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Black-headed Spider Monkey

Ateles fusciceps

Photo by Nimbid Ditavi
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Field Notes

Description:

This New-World Monkeys show the relation between the parent and the offspring, as you can see, the offspring always look for its mother in order to get food and escape succesfully from predators.

Habitat:

Tropical Rainforest

Notes:

There were more of this species were I found this ones, but this offspring with its mother caught my attention

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Spider monkey

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AshleyT
That baby is too cute! Great find

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PublishedFebruary 18, 2013

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