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Raymond Vagell
MA student in Animal Behavior & Conservation (ABC) at Hunter College- CUNY. Current President of the ABC Club. Primatologist. Anthropologist. Cynical Gay New Yorker. I love cats. Meow?

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Author of the blog The Prancing Papio and also contributor for Primatology.net and Anthropology.net

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