New Monkeys Found in Africa

1. Topic: African Monkeys

• What is the topic of your article? New Monkeys found in Africa.

2. Article Title:  New Monkey Species Found

• What is the title of your article? New African Monkey Species Identified

  
  

3. Article Source: . Science Daily.


4. Summary: Researchers have identified a new species of monkey, called the Lesula. The first Lesula ever spotted was in 2007. After some genetic research, scientists concluded that the Lesula is a new species.



5. Reaction: I think that its cool that we're discovering new species everyday, because we are also losing species everyday. I feel that this could be bad for the monkeys though, because there's probably already poachers trying to sell them for their value. This particular event doesn’t really affect us, in the United States, but I’m sure it affects the people who live where the monkeys were discovered. I think the monkeys should be put under a protection program, because scientists don’t even know how many are in existence. Hopefully the species of monkeys won’t have the misfortune of dying out, like some species do.

6. World Impact: This discovery doesn’t really impact the world. It could be a new addition to the zoos around the world, but other than that, there is no real impact. If this discovery becomes well known, it could be a hazard to the species. Hopefully scientists can find out the population size, and how they came about, before poachers start to hunt them. I don’t see this is a world impact, because new species are found every year. It is, however, a big leap for the species of monkeys, because it is only the second type of monkeys found in the last 28 years.