Monkeys on Pitara Kids Network

How Monkeys Got their Red Bottoms

Sat, 20 Oct 2001 03:45:17 +0000

Once upon a time there was a group of twelve boys and girls who lived in a village called Dancing. After dinner everyday they would light a fire and dance.

One evening a monkey came and sat in a corner. He was wearing a smart safari suit with a stylish hat. He had a banjo in his hand, with which he played melodious music. He played so well that no one realised that he was a monkey.

Is the Red Colobus monkey extinct?

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 06:37:01 +0000

Unbelievable but true! A large West African monkey has simply vanished from the earth. It has joined the Dodo, by becoming the first primate to vanish in the 20th century. After a six-year long survey, scientists and wildlife experts have declared the monkey, known as Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus monkey, extinct.

Primatologists (people who study the evolution of apes and monkeys) carried out exhaustive surveys in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, in Africa, but failed to spot a single monkey of the species. The last confirmed sighting of a Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus was over 20 years ago in Ghana’s rainforest. Soon after, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) declared the mammals endangered.

No Monkey Business

Thu, 12 Apr 2001 02:09:03 +0000

Bandar, Bandariya and Baby Bandar were ready for their show. Come Sunday morning and their tamasha would begin in a congested and busy Bombay suburb witnessed by an excited group of children.

Raju, the Bandarwala, would announce his arrival with the familiar drumbeat and sound of ghungroos. Sometimes he even brought along a sleepy black bear.

Each week it was the same routine. Dressed in dotted pyjamas with a shiny red sleeveless jacket and a Wee Willy Winkey cap edged with tiny bells, Bandar cartwheeled and somersaulted backwards and forwards.

Why Monkeys Mean Trouble

Fri, 16 Feb 2001 07:13:55 +0000

In the village of Sholingur in Tamil Nadu, is a temple dedicated to the Hindu monkey god Hanuman. The temple is on top of a small hill. In and around the hill in the thick forest live a group of monkeys. All they do is scare people and create trouble — even when people worship them as symbols of Hanuman. And there’s a story behind why they create trouble.…

The story goes back a long time. In the village lived an old couple. The old woman would make delicious sweets every day and take them to the market where her husband sat at a stall and sold them.

So Many Monkeys!

Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:11:19 +0000

They are an amazing lot, they really are! They are absolute monkeys!

The Squirrel Monkey has a long and slender tail. The tail serves many purposes. It helps the animal to keep its balance when it monkeys around, I mean, jumps from branch to branch.

So Many Monkeys! [Illustrations by D. K. Sharma & Amarjeet Malik]

It also acts like a blanket during the night for, the monkey wraps itself cozily in its long tail! Except for some long-tailed large individuals, most squirrel monkeys are about the size of a squirrel.

बन्दर मामा

Fri, 07 Nov 1997 14:17:13 +0000

एक पेड़ पर नदी किनारे,
बन्दर मामा रहते थे।
वर्षा गर्मी सर्दी
उसी पेड़ पर रहते थे।
भूख मिटाने को बगिया से
चुन चुन फल खाया करते।
य़ा छीन झपट बच्चों से
ये चीजें ले आया करते।
खा पी सेठ हुए मामा जी,
झूम झूम इठलाते थे।
और नदी के मगर मौसिया
देख देख ललचाते थे।
सोचा करते अगर कहीं मैं
मोटूमल को पा जाऊं।
बैठ किनारे रेत के ऊपर
खूब मजे से खाऊं।
एक नई तरकीब अचानक,
थी उसके मन में आई।
बोले क्यों बैठै रहते हो,
ऊपर ही मेरे भाई।
नदी पर है एक बगीचा,
आमों का प्यारा।
और वहीं पर कभी नहीं,
रहता है कोई रखवाला।
इतना सुनते ही बन्दर के,
मुँह में पानी भर आया।
मगरमच्छ ने छट से,
अपने ऊपर उसे बिठलाया।
बीच नदी में मगरमच्छ,
बोले अब आगे न जाऊंगा।
आज कलेजा यहीं बैठकर
मैं तो तेरा खाऊंगा।
इतना सुनते ही बन्दर की
बुद्धि बहुत चकराई।
बोला वहीं पर क्यों,
नहीं बतलाया भाई।
लगता मुझको बोझ बहुत,
उसको डाली पर रख आया।
मगरमच्छ ने सोचा बात सही
जो इसने बात बतलाया।
मगरमच्छ ने झट से उसे,
वापस जा लौटाया।
बन्दर ने झट से पेड़ पर चढ़कर,
अपना अंगुठा दिखलाया।

बंदर

Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:22:30 +0000

देखो लड़के बंदर आया। एक मदारी उसको लाया
उसका है कुछ ढंग निराला। कानों में पहने है बाला
फटे पुराने रंगबिरंगे। कपड़े हैं उसके बेढंगे
मुंह डरावना आंखे छोटी। लंबी दुम थोड़ी सी मोटी
भौंह कभी है वह मिटाता। आंखों को है कभी नचाता
ऐसा कभी किलकिलाता है। मानो अभी काट खाता है
दांतों को है कभी दिखाता। कूद फांद है कभी मचाता
कभी घुड़कता है मुंह बाकर। सब लोगों को बहुत डराकर
कभी छड़ी लेकर है चलता। कभी वह यों ही कभी मचलता
है सलाम को हाथ उठाता। पेट लेट कर है दिखलाता
ठुमक ठुमक कर कभी नाचता। कभी कभी है टके जांचता
देखो बंदर सिखलाने से। कहने सुनने समझाने से
बातें बहुत सीख जाता है। कई काम कर दिखलाता है
बनों आदमी तुम पढ़लिखकर। नहीं एक तुम भी हो बंदर