Comments on: Softly softly catches monkey http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/ Reporter & Producer Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jina Moore http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/#comment-467 Jina Moore Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:38:43 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=846#comment-467 Thanks, Nkosta!! Do you (or does your mom) know what the softly softly does with the monkey once it catches it? That part continues to confound me. Thanks, Nkosta!! Do you (or does your mom) know what the softly softly does with the monkey once it catches it? That part continues to confound me.

]]> By: Nkosta http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/#comment-466 Nkosta Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:58:06 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=846#comment-466 I'm Liberian American, and my mom always tells me this proverb, and it means to have patience. She says that softly-softly may look small and climb trees slowly, however it eventually catches a monkey. I'm Liberian American, and my mom always tells me this proverb, and it means to have patience. She says that softly-softly may look small and climb trees slowly, however it eventually catches a monkey.

]]> By: Sarah Lantz http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/#comment-173 Sarah Lantz Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:45:42 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=846#comment-173 So I'm a little late on weighing in here...but probably the most popular phrase in Wolof (Senegal) is ndank ndank moy jop golo ci naay which is "slowly, slowly you will catch the monkey in the bush," or basically, have patience. So these are derivatives of each other, or something. Whatever, that thing you are holding is f ing adorable (monkey-eating, or not). Hope all is well! So I'm a little late on weighing in here...but probably the most popular phrase in Wolof (Senegal) is ndank ndank moy jop golo ci naay which is "slowly, slowly you will catch the monkey in the bush," or basically, have patience.

So these are derivatives of each other, or something.

Whatever, that thing you are holding is f ing adorable (monkey-eating, or not).

Hope all is well!

]]> By: Amanda Taub http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/#comment-172 Amanda Taub Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:43:15 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=846#comment-172 Totally a potto. Probably a periodictus potto, to judge from the size and the fact that you aren't in Asia. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potto" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia confirms</a> that these are also called "softly-softlies." They eat fruit, insects, and "gum," <a href="http://www.loris-conservation.org/database/captive_care/nutrition.html#slow" rel="nofollow">apparently</a>. (I'm guessing of the tree-sap variety, not the Doublemint variety.) And, more importantly, they are cousins of the slow loris, which is basically my favorite animal ever. Lorisidae ftw! Totally a potto. Probably a periodictus potto, to judge from the size and the fact that you aren't in Asia. Wikipedia confirms that these are also called "softly-softlies."
They eat fruit, insects, and "gum," apparently. (I'm guessing of the tree-sap variety, not the Doublemint variety.)
And, more importantly, they are cousins of the slow loris, which is basically my favorite animal ever. Lorisidae ftw!

]]> By: Earth Feed http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/#comment-171 Earth Feed Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:38 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=846#comment-171 When I lived in Zambia I often heard to phrase "slowly slowly catches monkey." It was most frequently spoken when I was demonstrating impatience with the circumstances before me. Either way, that monkey-eating-softly is damn cute! When I lived in Zambia I often heard to phrase "slowly slowly catches monkey." It was most frequently spoken when I was demonstrating impatience with the circumstances before me.

Either way, that monkey-eating-softly is damn cute!

]]> By: Scarlett Lion | Pulitzer Center: Images from Liberia http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/#comment-170 Scarlett Lion | Pulitzer Center: Images from Liberia Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:17:22 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=846#comment-170 [...] Pulitzer Center website. Please check it out if you have a minute! Also, Jina writes a bit about a softly-softly on her blog. More on the softly-softly in this space soon. Posted by glenna | Categories: Images, Liberia, [...] [...] Pulitzer Center website. Please check it out if you have a minute! Also, Jina writes a bit about a softly-softly on her blog. More on the softly-softly in this space soon. Posted by glenna | Categories: Images, Liberia, [...]

]]> By: jina http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/#comment-169 jina Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:33:36 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=846#comment-169 That's it! Thanks! This also confirms that it does not eat monkeys. That's it! Thanks!

This also confirms that it does not eat monkeys.

]]> By: ndimuzungu http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/10/21/softly-softly-catches-monkey/#comment-168 ndimuzungu Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:55:37 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=846#comment-168 It looks like a potto... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potto It looks like a potto...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potto

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