Monkey lover Connie Tibbs will argue she is anything but bananas - but in fact whether she's shopping for the weekly supply of fruit, driving around in her home town of Pekin, Illinois, or it's just time to call it a night, her macaques are never far away.
Mrs. Tibbs, 37, is so obsessed with her pet macaques - all five of them, that she refuses to let them out of her sight.
Mrs. Tibbs said: "They attach to you almost like a human to a baby. If you pulled one off me, they'd scream. I am their mum and their world is centered around me, they adore me. Even her husband Steve faces a barrage of claws from the macaques when he tries to get close."
She said.
"My husband often complains that the monkey's get more kisses and attention than he does," she added.
Whilst her younger children Dalton, 13, and Victoria, 12, have acclimatized to their mother's obsession, but her 17-year-old son Tanner despises the macaques.
Mrs. Tibbs, who runs a pet shop on the family farm, gives the macaques a weekly bath, changes their nappies, and dresses them up in tiny outfits.
She said: "The day starts with Honey Nut loops, fruit and milk and then they wait in turn to be individually put on my lap to have their nappy changed. They sleep in little hammocks in a 5 feet by 10 feet cage at night."
She even takes one of the monkeys to bed with her every night - dressed in its own pajamas.
Mrs. Tibbs explained that despite the stresses of running a business, being a mother to three teenage children and looking after her troop of macaques, she wouldn't change a thing.


据英国《每日邮报》19日报道，猴子爱好者康妮•迪波斯或许还会辩解说自己不是一根香蕉，但是事实上，无论她是在超市里购买每周必备的水果，还是驱车在位于伊利诺伊的家乡小镇珀金转悠，或是在每天下班回家的时候，她的这些猴子总是如迷恋香蕉一样地跟着她。

37岁的迪波斯太太异常迷恋她的这5只宠物猕猴，片刻都不能让它们离开自己的视线。

迪波斯太太说："它们会像婴儿一样粘着你，如果你把其中一只从我身上放下来，它就会尖叫嚷嚷。我是它们的妈妈，它们整天围着我转，只迷恋我一人。即使我丈夫史蒂芬想要靠近它们时，它们都会抓挠他。"

"我丈夫总是抱怨我把太多的香吻和关注都给了猴子们。" 迪波斯补充说。


她13岁的儿子道尔顿和12岁的女儿维多利亚都已经习惯了她们的母亲对猴子的痴迷，但是她17岁的儿子唐纳却很厌恶这些猴子。

迪波斯太太目前在家庭农场上经营一家宠物店，她每周都要给猕猴们洗澡、换尿布，还给它们穿迷你制服。

迪波斯太太说："它们每天一睁眼就会吃到蜂蜜坚果甜甜圈、水果和牛奶，然后等着我轮流给他们换尿布。晚上猕猴们在高5尺长10尺的笼子内的吊床上休息。

迪波斯太太甚至每天都会给一只猴子穿上睡袍，与其同睡。


她解释说，尽管经营店里的生意很辛苦，但自己照顾三个孩子和一群猴子的职责不会因此而改变。

• monkey [´mʌŋki] n.猴子 v.乱弄；胡闹 (初中英语单词)
• weekly [´wi:kli] a.&ad.每周一次(的) (初中英语单词)
• illinois [,ili´nɔi] n.伊利诺斯 (初中英语单词)
• attach [ə´tætʃ] v.附；使隶属；使依恋 (初中英语单词)
• scream [skri:m] v.&n.尖叫(声) (初中英语单词)
• despite [di´spait] prep.尽管 (初中英语单词)
• running [´rʌniŋ] a.奔跑的；流动的 (初中英语单词)
• tanner [´tænə] n.制革工人 (英语四级单词)
• individually [,indi´vidʒuəli] adv.个别地 (英语六级单词)