Rhesus Monkeys ~ Sexy Science

     I heard a professor at University of Arizona was doing research on monkeys so I found his e-mail and asked if I could meet with him to explain why animal testing is necessary. I met with him today, his name is Austin and he looks very young like he could be a year older than me, and he is 1 of 4 or 5 researchers in the WORLD doing research to find a cure for this arthritis. He almost has it too, it is crazy! He was granted 1.2 million dollars to find the cure and he is his own boss. He is testing on two Rhesus monkeys that he has researched about and made careful decisions. He plans to send them to California rehabilitation center when he is done. He treats them very well, they each have their own room (which is much bigger than my dorm room!) and love to eat bananas and have tire swings and a TV. They even know how to change the channels and apparently always end up watching The View even though they are both males. They also love to throw poop and are apparently almost the size of me (5'3) when they stand up! Austin says they are like his children. Except he has to tranquilize them when he gives them medicine because they are very strong and aggressive. He only tranquilizes them every few weeks and has seen improvement in their quality of life. He also said that the monkeys are very smart and almost learned how to escape and knows who everyone is who comes in.