Macaque the other monkey's mouth. Several species of macaque are used extensively in animal testing, particularly in the neuroscience of visual perception and the visual system. Nearly all (73–100%) pet and captive rhesus macaques are carriers of the herpes B virus. This virus is harmless to macaques, but infections of humans, while rare, are potentially fatal, a risk that makes macaques unsuitable as pets. Urban performing macaques also carried simian foamy virus, suggesting they could be involved in the species-to-species jump of similar retroviruses to humans. In Vietnam, macaque is eaten by some people as bushmeat. In January 2018, scientists in
Ack-Ack Macaque the novel as "inventive" with "brilliant cliffhangers" and a "satisfying conclusion". Philip Reeve said that the novel "could all be quite exhausting, but it's done with such obvious enthusiasm that it's impossible not to be carried along by it." The novel was a joint winner of the 2013 BSFA Award for Best Novel with Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice. Ack-Ack Macaque Ack-Ack Macaque is a science fiction novel by English writer Gareth L. Powell. "Ack-Ack Macaque" is based on Powell's earlier short story of the same name, which won the "Interzone" reader's poll in 2007. The original short story is included