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Letter: Fond of primates

Published 22 December 2004

From Roy Allen

I was delighted to learn that the gift of a baby orang-utan was enough to instil in Tam Dalyell “an affinity with primates” (20 November, p 21). Presumably, until then, he had eschewed all human contact and was racked with self-loathing.

Aberdeen, UK

Issue no. 2479 published 25 December 2004

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