Phyllis Jay briefly touches on the subject of primates swimming in the book Behavior of Nonhuman Primates; in discussing the habitat of African monkeys, Jay writes (Jay, 1965, p. 535) that the "…distribution of arboreal monkeys is restricted by open, relatively treeless areas" and "rivers are barriers to arboreal monkeys but not to terrestrial forms, many of which swim" (Jay, p. 535).
"Long-tailed macaques are excellent swimmers, and this may be a predator avoidance technique," writes the University of Wisconsin's Kristina Cawthon Lang in Primate Factsheet. If the long-tailed macaque is threatened by a feral dog, raptor, python, monitor lizard or large cat, the macaque simply drops into the water and swims to safety (Lang, 2006).
In its "Science & Nature: Animals" section, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) published a story on the Long-tailed Macaque: "Long-tailed macaques swim well and jump into the water from nearby trees" (BBC).
In his book, Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, Friderun Ankel-Simons explains that Macaques (not "Long-tailed macaques") live in many areas of the world, including Asia (India north to Afghanistan, Nepal, Burma, and Tibet, Thailand, Southern China, all the way east to Japan), the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Borneo, and sometimes the Macaques are established in artificial colonies.
One of those colonies is off the coast of Costa Rica, on an island called Santiago Island, that has been "under constant scientific observation" since the colony was established in 1938. While Macaques thrive in many environments (because they are so adaptable), including snow and tropical rainforests, the Macaques on Santiago Island "go swimming in the surf" (Ankel-Simons, p. 104). One wonders if the Macaques observed human surfers plying their talents in the surf, and decided to go out and imitate what the humans did. Or, if they just, out of curiosity -- because of the constant thundering surf that got their attention day and night -- they one day went out and began trying to emulate...
Primate Behavior Research There can be big differences in the messages from a scholarly, or scientific, article and a main stream, or non-scientific article. The titles and the messages written in the articles can give readers entirely different meanings. The original article may state the study was done one way, but the main stream article tries to write in layman terms and may miss the entire meaning, or the way the
They have nails. The arms and legs are equal length. The Lincoln Park Zoo exhibit differs from its natural environment but is being upgraded. 6. Exhibits: The New World Monkeys appear to be more prominently displayed. The following species are featured in the Lincoln Park Zoo primate exhibit, including: a. Allen's swamp monkey (catarrhine, Allenopithecus nigroviridis, arboreal (tree-dwelling) but semi-terrestrial.) b. Black howler monkey (platyrrhine, Alouatta caraya, rain forests with near constant precipitation to
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