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☆ Long-lost $26 million masterpiece found in kitchen heads to the Louvre after 4-year campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Louvre Museum in Paris has added a “national treasure” to its collection four years after it was discovered during a house clearance. “Christ Mocked” by the Florentine painter Cimabue was found in an elderly woman’s house in the town of Compiegne in 2019. She had kept the rare artwork – which she thought was a Greek religious icon – in her kitchen. But the French government then stepped in to block its export, assigning the painting “national treasure” status. It will join the much larger Cimabue painting “Maestà” in the Louvre collection, and both works will be part of an exhibition event in spring 2025, according to the ministry.

Persons: ”, Cimabue, Jerome Montcouquil, Cenni, Pepo, Philippe Lopez, Rima Abdul Malak, Laurence des, Giotto, Christ Organizations: CNN, Louvre Museum, AFP, Getty, Frick Locations: Paris, Compiegne, Greek, France, Florence, London, British, Suffolk, New York

Here are 12 of the weirdest and most fascinating animal behaviors scientists spotted in 2022. Here are 12 bizarre and amazing things animals were spotted doing, some of which had never been seen before. It turned out that at least 12 species of primates had been reported doing so, a review published in the Journal of Zoology in October found. A dolphin swallowed 8 venomous sea snakesA sea snake (indicated with pink arrow), moments before it is captured and eaten by a Navy dolphin. Though animals have often been spotted using tools, these usually are used to give the animal a clear survival advantage.

☆ Monkeys in Indonesia use stones as sex toys, study suggests, in new example of creative tool use in animals
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-28 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new study suggests long-tailed macaques in Indonesia engage in tool-assisted masturbation. Researchers observed the monkeys tapping and rubbing stones against their genitals. Tool use is well documented in animals, though typically for survival purposes like eating. While studying a population of 173 long-tailed macaques, researchers observed the macaques tapping and rubbing stones on their genitals and groin area, according to a paper published this month in the journal Ethology. And monkeys have been documented on video using rocks to crack open nuts and shellfish.

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