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We're looking at a titi monkey. |
This article is a blast from the past.
I have never been a member
for cause groups because… well I haven’t found anything interesting.
But as I searched, I
spotted this animal.
The animal reminds me a
lot of our tarsiers.
Although it doesn’t look like our tiny monkey, the breed has that “homegrown
third world critter thing” going on.
Did I mention that this
monkey is a titi?
Yes, somewhere in the
world there is an unfortunate breed of life whose name is Tagalog for male reproductive organ. Well,
they are part of an elite bunch… although most of them are proper nouns like
American names Kiki and Pookie (Tagalog terms for the female
reproductive organs).
Hey, I bet Koreans coming to the Philippines would not be
pleased if they find out that “Tae”
is Tagalog for that brown goo that comes out of everyone’s asses.
So I further researched
the animal and through Wikipedia, I
discovered that this is a well-known creature from the jungles
of South America. I also found out that some of its species are
named after online casino auction winners.
Here are the Top
Ten Titi specie names
(courtesy of
Wikipedia):
10 Atlantic Titi
9 Collared Titi
8 Coppery Titi
7 Brown Titi
6 Black Titi
5 Stephen Nash’s
Titi
4 Prince Bernhard’s
Titi
3 Barbara Brown’s
Titi
2 Ollala Brothers’
Titi
1 Lucifer Titi
If you don’t believe me,
then go to Wikipedia and look for "Titi"!
Titis are cute. Certainly
people should love touching these titis especially women that are in the 16 to
45 age brackets. However, they have been in danger recently.
Sure, they are many… but
they are wild animals that shouldn’t be sold as pets and shouldn’t be smuggled
to parts of the world because they are “so freakin’ adorable”! Usually, these
creatures get suffocated and they can’t adapt in the environment these poachers
force these animals to live into.
Here
is a titi having fun. They are highly-intelligent like other primates and they
can be very territorial.
The titis are said to be
monogamous.
Insert laugh track at this
point.
Titi monkeys have the
right to be protected by the governments of the world as well as the other
animals in the endangered list.
While I started this blog
thinking of hilarity, maybe we should indeed do something with Titis (wait…
what?) and other animals in the wild.
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A titi monkey smelling a flower. |
I won’t go PETA and try to tell everyone to release
their pets and let them go free, but we should look at steps on wildlife
preservation now more than ever. Living in the metro I experience firsthand the
effects of loss of trees and the evolution of the concrete jungle. Often
technology has its perks but hopefully we can retain the “natural” parts in the
places we dwell.
We have had earthquakes,
tsunamis and of all things… gigantic sinkholes carving pain in our lives. For
every forest man tries to decimate, the wrath of nature is claiming lives in a
very mind-numbing rate.
Love everything in the
world.
Which means you should
always love the titis.
Hopefully this won’t
attract Pinoy gay people thinking this is some site where they meet men!
Game over.
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