And certainly the only thing more annoying than listening to Jingle Bells is listening to it played from a nearby cubicle-monkey's coffer.

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We also toured the nearby Tropical Plantation, a lush garden that houses a rich variety of tropical plants, where we learned the proper method of opening a coconut (the secret is a swift blow to the top of the nut, as it can be oriented as if it were a monkey's head).

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The idea, Cardenas said, is to let a baby monkey grow and then place it in a large cage in the center, next to another monkey of the same species.

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But whatever it is, one fact remains incontrovertible, the people of Hartlepool chose a man in a monkey suit to be their new mayor.

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