Indeed, this fact probably explains why the
vervet monkeys only responded to tryptophan supplementation when they were put under competitive stress.
Such actions are every bit as mysterious as those of the
vervet monkeys or the vampire bats.
Vervet monkeys are 90 clever,--they know whole layout of your house.
To some of us it seems obvious that the
vervet monkeys have a language, albeit a very simple one, and that bonobos such as Kanzi have acquired a substantially more complex language.
aethiops super-species - including grivet and tantalus monkeys, as well as the
vervet and sabaeus monkeys mentioned above - are each infected with their own variety of SIV (19, 24).
Sunshine does not penetrate the huge, vine-entwined trees, where baboons and
vervet monkeys scamper.
Marburg Virus Disease - also known as "green monkey disease" and "
vervet monkey disease" - causes bleeding from every open orifice of the body.
On the African savanna, one can observe baboons and
vervet monkeys, as well as the abundant zebra and wildebeest, going about their business, feeding, mating, socializing, while at the same time keeping a sharp eye on the often visible lions, leopards and cheetahs that they know will prey upon their conspecifics.
Vervet monkeys are the size of house cats and live in East Africa.
terrace overlooking a water hole where warthogs and
vervet monkeys frolicked.
University of Pennsylvania professors Cheney and Seyfarth first introduce us to
vervet monkeys (adults weigh seven to ten pounds) and their social behavior as witnessed in their natural habitat at the foot of Kilimanjaro in southern Kenya.
Equivalence relations may also explain the recent findings by Cheney and Seyfarth (1990) that
vervet monkeys, like humans, classify vocalizations according to their referents or meaning, and not just according to their physical similarity.
Another hunting operation, Africa Hunt Lodge charges $100 ([pounds sterling]81) to take a
vervet monkey as a trophy.
It was said the two had hidden the
Vervet monkey in a compartment of a scooter, in violation of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act.
