World Monkey Day International Monkey Day Day of the Monkey
Observed by
People worldwide
Celebrations
Costume parties, art exhibitions, zoo visits, webcomic marathons
Date
December 14
Next time
14 December 2024 (2024-12)
Frequency
Annual
First time
December 14, 2000
Monkey Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated on December 14.[1] The holiday was created and popularized in 2000 by controversial artists Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin when they were art students at Michigan State University.[2][3] Monkey Day celebrates monkeys and "all things simian", including other non-human primates such as apes, tarsiers, and lemurs.[4] Monkey Day is celebrated worldwide and often also known as World Monkey Day and International Monkey Day.
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"Dive-bombing toque macaques show us just how to behave on 'World Monkey Day'". Retrieved August 20, 2016. aside from a 'a chance to scream like a monkey and celebrate your simian attributes', December 14 is about raising awareness for the planet's monkey species.
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^Millikin, Eric. (December 14, 2012). "Eric Millikin: For Monkey Day, the 5 wildest monkey stories of 2012". Detroit Free Press
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