[Ads-l] Monkeys perform Bach

[Jonathan Lighter]

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:

A consort of geladas—the bleeding-heart baboons, so-called for the exposed
patch of red skin on their chests—perched on a promontory.

[Or else cf. OED  1.a. "Obsolete": " A number of people consorting
together; a fellowship, partnership, company."]

JL
-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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