MiniMonos members adopt another orangutan!

Hey Monkeys! Calypso here with some very EXCITING NEWS! 

As some of you know, after adopting our first orangutan baby called Monti at MiniMonos, we have all been saving up to adopt an orangutan named Kesi from Orangutan Outreach.  The goal was to reach 250 Gold memberships and today we reached that goal! 

The 250th Gold Membership was purchased by a monkey named Magpie! If you see her on MiniMonos Island, you should definitely give her a monkey high-5!

Kesi is very special and very strong-hearted. She had her hand chopped off when plantation workers killed her mother with a machete. Now she is 5 years old and Kesi is an excellent role model for newly arrived orphans, at the forest school, where she lives.

Some of our alpha monkey members may remember that we had a big vote between adopting Kesi or adopting Monti first. Monti was the winner by only 4 VOTES!  If you haven't seen the older posts about this, check them out here:

We're getting a new baby!

Say hi to our newest baby, Monti!

From these posts you will see a lot of facts about orangutans and Orangutan Outreach where MiniMonos has adopted them from. If you'd like to see even more facts about them, you should take a look at the Orangutan Outreach website: http://www.redapes.org

Orangutan Outreach supports lots of orangutan adoption organizations so we can find out heaps from them about what is happening around the world with orangutan rescues. 

They also like to keep the adoption process environmentally friendly by handling it all online. This means:

-- No paper, no envelopes, no cardboard adoption certificate 

-- More money for the orangutans and less waste! 

We will get updates about our adopted baby several times a year, with photos and maybe even a video! They also provide a lot of information about what we can do to help save rainforests.

Wow! Now that is a lot of excitement! Thank you, monkeys, thank you so much for helping MiniMonos adopt a second Orangutan from Orangutan Outreach! It's an amazing thing to see how much you monkeys have helped out, and to see how friendly, fun, and giving you all are.

One last thing I want to say-- Welcome to the family Kesi!

Calling all monkeys from Washington DC!

Hey Monkeys! If you come from Washington DC and you're interested in being interviewed about MiniMonos for a TV show, let us know right now!  

This is an incredible opportunity for a MiniMonos fan who wants to be on TV!

Interested? Leave a comment here or email me on andread@minimonos.com

MiniMonos High Scores are going bananas!

Woot! The scores have rolled over! Let's see what monkeys made the top 3 last week!

Monkey Flight high scores:

 Hehe anyone tried the new way of catching clouds yet?


iDylan caught the most clouds! alexray caught the second highest number, and Ohah flew into 3rd place! Great job collecting all those clouds, monkeys! 


Recycle game high scores:

We had some awesome recyclers last week!





MrRandomMonkeyGuy is our new 1st place monkey! sparkcharm2 came in 2nd place and Bananas7.was 3rd place. Well done to all of the monkeys who recycled last week! :-)


Go Go Green high scores:


Goodness the scores were close last week!  


HairyHarry came in 1st place! rosemary was our 2nd place Go Go Greener and rosatela came in 3rd! Awesome efforts, monkeys!

TicTacPoo high scores:


Looks like familiar monkeys scored highest again!
 

PepperCP came in 1st place again! Viper took 2nd again! NickTheKing was 3rd again! Wow! Great scores! Looks like we need some new monkeys to push them out of their positions! :P

Congratulations to everymonkey! Thanks for playing - can't wait to see this week's scores!

Bananatastic party clues revealed! All party information you will need, right here!

Hey Monkeys!

 
It's Saturday! Woohoo, One of my favorite days of the week! Anyways, My big party is TOMORROW and today i am going to be revealing what all of the clues have meant this past week. First off, Good job to any monkeys who took the time to try to figure out the clues - Hope you had some fun.

Now to the answers...

Party Clue No. 1 - A picture of a tiger in a star shape. Answer = Server Star Tiger

Party Clue No. 2 - "Don't touch the banana", If you hover over the banana you'll see the party time. Answer = 1:30 P.M. Monkey Time

Party Clue No 3 - Photo of Kitty + Photo of hawk + Photo of a Bluff = Kittyhawk Bluff

And on the first post about the party I gave you the date which is Sunday August 29th.

So if we put all of this together you will get the following:

What: Bananatastics Big Party!

  When: August 29, 2010 (Sunday) at 1:30 PM (Monkey Time)

Where: Star Tiger, Kittyhawk Bluff

Need some help finding out what time the party is in your time zone? No worries...

When it is 1:30 PM Monkey Time it is...

1:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time

4:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

2:30 P.M. Mountain Standard Time

3:30 P.M. Central Standard Time

9:30 P.M. British Standard Time

6:30 A.M. (MONDAY) Australia

Alright monkeys, So there you have it - All of the party information that you will need! So, with all of this being said - I hope to see you all at my party this weekend! If you come you can expect to play games and possibly win cool prizes like banana chips, memberships, or shout outs on MiniMonos TV! :)

Best Bananas,

Bananatastic :)

MiniMonos iPhone app now live!

Wow! If you think you've seen an excited Hatman and EcoMom on MiniMonos before, wait until you see this! We're about to play the new MiniMonos iPhone app for the first time to show you! 

The new app is based on a favorite game of ours where Will loves to hang out! Do you know which game?

Check it out!

Thanks to Viper and Gummy, here are some pictures to show you of MiniMonos Flight:

And here is where you bank your banana chips into your real account on MiniMonos:

You can even create a brand new monkey on MiniMonos Flight! So if you have any friends with iPhones or iPods who haven't tried MiniMonos yet, let them know! 

For more information about MiniMonos Flight click here.

Thanks again, Viper and Gummy for these pictures!

Who has played the MiniMonos Flight iPhone app?

Awesome MiniMonos Fan Art Friday!

Hi monkeys! Another week has whizzed by and it's time for some more fantastic Fan Art Friday fun!

Wow I can't wait for the big party! It's going to be so much fun. Talk Tuesday is going to be a bananamazing blast, too!

If you'd like to see your art featured in the next Fan Art Friday video, please send in your art to gwenw (at) minimonos (dot) com! Thank you to all the monkeys who send in their art - you rock! @(^_^)@

MiniMonosTV Special Report about a very special sea creature!

WooHoo!  We're so excited to bring you another MiniMonosTV Special Report!

So on our last report we asked you the question: What other totally awesome sea creature did we see on our day out to Kaikoura?  No-one guessed it on the blog post but some of you did in our last Talk Tuesday!

Here it is! Enjoy!!

So here are some research questions for you to answer about the New Zealand (Australsian) Fur Seal.  Everyone who answers them correctly will get a big shout-out in the next Talk Tuesday and on MiniMonosTV!

1. What makes the new Zealand (Australasian) Fur Seal different from most other seals?

2. What do they eat and what time do they mostly feed?

3. What is a threat to these seals, and why?

Banana Splits MiniMonos Style!

Hey monkeys! I hear that I'm going to be making some yummy banana splits with you next Talk Tuesday! I am SO excited - thanks for voting in the poll I put up last week! @(^_^)@

When we make our banana splits, we'll be using as many organic & environmentally friendly ingredients as we can for our banana splits! This means:

• Organic food which doesn't use chemical fertilizers or ingredients
• Food grown or made close to home where possible, so that the environmental impact of transport is as low as possible
• Packaging that wherever possible is environmentally friendly and recyclable
• Food products without palm oil in it (which destroys rainforests and endangers animals like orangutans)

If you would like to create your own tasty Talk Tuesday treat while we make ours, here is a list of ingredients you could use for your banana split!

For the base of your banana split:

• 1 banana (as ripe or unripe as you like)
• 2-3 small scoops of your favorite ice cream or frozen yogurt or sorbet

Things you could use for toppings:

• Whipped cream (or yogurt if you want to be healthy)
• Chocolate sauce
• Fruit sauce (like berry or mango)
• Chopped nuts
• Berries or cherries (fresh or frozen)
• Fruit pieces (fresh or canned)
• Sprinkles
• Anything else you think would be tasty!

You'll also need a bowl, a butter knife (to cut your banana) and a spoon so you can eat it! :-)

Hehe I can't wait until Talk Tuesday! Talk to you soon!

MiniMonos Monkey of the Week!

Hello monkeys!

Hehe I'm the Mystery Monkey this week and I'm here to tell you who was last week's Mystery Monkey - this week's Monkey of the Week!

Congratulations to.....Porsche!

Porsche is a fantastic monkey and an amazing graphic designer! She is always kind and helpful! Porsche totally deserves to be Monkey of the week this week because of her enthusiasm for helping welcome new monkeys to MiniMonos! She gives them tours as much as she can! She's always friendly and keeps people smiling!

Congratulations again, Porsche! 

-Mystery Monkey

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Congratulations Porsche, you completely deserve to be Monkey of the Week! ^.^ You are so helpful and love to play games with other monkeys! You're also really great with graphics! Make sure to congratulate Porsche when you see her online! ^^

Thanks to Kokeeto for the amazing header!

Bananatastic party clue #2!

Hello monkeys!

Hopefully most of you didn't struggle with yesterdays clue because I did try to start with a pretty easy one. Today I am releasing the second clue which is a bit tricky, but I'm sure you will figure it out eventually :)

Party Clue #2:

(Don't touch that banana! Mine, I'm Hungry! Nom nom nom)

As I asked yesterday, Please don't leave a comment with the answer, I'd really appreciate it if you don't spoil the fun for others. But! Leave a comment and let me know if you know the answer, that would be cool to see again :)

Check back soon for another clue!

Best Bananas,

Bananatastic

Party Master

Special report: MiniMonos team goes Whale Watching!

Ok, so you know how we told you last Talk Tuesday, that we went somewhere really special last week?  Here it is!!

Check out what we saw on our amazing day out on the ocean:

A huge thanks to Whale Watch Kaikoura for showing us incredible whales in your amazing back yard! We're so impressed with how you clean up trash in the sea and are very careful not to disturb the whales as they feed, breathe and rest.

So, you know how we said we'd be asking some research questions?  Whoever answers these will get a huge SHOUT OUT in Talk Tuesday tomorrow and MiniMonosTV!  Here are Hatman's questions:

1) The whales in the video are part of the Physeteroidea family. What is interesting about these whales' eyes?

2) What is echolocation and what do these whales use it for?

3) Why were there only male whales in Kaikoura?


We have another totally awesome sea creature to show you in our next special report!  Can you guess what it could be? Clue: this sea creatures' babies are SO CUTE!

Monkey Fact Monday: Emperor Tamarin!

Hey monkeys, Cade77 here with a Monkey Fact Monday post!

Today we will look at the Emperor Tamarin (Manx mentioned them a few weeks ago)! The Emperor Tamarin can be found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. These are regions where there are rain forests for them to live in.

It is a little monkey and weighs less than a pound! The fur on the body is gray with a little bit of yellow on the chest fur. Their hands and feet are black and the tail is brown.On their face it looks like they have a mustache that is white!

As Manx pointed out earlier, the mustache is why the Emporer Tamarin has its name - because it looks like a certain German emperor who was named Wilhelm II!

Like many other monkeys, Emporer Tamarins will groom each other, picking bugs out of fur and such. This grooming is a way the members of the group can remain closely bonded with each other.

They also seem to have their own language, with different cries to talk to one another. They like to eat nectar from flowers, bugs, tree sap, and different fruits. These monkeys live up to twenty-four years in the wild! I think they are pretty awesome! 

Thanks for reading, monkeys!

~ Cade77

Cool post, Cade77! Thanks so much for writing about this little monkey. They look very distinguished with that mustache, don't they? XD What do you think, monkeys? - Manx

Photo by Mila Zinkova

Pick your favorite monkey recipe!

Hey, monkeys! A few Talk Tuesdays ago, we started talking about the possibility of me making different monkey recipes like sneaky Badgerfox did! 

So that got me thinking...what kind of recipes we all could share? I asked a few monkeys on MiniMonos Island to help me come up with some ideas and decided to make a poll to see what the first monkey recipe I make should be! Have a think and submit your vote and whatever wins is what will be first @(^_^)@

You can also suggest other recipes by commenting on this post or by emailing me at gwenw (at) minimonos (dot) com! They don't have to be banana-based, but we thought banana recipes would be fun to start with! :-)

Bananamazing High Scores!

Woot! The scores have rolled over! Let's see what monkeys made the top 3 last week!

Monkey Flight high scores:

 Catching those clouds is so much fun!


 
Cpdarkrai soared into 1st place! Phillies came in 2nd, and MONKEYROCK was in 3rd place last week! Good job, monkeys! Your turbines must be zooming! 


Recycle game high scores:

Wow great scores in the recycling game!





 
Morty took 1st place last week! Hi was 2nd place and cle.took 3rd place. Awesome! Your bins must be super clean! :-)

Go Go Green high scores:


Hehe wow really high scores on Go Go Green!  


 
Tuck was 1st place! Serina moved up from 3rd place and into 2nd place!  CutiepieNZ came in 3rd! Fantastic stuff!

TicTacPoo high scores:


Hmm who had the most flies swarming around them?

 
PepperCP came in 1st place again! Viper took 2nd again! NickTheKing moved into 3rd! Wow! Great scores!

Congratulations to all monkeys who played! Well done!

Fan Art Friday Special Edition!

Viper & Calypso received so many amazing entries that they had a very hard time choosing the winners! Because there were tons of awesome artwork sent in by amazing monkeys, we decided to make a special edition Fan Art Friday video featuring all of the Honorable Mentions! 

A big round of applause and lots of bananas for everyone who sent in art for
the contest - you monkeys seriously rock! Thank you so much for making the contest so wonderful! There were a few monkeys whose art couldn't be included in the video: Tawny, who sent in a video, and also Jordanissac1 and PepperCP (your pictures were no longer up on twitpic!) Sorry about not being able to include them! Thank you again! @(^_^)@

Party Master Reveal Party!!

Many of you know by now that we have a strange new monkey on MiniMonos posting on a new blog  -- in riddles!  We can now let you know that he will soon be our new Party Master on MiniMonos!

AND his identity will be revealed very soon -- at the Massive MiniMonos Party Master Reveal Party!! 

Date: Monday 23rd August (Monkey Time)

Time: 4pm (Monkey Time)

Place: Star Tiger -- Bimini Rocks

Come along and find out who this weird and funny monkey is!  What we can tell you is that this person sure likes to party!

AND I hear a rumor that he'll be holding an even MASSIVER party a week later! A clue about his next party will be given out at this reveal party.

For those monkeys whose time zones won't allow them to come to the Party Master Reveal Party on Monday, don't worry -- we'll video some of it to show you -- especially the part who shows you who he is!

Humongous, Bananatastic Fan Art Friday!

Hey hey, everyone!! I know you've been anxiously awaiting this video! Back in July Viper & Calypso announced their humongous, bananatastic art contest giveaway!! It's finally time to tell you who the winners of the competition are! Are you excited? I know I am!

Wow! Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone who participated, thank you! There were SO many amazing art entries sent in to Viper and Calypso - they had a very, very hard time chosing the winners.

Stay tuned to MiniMonosTV for a second Fan Art Friday video tomorrow featuring all of the Honorable Mentions!

MiniMonos' Monkey of the Week!!

Hello Everymonkey!

I'm the Mystery Monkey this week but of course I can't tell you who is writing this!

So let's see give a huge congratulations to.....Pieman!

Pieman is a great player who shares his love for the Earth with all of MiniMonos. He is also a great friend and is always there when we need him. 

Pieman loves to help new monkeys around and send feedbacks & ideas to help MiniMonos. It is a real pleasure to have him on MiniMonos! :D 

Now we have a new part of our Monkey of the Week post where the Mystery Monkey gets to ask the Monkey of the Week three questions, like an interview! Thanks to Cade77 for the great idea!

Mystery Monkey: How did you find out about MiniMonos?

Pieman: I found out about MiniMonos from my good friend Limey.

Mystery Monkey: What is your most favorite thing on MiniMonos?

Pieman: My favorite thing on MiniMonos is meeting new monkeys and playing some MiniGames :)

Mystery Monkey: What is your favorite MiniMonos game right now?

Pieman: My favorite game on MiniMonos is Monkey Fist because it's very competitive and you never know what move Wu Lee will pick which makes it such a fun game! :)

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Pieman is really friendly and helpful to new monkeys and is very active on MiniMonos, especially when he first found out about MiniMonos. I know he has really enjoyed MiniMonos since the start! ! I think he totally deserves to be Monkey of the Week! Please remember to congratulate Pieman when you see him, monkeys! ^.^ Oooh and what do you monkeys think about the mini interview?? :P

Sneaky Badgerfox up to mischief in England!

When I was in England last month, Badgerfox must have followed me in my suitcase!  Hehe:

MiniMonos Talk Tuesday poll!

Hi Monkeys!

Vote here and make your suggestions in the comments!

MiniMonos Team, I Hope Its Okay If I Copied The Poll Code And Past It Onto This Post. Thank You!

Monkey Fact Monday: White-headed Capuchin!

Hi, Monkeys! Minimomo here again! Are you ready for another awesome Monkey Fact Monday?! I know I am!

Last week while I was trying to find a monkey to research about I came across this monkey called the White-headed Capuchin.

It's also called the White-faced Capuchin or White-throated Capuchin! As you can see from the picture, this is because of their fur coloring around their head and shoulders!

This monkey is found in Northern and Central South America in forests there. They are known for living very long lives in monkey years! White-headed Capuchins can live for about 46 years (in captivity), but the oldest known monkey was 54 years old.

Some really interesting facts about them are that they pollinate plants in the forests where they live while they eat and also help the plants by scattering seeds! They are very important for the health of their environment. :-)

They are also known to use tools like stones and sticks in order to get their food or to defend or protect themselves or other monkeys against intruders. White-headed Capuchins are very, very smart monkeys! You might even recognize this kind of monkey from a popular television show. Do you know which one I'm talking about?

I hope you enjoyed this week's post and that you all have a great week, Monkeys!

~ Minimomo

Great post, Minimomo! I think I do know which TV show you're talking about but I won't say just yet! Hehe let's see if anyone else can figure it out! xD Thank you to Kokeeto for making our Monkey Fact Monday header!

Information from buzzle.com and wikipedia.org, photograph by Hans Hillewaert

Fantastic MiniMonos High Scores!

Hehe it's that time again, monkeys!

Monkey Flight high scores:Soaring high into the sky!


cosmo12345 flew into 1st place! AdrianLg swooped into 2nd, and Lotus was in 3rd place! Awesome stuff!

Recycle game high scores:

We had some recycling wonders!





Angel3667CP sorted herself into 1st place for the second week in a row! Flory7272 was 2nd place and wohoo.took 3rd place. Fantastic work!!

Go Go Green high scores:

Amazing combo skills!  


CutiepieNZ was 1st place! EthanJ came in 2nd and Serina sorted her way into 3rd! Well done, monkeys!

TicTacPoo high scores:

Competition is still strong in the Compost Zone!

PepperCP came in 1st place again! Viper took 2nd and MiniPenguitt was 3rd! You must have tons of flies after you!

Such awesome scores, monkeys! Congratulations! Who do you think will be in the top scores this week?

Exciting MiniMonos Updates!

Hey Monkeys! MiniJghRocks and Minimomo here with the news of the new updates! They're pretty awesome! First off, we have:

Einstein's Lab! :D

Right now, the inside is a sneak peek for gold members only, but everyone can go on the outside! :p Here's what it looks like:  
And now, for the inside! :D

Here's what the top of his lab looks like:  

And now the bottom:

 
The next major update is, of course, the new stage at Bimini Rocks! Its super cool, with two giant screens that project the stage! On your map, the Bimini Rocks button now has music notes on it!

It is extremely cool, and run by Delta, the newest NPC to appear on Minionos. When you talk to her, she tells you what will be coming to Bimini Rocks:
 
Pretty cool! Music coming to MiniMonos! That's going to be AMAZING! :D

Next, we have a new catalog! Here's what it looks like:  
If you didn't notice, this is the LAST TIME Issue 1 will be there! :O Better get the items from that first catalog before they're gone!

One of the BIGGEST things in the update is...SERVERS!!!!

Right now, there are only two servers - Star Tiger and Avenger, but we're sure plenty more to come in the future :D  
The new servers were added because of how many monkeys have joined MiniMonos! It's now 28,000 Monkeys! :D It's so awesome!

And yet ANOTHER amazing update is...Your player card! Here's what they look like! :D  
Here's how it works:

Red Tab: New News and Monkey Cards (current picture)

Orange Tab: Buddy List

Green Tab: Items List

Blue Tab: Banana & MiniMod Cards

Pink Tab: Sleepwalking

Also, if you're a gold monkey, you can click your monkey to get into your closet! :D
 
And now finally, the last update, A new Ambassador power, "Go Sparklies!" Here's what it looks like normally:  
 
And here's what it looks like when repeated over and over! 
 
 
Hmmm.... we wonder who suggested that! Hehe.

All the updates are EXTREMELY awesome, and we should definitely give the Development Team a round of applause!

Hope you like the updates as much as we do!

~miniJghRocks & Minimomo