Comments on: Bless You, Myanmar Pug Monkey! http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2010/11/10/bless-you-myanmar-pug-monkey/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Joe http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2010/11/10/bless-you-myanmar-pug-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-4632 Joe Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:24:22 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-4632 Very interesting Jess. To answer your question what is the immediate cause of sneezing, I did a little research. Sneezing is an innate behavior (as pointed out by Nick and Dawood), it is caused by foreign particles irritating the Nasal Mucosa. The sneeze is a convulsive explosion from the lungs, exiting the nose and mouth. The explosion is attempting to discharge the foreign particles. The ultimate cause in any animal is to rid the body of unwanted foreign particles. Especially here, because the water would stop air circulation and drown the monkey. If that was to occur the species would die out and none of them would meet there evolutionary goal. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003060.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneeze Very interesting Jess. To answer your question what is the immediate cause of sneezing, I did a little research. Sneezing is an innate behavior (as pointed out by Nick and Dawood), it is caused by foreign particles irritating the Nasal Mucosa. The sneeze is a convulsive explosion from the lungs, exiting the nose and mouth. The explosion is attempting to discharge the foreign particles. The ultimate cause in any animal is to rid the body of unwanted foreign particles. Especially here, because the water would stop air circulation and drown the monkey. If that was to occur the species would die out and none of them would meet there evolutionary goal.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003060.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneeze

]]> By: Aurora http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2010/11/10/bless-you-myanmar-pug-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-4629 Aurora Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:27:25 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-4629 This is a really great post Jess! I did some research and found more details about their endangerment. To add onto what jess said about the logging companies, by cutting down trees it releases the soil. This can lead to landslides, which also destroy their environment. As more logging sites appear, there are also more traps and "demand for bush meat." The article also went on to explain how the sneezing could give away their location to hunters and other predators, which is another reason for their endangerment. So why did the snub-nosed monkey evolve to have such an upturned face? Experts say that they would have to conduct more research on he newly-found species, which could take up to a year. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101027-snub-nosed-monkey-sneezes-new-species-science-discovered-eaten/ http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/snub+nosed+monkey+found+Myanmar/3733114/story.html?cid=megadrop_story This is a really great post Jess! I did some research and found more details about their endangerment. To add onto what jess said about the logging companies, by cutting down trees it releases the soil. This can lead to landslides, which also destroy their environment. As more logging sites appear, there are also more traps and “demand for bush meat.”
The article also went on to explain how the sneezing could give away their location to hunters and other predators, which is another reason for their endangerment. So why did the snub-nosed monkey evolve to have such an upturned face? Experts say that they would have to conduct more research on he newly-found species, which could take up to a year.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101027-snub-nosed-monkey-sneezes-new-species-science-discovered-eaten/
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/snub+nosed+monkey+found+Myanmar/3733114/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

]]> By: Emilio http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2010/11/10/bless-you-myanmar-pug-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-4624 Emilio Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:37:59 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-4624 Great post Jess! I found it really interesting! To answer your question about the similarities between this Myanmar Pug Monkey, and others of the "rhinopithecus" family. The rhinopithecus family is made up of "snub-nosed" monkeys, and in reality, they are very different from one another besides the shape of their noses. They are very variant in size and hair color, the Golden snub-nosed monkey has a very unique skin color on its face. Here is information on each of the other snub-nosed monkeys, so far there is very little information on this Myanmar Pug Monkey, so I cannot really compare it to these. Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/pygaavun.htm Golden Snub-nosed Monkey http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/golden_snub-nosed_monkey Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey(Myanmar image posted on the blog photoshopped primarily from this monkey) http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/rhinbiet.htm Great post Jess! I found it really interesting! To answer your question about the similarities between this Myanmar Pug Monkey, and others of the “rhinopithecus” family. The rhinopithecus family is made up of “snub-nosed” monkeys, and in reality, they are very different from one another besides the shape of their noses. They are very variant in size and hair color, the Golden snub-nosed monkey has a very unique skin color on its face. Here is information on each of the other snub-nosed monkeys, so far there is very little information on this Myanmar Pug Monkey, so I cannot really compare it to these.

Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/pygaavun.htm

Golden Snub-nosed Monkey

http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/golden_snub-nosed_monkey

Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey(Myanmar image posted on the blog photoshopped primarily from this monkey)

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/rhinbiet.htm

]]> By: Nick http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2010/11/10/bless-you-myanmar-pug-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-4618 Nick Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:15:26 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-4618 Very nice post Jess! Well, since the monkey has a flat nose, and it is not covered by any protection, sneezing in the rain is innate. I know that this behavior is innate, because when water goes in your nose, you don't think to yourself, ok water just flew in my nose it is time to sneeze, when water goes in your nose there is a reaction and causes the monkey to sneeze. Another example, is if you get hit with a ball really hard, you don't think to yourself that you have to cry, it just happens from triggering a nerve. If you are still confused on my examples the website below should clear this up as well. http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios101/zanimalbehavior/sld008.htm Very nice post Jess! Well, since the monkey has a flat nose, and it is not covered by any protection, sneezing in the rain is innate. I know that this behavior is innate, because when water goes in your nose, you don’t think to yourself, ok water just flew in my nose it is time to sneeze, when water goes in your nose there is a reaction and causes the monkey to sneeze. Another example, is if you get hit with a ball really hard, you don’t think to yourself that you have to cry, it just happens from triggering a nerve. If you are still confused on my examples the website below should clear this up as well.

http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios101/zanimalbehavior/sld008.htm

]]> By: dawood http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2010/11/10/bless-you-myanmar-pug-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-4615 dawood Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:52:43 +0000 http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/?p=1232#comment-4615 Nice post Jess. I never knew that snub nosed monkeys existed until i read your article. I did some research to see what i could find on this animal and why it seeezes when it rains. i found out that it sneezes to stop itself from drowning when it rains, because its nostrils are exposed and if it didn't it would die. to prevent this from happening it sits with its head between its two legs and sneezes when it rains. This behavior is innate because it is subconciously performed and its etched into the animals DNA. Links http://brandimposter.com/rhinopithecus-strykeri-was-founded-in-north-myanmar-20103178.html Nice post Jess. I never knew that snub nosed monkeys existed until i read your article. I did some research to see what i could find on this animal and why it seeezes when it rains. i found out that it sneezes to stop itself from drowning when it rains, because its nostrils are exposed and if it didn’t it would die. to prevent this from happening it sits with its head between its two legs and sneezes when it rains. This behavior is innate because it is subconciously performed and its etched into the animals DNA.

Links
http://brandimposter.com/rhinopithecus-strykeri-was-founded-in-north-myanmar-20103178.html

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