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Natural World: Clever Monkeys

Natural World (2008)

Documentary | UK

BBC2 | Saturday, 16 April 2016 | 08:10

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Saturday, 16 April 2016 08:10

Saturday, 20 December 2008 12:00

Tuesday, 25 November 2008 19:00

Rating: 8.3/10

User rating: 10/10

SEASON: 27

EPISODE: 3 - Clever Monkeys

SYNOPSIS

David Attenborough's entertaining romp through the world of monkeys has a serious side: for when we look at monkeys we can see ourselves. From memory to morality, from 'crying wolf' to politics, monkeys are our basic blueprint. Pygmy marmosets 'farm' tree sap; bearded capuchins in Brazil develop a production line for extracting palm nuts; white-faced capuchins in Costa Rica tenderly nurse the victims of battle; and in the Ethiopian highlands, a deposed gelada baboon has got the blues.

Voice: David Attenborough

Writer: Mark Fletcher

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