This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Sunday, 24 January 2021
Monkey Business
Primatologists (people who study lemurs, monkeys and apes) are being advised not to use 'selfies' holding their study subjects in advertising. It is thought that this inappropriately encourages the pet trade (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/24/no-more-monkey-selfies-scientists-told-images-could-drive-pet-trade-aoe). The claim is that 'selfies' with a primate give the wrong impressions about the a) Conservation status of the species; b) Behavioural attributes of the animal and c) Ease of keeping it in the home. I agree but I'm not really sure that pictures of the primatologist holding a toy monkey are any better.
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