The Royal Swazi Hotel (where I most often do my Internet work because of the fast connection) has monkeys roaming all over its grounds. I parked my car, and saw this monkey digging through the leaves on the ground, looking for something to eat.In the second photo, if you look hard, you can see the monkey's five fingers on his right hand -- reminding us that we are part of the same family tree. Even if our branches split millions of years ago.
Africa is the birthplace of hominids and modern homo sapiens and there are many sites in South Africa and eastern Africa where you can see these
"documents" first hand (or the places where they were found). I hope to show you some of them.
2 comments:
Hi Sis-
Do you know what type of monkey it is?
Based on the photo, it appears to be a Vervet monkey, which is one the most familiar and well-studied types of monkey.
Vervets are interesting because they make different vocal sounds ("alarm calls") for different kinds of predators, such as eagles, python snakes, and leopards.
For example, if one of the monkeys in the group sees an eagle he will make a certain alarm call and the other monkeys will then look up in the air to watch out for the nearby predator. Not many other types of animals have such diverse vocalizations.
Hi J --
Bonus points to you! Indeed, it is a Vervet monkey. I found that out after I posted the blog. So glad to have your "expertise" on the blog. It's really nice to have you, mom, dad and Christo all "seeing" what I am seeing. Sure you can't afford a tix here?!
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