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5 unusual facts about Desmond Morris


Charleston Farmhouse

It also holds an exhibition programme that has included: Norman Ackroyd, Stephen Finer, Derek Jarman, Desmond Morris, Tom Phillips, photographs by Patti Smith, Sir John Tenniel and others.

Des Morris

:For the British ethnologist and zoologist, see Desmond Morris

Insult

Desmond Morris, noting that 'almost any action can operate as an Insult Signal if it is performed out of its appropriate context - at the wrong time or in the wrong place' - classes such signals in ten 'basic categories: 1. Disinterest Signals...2. Boredom Signals...3. Impatience Signals...4. Superiority Signals...5. Deformed-compliment Signals...6. Mock-discomfort Signals...7. Rejection Signals....8. Mockery Signals...9. Symbolic Insults...10. Dirt Signals'.

John Macnish

Between 1992 and 1994 John produced the award winning BBC series 'The Human Animal' written and presented by renowned zoologist Desmond Morris.

Silvano Levy

Silvano Levy is an academic and art critic specialising in surrealism, with emphasis on Conroy Maddox and Desmond Morris.



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The Naked Ape

Desmond Morris, the author, who formerly was the Curator of mammals at London Zoo, said his book was intended to popularise and demystify science.