mandrill

Balamuthia mandrillaris was first identified in 1986—not in a hospital but at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, where staff were eagerly anticipating the birth of a mandrill, the largest species of monkey.

“The Lion King” draws on the Christian narrative of a son who becomes a savior but also incorporates elements of mysticism though the mandrill shaman Rafiki.

The tiger and the buffalo, the toucans and monkeys and the mandrills in the trees, all start dancing to an old rave tune; the kids bop along, too.

The devil and the mandrill try to kiss, in costume, which is weirder still.

A longtime Santa Barbara resident, Gore said during a recent conversation that he didn’t set out to create a conceptually linked work involving howlers, mandrills, capuchins and vervets.