVD contains over two hours
of episodes including the following: «Scorpion's Sting», «Crane On A Wire», «Love Stings», «Kung Shoes», «
Owl Be Back», «Qilin Time», «
Monkey in the Middle».
Included are 10 pages
of bookmarks with photos
of a giraffe, penguin, cheetah,
monkey, gorilla, flamingo,
owl, chimpanzee, and zebra.
SET 1: bear bird cat dog elephant fish fox frog giraffe hedgehog horse kangaroo lion mouse
owl rabbit rat sheep snake whale SET 2: bee bull chicken cow crocodile dinosaur donkey duck goat gorilla hippopotamus
monkey parrot pig polar bear rhinoceros spider tiger tortoise wolf SET 3: ant butterfly camel caterpillar chameleon dolphin flamingo goose jaguar koala bear otter panda bear shark sloth squirrel turkey vulture walrus worm zebra The pack consists
of three non-editable files in a zipped format.
I'm thinking
of Arctic
Monkeys and
Owl City who made it online then used that success to get mainstream deals.
In addition to the typical paw print design, Kiko + also has a variety
of other styles available, allowing you to leave
owl, gecko,
monkey, and even T - Rex footprints around.
Its vast extension includes dense tropical forests home to an abundance
of Costa Rica's most fascinating wildlife including sloths, pumas, howler
monkeys, tapirs, skunks, armadillos and many species
of birds including the white fronted parrot, the spectacled
owl, the laughing falcon and the emerald toucanet.
It includes the Phallic Temple, the Platform
of the Great Turtle, the Temple
of the
Owls, and the Temple
of the
Monkeys.
Other animals in the park include Central American squirrel
monkeys, mantled howler
monkeys, both two - toed and three - toed sloths, agoutis, giant anteaters, great curassows, black hawks, spectacled
owls, hummingbirds, 220 species
of butterflies, golden orb spiders (who build huge webs), otters and raccoons.
Despite this precision she is highly versatile, and her paintings vary from abstraction to figuration to kooky nature landscapes in which the animals cohabitate in a harmony that limns the absurd (a
monkey reaches out playfully to a butterfly, an
owl stakes out a fragment
of moonlit night amidst a backdrop
of blue sky and puffy clouds).