Humans, like the young boy seen in the video, often approach monkeys in this region bearing food. Arnedo explained that these types of old world monkeys tend to be very social.

It can cost so much that, in general, only rich men can do it. Unfortunately, lonely, not quite affluent men forced out of the mating game can represent a threat to a society’s tranquility.

In 2016, the zoo brought in three younger Margarita Island capuchins and the zoo is hopeful that the human-like monkey’s mate is among the trio.

"For example, among woolly monkeys, females are the ones that solicit males for copulations (sex), and they actively compete with each other to mate with males, while males do not really engage in ...

Life Monkeys with human-like hands can be fooled by sleight-of-hand magic Capuchins, which have hands similar to ours, are deceived by a sleight-of-hand trick. But marmosets, which lack opposable ...

Owl monkeys who 'stay true' reproduce more than those with multiple partners Date: January 23, 2013 Source: University of Pennsylvania Summary: Breaking up is hard to do -- and can be detrimental ...

Feb. 28, 2006 -- -- No question about it, in some ways we humans are very much like monkeys. Scientists at the Duke University Medical Center have found in past research that, like some humans ...

Can monkeys talk? It may seem like a silly question, but a 2016 study demonstrated that macaques, the most widespread primate genus after humans, are physically capable of producing human speech ...