#animalgarden find a name for @thepeerj #PeerJMonkey

#animalgarden are excited – the Blue Monkey needs a name: http://blog.peerj.com/post/43649138800/name-the-peerj-monkey

Many of you already know and love the PeerJ Monkey Mascot. Up until now, we just called it “Monkey” and Monkey has already starred in its own line of T-Shirts, Mugs, Stickers and Pins. But it doesn’t seem right for Monkey to go nameless anymore, especially now that Monkey is an International Media Star and Monkey’s Infinite Troupe of Monkey Co-authors have almost finished their Shakespeare play.

So, to help celebrate our launch, we are holding a ‘Name the Monkey’ competition. We don’t know if Monkey is male or female; old or young; what species of monkey; or from what part of the world (universe?), but we are hoping you can help us out! Please suggest suitable names and a backstory for Monkey. Why is Monkey holding a test-tube and a pencil? Why that enigmatic smile? And what is Monkey sitting on? Only you can tell…

How to Enter: Enter by tweeting to Twitter; or by replying to this post on Facebook; or by replying to this post on Google+; or by making a blog post (or even an entire web site) all of your own!  

Simply make a Post(s) or Comment(s), with your suggested name and any suggested backstory. You must include the hashtag #PeerJMonkey and you must include a link to a PeerJ page (you choose the most appropriate link). Otherwise all remaining characters are yours, but there are bonus points if you can make the Monkey appear in unusual places on the internet, or graphically re-imagine the Monkey…

On Monday 4th March we will make a decision, and announce the new name. Humorous, scientifically oriented, or generally ingenious names are preferred!

And what is the prize? Fame clearly. Fortune may have to wait. But we will open a twitter account in the name of Monkey, and Monkey will start tweeting (with its own personality). Plus, you get a Monkey branded T-Shirt and a Monkey Mug! Short of a lifetime’s supply of bananas, it doesn’t get any better than this.

So stop monkeying around and send us your entries! 

AnimalGarden had a meeting:

Here’s Sleepless, Gulliver, WOL, Tux, and Chuff. #AMI2 has been working and blogging on https://peerj.com/articles/36/ DinoMike’s article

They couldn’t agree on a name. Too many ideas. Animals acquire names and you can’t rush the process. They have to do it by tomorrow. That’s too short. So they asked PMR, and PMR asked his brother. And the name of his childhood monkey was:

EFFIANMINGO

They think that’s a great name.

What’s the background story? It’s true

Many years EffianMingo, a much loved and worn monkey, was travelling with PMR and HammondMR in a their parents’car in rural England. It was a Morris 10 with a sliding roof. As it was a lovely day outside the roof had been slid back and the sun shone in and the wind whistled over the top. EffianMingo created a hypothesis: Monkeys can fly. He asked Hammond to test this hypothesis and throw him out of the car into the wind. This was an easy experiment to carry out and soon EffianMingo hurtled through the roof. He didn’t fly back.

So the car was stopped and an expedition mounted and after a long and tearful time EffianMingo was found on the road. He didn’t like hitting the road – it was hard and bumpy.

From N=1, EffianMingo asserts the NullHyphothesis:

Monkeys can’t fly.

When BlueMonkeys are available as real monkeys (not just T-shirts) then we’ll get one into #animalgarden, just like @gulliverturtle from BioMedCentral.