BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

07/06/2006

Monkeys make good listeners

VITEBSK, Belarus, June 6 (UPI) -- Young girls and middle-aged men flock to a Belarus zoo to tell their deepest secrets and desires to -- long-tailed monkeys.

People are apparently lured by the monkeys in Vitebsk, because the primates speak no evil -- no matter what they are told in the zoo's special "psychological relief room," Interfax reported Tuesday.

"Anyone can come into the room where the monkey family lives and tell them of their troubles and problems," Zoo Director Zhanetta Kochenovskaya said. "You can whine, tell your secrets and even cry out loud."

She said the most frequent visitors are young girls and men going through mid-life crises.

Source:

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060606-041116-3134r