Are squirrel monkeys dangerous?
Threat: Pollution There is little direct evidence of squirrel monkey mortality from pollution, but in forests neighboring oil palm and banana plantations, where pesticides are used liberally, poisoning of squirrel monkeys could potentially be a serious threat to small populations.Click to see full answer. Correspondingly, are squirrel monkeys friendly?In some parts of South America, squirrel…
Threat: Pollution There is little direct evidence of squirrel monkey mortality from pollution, but in forests neighboring oil palm and banana plantations, where pesticides are used liberally, poisoning of squirrel monkeys could potentially be a serious threat to small populations.Click to see full answer. Correspondingly, are squirrel monkeys friendly?In some parts of South America, squirrel monkey pets are not out of the ordinary—even though, as my mother can attest, they do not make good housemates. Of the many primates you could have for a pet, squirrel monkeys—of which there are at least five species—require an insane amount of care and attention.Also, are squirrel monkeys aggressive? Aggression is extremely common and Surinamese squirrel monkeys often have disfiguring scars from fighting with group members (Boinski 1999; Boinski et al. 2002). Males are affiliative and form close bonds while females do not appear to have coalitions or other types of social bonds (Boinski 1999). Also, are squirrel monkeys dangerous to humans? As babies these big-eyed, furry creatures may seem harmless. But once they reach sexual maturity, experts warn, monkeys can become aggressive. And some primates harbor deadly diseases, like herpes B, that they can pass on to human primates via bites and scratches.How much money is a squirrel monkey?At a website called www.exoticanimalsforsale.net, a week-old male capuchin is listed at $7,800; a squirrel monkey is listed at $9,000 and a java macaque sells for $4,000. Approximately 60 percent of the animals at Primarily Primates are discarded pets.
