Native to eastern and southern Africa, the vervet monkey is a highly social, intelligent and playful primate. These monkeys have complex communication systems and even unique alarm calls for different predators.
One study found that when the monkeys heard the different calls, they had different reactions. “Recordings of the alarms played back when predators were absent caused the monkeys to run into trees for leopard alarms, look up for eagle alarms, and look down for snake alarms,” the study reads.
As for the vervet monkey’s feeding habits, they eat a variety of things, including fruits, leaves, and small animals, like some bird species.
