Monkey see, monkey do?

This just entertains me to no end. I got this email at work about two hours ago:

Hello Lisa,

I work in (name deleted)'s lab, and I just finished my M.S. Right now, I'm working on writing a manuscript. I don't know if you recall this or not, but at some point, (name deleted) and myself took video footage of many people from the our floor wearing white coats and blue head covers. We then showed these images to the monkeys and overlay the scanpaths they make on these images.

I would like to know whether I have your permission to use your photo in my manuscript. Your picture is displayed side-by-side with Marsha (last name deleted)'s. Marsha has agreed to having her picture used, but I need to make sure you are ok with your picture being used.

Please let me know as soon as possible.

Thank you,
(name deleted)

I am totally amused. I write to Marsha asking her if she's seen the pictures, to which I get this reply:

I don't know because I haven't seen them. (Name deleted) said that our pictures worked the best though. Does that mean we look like monkeys? (expletive deleted).

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