Staten Island Spider Monkey Set To Predict Results Of New Hampshire GOP Primary (VIDEO)

Former News Of The World editor Colin Myler wasn't the only big hire this week at The New York Daily News. The tabloid has also enlisted the help of a furry Staten Island resident to predict the outcome of the upcoming GOP primary in New Hampshire.

Grandpa, a 40-year-old Black handed spider monkey at the Staten Island zoo who apparently has clarivoyant abilities (he correctly "predicted" the Packers would win the Super Bowl last year), will choose from 5 bananas on Monday, the day before the Granite State picks its Republican candidate.

The primate's presidential primary premonitions will be determined by which banana he picks--each labeled with either Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry.

This is, of course, not the first time we humans have leaned on the psychic capabilities of animals. During the 2010 World Cup, Paul The Octopus accurately "predicted" the winner of every Germany match. And just this week, Stephen Colbert introduced his own slimy little Iowa Caucus prognosticator-- but that didn't go so well.

Comments

[madcityy]

11:46 AM on 01/08/2012

IS THIS CRAP OR WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT????????????

[EdMitchell]

11:29 AM on 01/08/2012

I don't know who to believe...the monkey or Pat Robertson.

[gurukalehuru]

04:49 AM on 01/08/2012

No banana for Huntsman? No banana for Huntsman!

[jonnyquest]

12:07 AM on 01/08/2012

I think this monkey is the smartest Republican out there.

[etherboss]

10:28 PM on 01/07/2012

Isn't Hi.ck Perry related to this minkey?

[msmanatee]

08:21 PM on 01/07/2012

If he looks at picures he's sure to pick Ron Paul...they have too much in common.

[davllewis]

07:46 PM on 01/07/2012

Why shouldnt a monkey pick the winner? Theres nothing but a bunch of monkeys running.

[JessWonderin]

07:34 PM on 01/07/2012

Some how an illiterate monkey selecting the "winner" is in keeping with the current GOP SOP . . . .

[James Di Pietro]

07:28 PM on 01/07/2012

Thats EASY for a monkey to do.......Monkey is related to the GOP hopefuls.

[tn1125w]

05:18 PM on 01/07/2012

Takes one to know one

[hopepad08]

04:39 PM on 01/07/2012

Staten Island Spider Monkey Set To Predict Results Of New Hampshire GOP Primary

Somehow seems fitting.

[iconico62]

04:18 PM on 01/07/2012

How apropos. The GOP is on the verge of making us into a banana republic. And I thought that it was bad enough that they wanted us to go to the dogs.

[rikster]

01:14 PM on 01/07/2012

oh..I thought he was running as well.....