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Social Climbers (9/10)

This is also part of this series: Life of Mammals, The (10)

Subjects: Animals, Endangered Species, Natural History, Nature, Ocean

Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2002
Available in French: No

In the dim light of the West Africa forest beautiful guenon monkeys send messages to each other with colourful face patterns.These forests are full of eagles, leopards and chimps, but the guenons have an extraordinary antipredator alliance to deal with them. Communication in monkeys goes way beyond simple colour signals though. These intelligent mammals often live in large groups – where the socially skilled excel. When toque macaque monkeys battle for mates, we see how brain can triumph over brawn. A change in climate forced one group of African monkeys down from the trees and on to the grasslands. But living on the ground brought an increased risk from predators, forcing baboons to live in larger groups where social skills became even more important.

Links: http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/

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