Aggression towards others, especially weaker individuals, is common in most animal societies. Vervet monkeys are also spiteful. John A. Hart; Kate M. Detwiler; Christopher C. Gilbert; Andrew S. Burrell; James L. Fuller; Maurice Emetshu; Terese B. Hart; Ashley Vosper; Eric J. Sargis & Anthony J. Tosi (2012). Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). "Lesula: A new species of Cercopithecus monkey endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and implications for conservation of Congo's central basin". PLOS ONE. 7 (9): e44271. Bibcode: 2012PLoSO...744271H. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044271. PMC 3440422. PMID 22984482. Monkeys are wild animals not pets, but not everyone thinks that way, perhaps because not everyone has experienced the beauty and space of their natural habitat. Bushmeat and accidental trapping A captive environment is no place to experience vervet monkeys complex behaviour and social structure. You need to see these animals in the wild. YALE (US) — Scientists have found a new monkey species in remote central Congo, where bush meat hunting and habitat loss threaten their survival.

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The lesula is vulnerable to hunting for bushmeat. [9] Protecting the species could be challenging, as species with such a small range can go from vulnerable to seriously endangered in a few years. The lesula's range is within the Tshuapa–Lomami–Lualaba Conservation Landscape, and the Lomami National Park has been proposed to protect this and other species in the region. You can think of a photon as a drunk person walking through a forest. The drunk person enters the forest and walks into a tree, D’oh!, changes direction (scatters) and walks another short distance and into another tree, D’oh! D’oh! D’oh! D’oh! …. and before you know it the drunk person exits the forest in a random place going a random direction.The Lesula ( Cercopithecus lomamiensis) seems to have escaped previous scientific notice because of its remote habitat, which was largely unexplored by professional biologists until recently. Troops are mostly made up of adult females and infants. Their social structure is stable and led by dominant matriarchs (the women). Females with the highest maternal social status are at the top. The rest of the troop competes to groom high ranking females because a tight bond with the matriarch can get them more food and status.

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a b Kudo, H.; Mitani, M. (1985). "New record of predatory behavior by the mandrill in Cameroon". Primates. 26 (2): 161–167. doi: 10.1007/BF02382015. S2CID 20928597. Vervet monkeys share a scarily high number of similarities with ourselves. While we are genetically closer to chimpanzees, our behaviour is more like vervet monkeys, an animal with one of the most complex social structures in the wildlife world. Both male and female Rhesus macaques have red behinds and red coloration on their face and genitalia. People often mistake mandrils for baboons because they are similar physically, except that mandrils have a stub tail while a baboon is prehensile. The mandrill ( Mandrillus sphinx) is a large Old World monkey native to west central Africa. It is one of the most colorful mammals in the world, with red and blue skin on its face and posterior. The species is sexually dimorphic, as males have a larger body, longer canine teeth and brighter coloring. It is the largest monkey in the world. Its closest living relative is the drill with which it shares the genus Mandrillus. Both species were traditionally thought to be baboons, but further evidence has shown that they are more closely related to white-eyelid mangabeys.Unfortunately, some people in the world want everything for themselves. They claim to make the world better through science, but all they do is make the world better for one species.

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I've been writing children's books for about 6 years and have already had several picture books published with more in development. Flexibility and adaptation has been integral to their success. Vervet monkeys can survive in tropical rainforest, arid desert, seasonal swamps and high-altitude plains. They just need daily access to water and a tree to sleep in. Predators a b c Ankel-Simons, F. (2007). Primate Anatomy: An Introduction (3rded.). Elsevier Acad Press. p.128. ISBN 978-0-08-046911-9.I've got 4 great children and although they're all adults now, my memories of them growing up inspire and inform my writing."