Zanzibar red colobus. Some have developed a habit of foraging for charcoal from human settlements and eating it, enabling them to eat the young leaves on mango trees, which are toxic www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tolz...
In their natural habitats, however, the 2 species are known to play with and groom each other; there is no scientific basis of the presumed hostility. Trained langurs have been used on and off for decades as an anti-macaque device by Indian authorities with limited, short-term results. 2/2
For decades, it has been common practice to deploy Indian grey langurs to combat rhesus monkeys. But is there any scientific basis behind this?
To combat macaques stealing food at cricket games, an Indian cricket association (UPCA) is hiring trained langurs to scare off the other species. Black-faced langurs are considered sworn enemies of their pale/pink-faced cousins. 1/2 www.insidesport.in/cricket/figh...
A new video game illustrates the extraordinary memory skills of chimpanzees. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsXP...
True! Their speed was cited as a reason why they are so vulnerable to the pet trade
Javan Slow Loris is Critically Endangered, largely due to the exotic pets trade. This species prefers to eat animal prey, including yellow-vented bulbuls (a songbird), which they consume headfirst, feathers and all. Photo: Wawan Tamiwan
At the end of the book, the astute reader will note that the life cycle of a monkey pet is but a few years, ending when they reach adulthood. Instructions for selling, killing, and stuffing dead monkeys are provided. 5/5
