The vervet
monkey mostly herbivorous, have black faces and grey body hair color. In
addition to very interesting behavioural research on natural populations,
vervet monkeys serve as a nonhuman primate model for understanding genetic and
social behaviours of humans. They have been noted for having human-like
characteristics, such as hypertension, anxiety, and social and dependent
alcohol use.
Photo credit : http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/
Local police
in the Caribbean island nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis arrested US rapper 50
Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) a few days back for using “indecent language” onstage during
one of his songs. The rapper later pleaded guilty to the offence, paid a fine
of USD $1,100 and was released, reported Rolling Stone. 50 Cent’s
representative stated that the rapper was originally hired to host the St.
Kitts Music Festival, but festival organisers asked if he could perform and
used a DJ at the festival who didn’t have clean versions of his tracks.
According to the nation’s Small Charges Act it is illegal to use profane
language in public places.
Indian leggie Amit
Mishra said he was very pleased with his
showing on a difficult track in India's warm-up game against West Indies
Cricket Board President's XI. Mishra, took
four wickets in the one innings India bowled in, said the pitch was very slow,
making it easier for the batsmen to cope with whatever he threw at them, but he
persevered with varying his deliveries and that worked for him.
For those of us,
following this match even, it was played at Warner Park, Basseterre, that was the first of the Caribbean's seven
new World Cup stadiums to open, in May 2006 and its first Test a month later.
The building was largely funded by the Taiwanese government (they provided
$7.1m of the total $10m cost) and built entirely by locals, unlike many of the
other stadia which leant heavily on the Chinese ! It is not the biggest ground, although its
8,000 capacity needs to be put into context as the island itself has a total
population of 35,000. No stands were built on the east side of the ground,
allowing the prevailing easterlies to have their cooling effect.
The Federation of
Saint Kitts and Nevis, is a two-island country in the West Indies. Located in
the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles, it is the smallest sovereign
state in the Americas, in both area and population. The country is a
Commonwealth realm, with the British Monarch (currently, Elizabeth II) as its
head of state. The capital city is
Basseterre on the larger island of Saint Kitts. The smaller island of Nevis
lies about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Saint Kitts across a shallow channel
called "The Narrows." Saint Kitts and Nevis were among the first
islands in the Caribbean to be settled by Europeans. Saint Kitts was home to
the first British and French colonies in the Caribbean, and thus has also been
titled "The Mother Colony of the West Indies."
Basseterre, the
capital, where the Cricket match was played and thus became the subject matter
of this post has estimated population of
13,000 in 2011. Basseterre was
founded in 1627 by the French and served as capital of the French colony of
Saint-Christophe, which consisted of the northern and southern extremities of
the island of St. Kitts (the centre was yielded to Britain). The city of Basseterre has one of the most
tragic histories of any Caribbean capital, destroyed many times by colonial wars,
fire, earthquakes, floods, riots, and hurricanes. Despite all of this, a
considerable number of well-restored buildings still exist in downtown
Basseterre.
The city of
Basseterre skirts a 2-mile (3.2 km) bay on the southwestern shore and is almost
completely surrounded by lush green
hills and mountains. The town by the name
Basseterre is a very small one laid out in a grid pattern having four main
streets running west to east. Despite its
small size, Basseterre played host to Carifesta VII (the Caribbean Festival of
Arts) in 2000, outbidding rivals many times its size.
A fortnight or so
ago, the Agriculture ministry hosted a
monkey summit in an effort to address what is being referred to as a “conflict
between the popular green vervet monkeys and the human population”. According
to the Ministry of Agriculture, the monkeys pose a significant threat to
farmers, wreaking havoc on crops, resulting in great economic loss to farmers;
they have also been troublesome at resorts, residential areas and urban
districts. Discussions surrounded new initiatives involving the monkeys such as
education tourism and the establishment of wild life theme parks. The green
vervet monkeys that you saw at the start are popular with tourists, and are also used
in research for diseases such as Parkinson’s at St Kitts Biomedical Research
Facility.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
14th
July 2016.
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