Dangerous Trip: Colobus Monkeys Risk It All for a Bite!

Dangerous Trip: Colobus Monkeys Risk It All for a Bite! | Wild to Know

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The Angola Colobus monkey is just one species that makes its home in Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. The lush rainforest surroundings provide plenty of leaves for the primates to munch on. But their favorite food isn’t local at all: it’s eucalyptus, planted by farmers living around the park. The monkeys love it so much they’ll risk painful ant bites, getting lost in a tea maze, and human encounters - all to have a snack. Watch how they go about it.
00:00 Ready, set, go!
00:31 Nyungwe NP & Colobus Monkey
01:27 The Tasty Tree Bark
02:05 Dangerous Ground - Driver Ants
03:10 The Hero arrives - Red-Tailed Monkey
04:14 Stealth Mission underway!
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@terramater 3 ай бұрын

Hey friends! Do you also have a favorite snack that you would do anything for? Let us know ;) And thanks for watching! For more, check out this playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLZ3CjNbCdQe-qL0vweacJkW6qvQpOtXYv

@scoon2117 3 ай бұрын

You guys make the coolest nature videos.

@terramater 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for watching our videos!

@brycekirkham6896 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting inter-species dynamic here. I also love seeing how other animals interact with each other!

@terramater 3 ай бұрын

It’s pretty cool, right?! Thanks for watching! 😊

@brycekirkham6896 3 ай бұрын

@@terramater anytime!

@Jebiwibiwabo 3 ай бұрын

But why do the monkeys prefer the eucalyptus bark specifically? Does it have a nutrient they're lacking? From what I've searched, it doesn't seem like eucalyptus bark has any special properties? Please inform me 🙏

@terramater 3 ай бұрын

Well its not quite clear. one study found that koalas that live in high altitudes eat eucalyptus leaves and the bark, because the sodium concentration in the bark is higher. Another study suggest it could have to do with hormones levels. It could also just be the case that the bark just tastes good.

@erikm8372 3 ай бұрын

Don’t the oils in eucalyptus make them “high”? Or is it a natural side effect of the oil’s semi-toxicity that causes koalas to be sluggish…?

@rainforest_eye Ай бұрын

Interesting. Never thought I would see one species of primate adopted by another species group and become its leader.

@fabioamaral5847 2 ай бұрын

Love your videos . Greets from Portugal

@terramater 2 ай бұрын

Obrigado! Greetings from Austria!

@PurryFriends 3 ай бұрын

How did they know there are eucalyptus trees when they're living far from them? Do these eucalyptus emit a special scent? Do these monkeys have a heightened sense of smell? BTW, the red-tail monkey rocks!!!

@inkotanyirwabugiri5725 3 ай бұрын

You can smell eucalyptuses from Kilometers, especially when they flower. So, I imagine the monkeys would be able to smell them too.

@PurryFriends 3 ай бұрын

@@inkotanyirwabugiri5725 oh, I didn’t know that. I haven’t been around to any yet. Thanks for the reply.

@erikm8372 3 ай бұрын

Go to any health store, body shop, or even just a grocery store that has sample essential oils and smell the eucalyptus oil- some of the trees smell very close to that oil aroma, of course the oil is highly concentrated into a tiny bottle for potency… So it’s stronger, yes, and provides that “essence”, but that is what it smells like, at least some varieties.

@erikm8372 3 ай бұрын

The red tailed monkey is also known as a spot-nosed güenon lol

@yourlostcarkeys3261 3 ай бұрын

I wonder how these invasive eucalyptus trees affect the local environment, perhaps the monkeys heightened attention towards these trees causes them to neglect their other vital roles in the ecosystem?

@erikm8372 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely, yes. I would even say it’ll happen in Africa just as it happened here, in Southern California. Certain world explorers of the Victorian era & early 20th century- like Ellen Browning Scripps, the Krocs, & many more- collected and brought so many non-native plants back to SoCal. Mostly because they were pretty or grew well here. Not because of any industrial or human value. Now we have iceplant covering the freeways, cliffs, beaches, etc., all kinds of daisies, eucalyptus, Brazilian pepper trees; several invasive, strangling asparagus vines (chokeweeds); don’t forget all the PALMS, all growing wild like weeds. At least it seems like people in Africa actually harvest & utilize the eucalyptus. Today, California is very aware & protective of its native environments & ecosystems. But we’re also considered a “breadbasket” state that grows many of the nations crops. So can’t allow too many foreign species to infiltrate nowadays and risk all that industry. For some crops, we’re the only state that grows them. I wonder if the state government or environmentalists learned from the Victorian age seed collectors… now that we have soooo many non native, invasive plants here, maybe that’s why we can’t own ferrets, hedgehogs, axolotls, and a whole book-full of other animals and plants-because of past historical ignorance like eucalyptus introductions. Haha.

@eprohoda 3 ай бұрын

ood edition~ 👐

@dashawnstallings3169 Ай бұрын

They cute

@terramater Ай бұрын

Hi @dashawnstallings3169! Yeah they are 😊

@carrieandretti 3 ай бұрын

Wonder why the rangers/etc don’t plant eucalyptus trees in the national park around the monkeys environment??

@erikm8372 3 ай бұрын

People are growing cheap, fast-maturing trees for timber, but isn’t eucalyptus also extremely flammable? The essential oils or something…? Think of the wildfire potential in Africa… just look at Australia.