How monkeys make friends in high places
CAPTION: L-R The Diana monkey and the putty-nosed monkey, who share living space in West Africa's Ivory Coast. CREDIT: Dr Klaus Zuberbühler
CAPTION: L-R The Diana monkey and the putty-nosed monkey, who share living space in West Africa's Ivory Coast. CREDIT: Dr Klaus Zuberbühler
Scientists have discovered that birds are capable of recognising calls that other species use to warn each other about predators.
CAPTION: A cotton-top tamarin
CAPTION: A male macaque with a reddened face.
Pic caption - (left) the adult leopard male "Cosmos" during a nighly patrol walk. credit: Dr David Jenny. (right) the Diana monkey - one of the species of monkeys under threat of predation by leopards in the Tai Forest. credit: Dr Zuberbuhler.
Pic caption - Diana monkey in the Tai Forest, Ivory Coast.