Making friends with...monkeys!

~Making new friends is not always easy...especially when your new pal is a monkey:

Purring Monkeys!

~Among 441 new species discovered in the Amazon jungle between 2010 and 2013 is a new species of titi monkey, Callicebus caquetensis.  Baby monkeys of this species exhibit a behavior not seen before in other species of monkey: when content, they purr!

Read the whole story (and about some of the other species discovered) here:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131025085909.htm

"We named the monkey Jack"

Part 1:

^ "Monkeys are born thieves!"

Part 2:

^ "With a little training, you can teach your monkey to wear clothes!"

You Look Like You Need A Monkey

Monkeys relaxing in hot springs at the Wild Monkey Park in Japan:

Now there are some primates who know how to relax!