Aping the Net

Written on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by Fatal Dose

The GoldenPalace.com Monkey. It was discovered in western Bolivia's Madidi National Park in 2004 by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Rather than choosing a name themselves, they auctioned off the naming rights to raise funds for a nonprofit organization. GoldenPalace.com (an online casino, well-known for its winning Internet auctions, mostly for bizarre items) one of over a dozen bidders, paid US$ 650,000 to have the species named after them.

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