swap_horiz Big George Alternatives

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Imo

Imo was a female Japanese macaque living on the island of Kōjima, Japan, whose behavior became a foundational case study...

Research Culture 1950S Japanese Macaque

9.20 Excellent

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Miss Baker

Miss Baker was a Peruvian squirrel monkey who became one of the first two primates to successfully survive a trip to spa...

Historic Space 1950S Nasa

8.80 Great

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Zhong Zhong

Zhong Zhong is a crab-eating macaque born in China in 2017, notable for being one of the first primates successfully clo...

Research China 2010S Crab Eating Macaque

8.60 Great

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Hua Hua

Hua Hua is a female crab-eating macaque born in China in 2017 as part of a cloning project at the Chinese Academy of Sci...

Research China 2010S Crab Eating Macaque

8.60 Great

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Albert II

Albert II was a rhesus macaque monkey who became the first primate to reach outer space on June 14, 1949. Launched by th...

Historic Space 1940S Rhesus

8.45 Great

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Able

Able was a rhesus macaque born at the Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Kansas who became one of the first primates to survive a spa...

Historic Space 1950S Nasa

8.35 Great

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Corporal Jackie

Corporal Jackie was a chacma baboon who became a military mascot with South African forces during World War I. Albert Ma...

Military Historic Mascot World War I

8.15 Great

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Tetra

Born in 1999 at the Oregon primate research center now known as the Oregon National Primate Research Center, Tetra was a...

Research 1990S Rhesus Cloned

8.10 Great

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Britches

Britches was a stump-tailed macaque monkey used in sensory deprivation experiments at the University of California, Rive...

Research 1980S Rescue Animal Rights

7.90 Good

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Yorick

Yorick, also referred to as Albert VI, was a rhesus monkey who participated in an Aerobee rocket flight on September 20,...

Historic Space 1950S Aerobee

7.85 Good

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Retro

Retro is a rhesus macaque monkey born in July 2020 who was announced by Chinese researchers in early 2024 as the first h...

Research China 2020S Rhesus

7.85 Good

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Darwin

Darwin is a Japanese macaque (snow monkey) who gained international attention in December 2012 after being found wearing...

Canada Viral Ikea 2010S

7.85 Good

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Zhakonya

Zhakonya was a Soviet rhesus macaque used in scientific research aboard the Bion 9 satellite, launched in September 1989...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.70 Good

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Zabiyaka

Zabiyaka was a rhesus macaque monkey used by the Soviet space program for biological research. On September 15, 1989, Za...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.65 Good

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Gordo

Gordo, also known as Old Reliable, was a squirrel monkey used by the United States in spaceflight research. He was launc...

Historic Space 1950S Jupiter

7.55 Good

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Semos

Semos was a nine-year-old male rhesus macaque residing at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. In 2007, scientis...

Research 2000S Stem Cells Rhesus

7.55 Good

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No. 3165

No. 3165 was one of the squirrel monkeys used in life-science experiments aboard Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS...

1980S Nasa Space Shuttle Squirrel Monkey

6.80 Fair

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No. 384-80

No. 384-80 was one of the squirrel monkeys used in life-science experiments aboard Space Shuttle Challenger during the S...

1980S Nasa Space Shuttle Squirrel Monkey

6.80 Fair

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Banana-Sam

Banana-Sam was a squirrel monkey kept at San Francisco Zoo. On 31 December 2011, the animal was stolen from the zoo and...

San Francisco Zoo Theft 2010S

6.75 Fair

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Norman

Norman was a monkey from the Yerkes National Primate Research Center who became Miss Baker's second mate in a 1979 cerem...

1970S Space Age Companion Miss Baker

5.85 Mediocre