#primates

· 1w ago

#Primates like #howler 🐒and spider #monkeys in #Mexico 🇲🇽 are declining due to overhunting by big cats: #pumas and #jaguars. They’re forced by #deforestation 🌳 into smaller areas. Help them survive! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://wp.me/pcFhgU-92D?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 1w ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

60% of primates 🦍🦧🐒🐵 are threatened by #extinction 🙊🙈😿 Without direct action, the number of endangered #primates will grow and more species will disappear forever. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife and be #vegan! @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/05/primates-are-facing-an-impending-extinction-crisis-but-we-know-very-little-about-what-will-actually-protect-them/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Primates face extinction risk - we must learn what can save them Palm Oil Detectives

From lemurs to orangutans, tarsiers to gorillas, primates are captivating and sometimes unnervingly similar to us. So it’s not surprising that this group

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 1w ago

Golden-bellied Mangabeys are gregarious and social #primates 🐒🐵🩷who are #endangered in the #DRC #Congo 🇨🇩 from the #bushmeat trade and #deforestation for #palmoil. Help them to survive #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🤢⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/04/24/golden-bellied-mangabey-cercocebus-chrysogaster/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Golden-bellied Mangabey Cercocebus chrysogaster Palm Oil Detectives

The golden-bellied mangabey (Cercocebus chrysogaster) is an intriguing and elusive monkey endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Named for the vibrant golden hue of their undersides, these primates are known for their intelligence, complex social behaviours, and unique ecological role. Found in the remote tropical forests along the Congo River Basin, these monkeys remain poorly studied due to their limited range and secretive nature. Tragically, the golden-bellied mangabey faces moun

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 2w ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

Today is #InternationalTamarinDay. Black-faced Lion #Tamarins are critically #endangered #primates living on Brazil’s Atlantic coast #ClimateChange, low population and illegal #pet trade are threats. Fight for them! #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/14/black-faced-lion-tamarin-leontopithecus-caissara/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Black-faced Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus caissara Palm Oil Detectives

The black-faced lion #tamarin Leontopithecus caissara, also known as the Superagüi lion tamarin, is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. With a total population of fewer than 400 individuals and a fragmented, low-lying coastal habitat of #Brazil, this species is on the edge of extinction. Threats include logging, the illegal #pettrade, palm oil, #soy and #meat deforestation and urban expansion. Conservation efforts have begun, but there is still enormous work to do to protect th

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TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @tksst@fediscience.org

· 2w ago

🐒 NEW: Indri #lemurs, #Madagascar’s only #singing #primates, open their mouths wider to hit higher pitches, a vocal technique that parallels human #opera singers. Motion-tracking analysis of #video recordings showed that mouth openings track pitch changes, helping calls carry across dense #rainforest for social bonding and territorial warnings. 👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/lemurs-opera-singers-share-vocal-technique/ #animals #vocalization #evolution #research #biology #sound #science #forest #wildlife #mammals

Opera singers and shrieking lemurs share vocalization strategies

Popular Science

Opera singers and shrieking lemurs share vocalization strategies

The world’s only known signing lemur needs to make calls that can travel through the thick rainforest.

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 2w ago

The Golden Monkey is an #oldworld #primate🐒 of #Congo 🇨🇩 #Uganda 🇺🇬 #Rwanda 🇷🇼 #Timber #cocoa and #palmoil are major threats. Help these remarkable #primates! Every time you shop 🌴🩸💀🚜🔥🙊❌#BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/07/03/golden-monkey-cercopithecus-mitis-ssp-kandti/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Golden Monkey Cercopithecus mitis kandti Palm Oil Detectives

In the mist-laden bamboo forests of the Virunga massif, the golden monkey Cercopithecus mitis kandti darts through dappled sunlight and the tree canopy. This endangered primate is found only in the high-altitude forests of the Albertine Rift, nestled deeply in volcanic mountains. They are found in four national parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west #Rwanda; and Virunga and Kahuzi-Biéga, in the eastern Democratic Republic of #Congo. Like many other animals in the region

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 3w ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

Dusky Langurs are beautiful #primates and excellent parents 🤎🐒 They’re threatened by #palmoil #deforestation in #Malaysia 🇲🇾 #Myanmar and #Thailand 🇹🇭 Help them when you shop and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🧐 #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/06/27/dusky-langur-trachypithecus-obscurus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus Palm Oil Detectives

The dusky langur, also known as the spectacled langur or dusky leaf monkey, is one of Southeast Asia’s most charismatic primates. Living in #Thailand, #Myanmar and #Malaysia they have vivid white eye patches that resemble spectacles and a fluffy dark-grey coat, they cut an unmistakable figure against the rustling emerald canopy of the rainforest. These intelligent and agile #monkeys play a crucial role in their ecosystems by dispersing seeds, keeping forests healthy and thriving. Yet, deforestat

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social

· 3w ago

Climate change threatens primates where new species are still forming https://www.earth.com/animals/primate-climate-risk-hotspots/ #environment #wildlife #primates #species #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 1mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

Cotton-headed #Tamarins 🐒🙈🤎 are plucky #primates from rainforests of #Colombia 🇨🇴 They are critically endangered from #palmoil #soy and #mining #deforestation. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔🧐🙊⛔️ be #vegan and #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/31/cotton-headed-tamarin-saguinus-oedipus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Cotton-headed Tamarin Saguinus oedipus Palm Oil Detectives

Known for the characterful head crests giving adults a plucky and "punk" look, the Cotton Top #Tamarin, also known as the Cotton-headed Tamarin is a diminuitive #monkey living in the humid forests in the south to dry deciduous forest in the north of #Colombia. They are now critically endangered and face multiple serious threats from capture for primate experiments, to the illegal pet trade and deforestation for palm oil, soy, meat deforestation and the cultivation of ilicit coca. Help these spri

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social

· 1mo ago

Oregon To Transition Its Primate Research Center Towards Human-Based Research https://plantbasednews.org/news/science/oregon-primate-research-center-human-research/ #AnimalRights #primates #AnimalTests #AnimalTesting #AnimalExperiments

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 1mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

With complex vocalisations and striking halos of white hair, the White-thighed #Colobus 🐵🐒🩷 are arguably rarest #primates in #WestAfrica 🇨🇮 🇬🇭 Help them to survive when you #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🔥🧐⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket! @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/15/white-thighed-colobus-colobus-vellerosus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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White-thighed Colobus Colobus vellerosus Palm Oil Detectives

The White-thighed Colobus (Colobus vellerosus), also known as the Ursine Colobus or Geoffroy’s Black-and-White Colobus, is a striking primate of West Africa and is currently listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Their numbers have plummeted by over 80% in just three generations due to rampant deforestation driven by logging, agriculture, and expanding palm oil plantations. Intense bushmeat hunting and weakening traditional taboos have further accelerated their decline. With fewer

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 1mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

Black-faced Lion #Tamarins 🐵🐒🤎 are critically #endangered #primates on a narrow strip of Brazil’s Atlantic coast 🇧🇷🌳🚜🔥 #ClimateChange, low population and the illegal #pet trade are threats. Fight for them when you #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/14/black-faced-lion-tamarin-leontopithecus-caissara/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Black-faced Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus caissara Palm Oil Detectives

The black-faced lion #tamarin Leontopithecus caissara, also known as the Superagüi lion tamarin, is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. With a total population of fewer than 400 individuals and a fragmented, low-lying coastal habitat of #Brazil, this species is on the edge of extinction. Threats include logging, the illegal #pettrade, palm oil, #soy and #meat deforestation and urban expansion. Conservation efforts have begun, but there is still enormous work to do to protect th

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Found in tree hollows of #Sulawesi #Indonesia, tiny #primates 🐵🧐 Gursky’s Spectral #Tarsiers are #carnivores with their food, #insects 🪲🦗 being poisoned by #palmoil and #pesticides ☠️ Fight for them! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2026/02/22/gurskys-spectral-tarsier-tarsius-spectrumgurskyae/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 2mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

Spectral #Tarsiers of #Sulawesi #Indonesia 🇮🇩 are moon-loving #primates 🐒 who get busy on a full moon hanging out in small groups 🌝🌛✨ Fight for their survival against #PalmOil #Ecocide and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🩸🚜🔥🙊🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/08/spectral-tarsier-tarsius-tarsier/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Spectral Tarsier Tarsius tarsier Palm Oil Detectives

The Spectral Tarsier Tarsius tarsier is one of the smallest and most endearing #primates in the world. With the largest eye-to-body ratio of any #mammal, this wide-eyed, nocturnal #insectivore is found only in #Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. Although they show some tolerance to human-altered landscapes, they are listed as #Vulnerable by the Red List due to rampant #deforestation for #palmoil and #timber agriculture, limestone #mining, #pesticide use and agricultural #pollution and the i

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TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @tksst@fediscience.org

· 2mo ago

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐒🧬 Biologist Fernanda Abra and Reconecta partnered with Waimiri Atroari Indigenous people and landowners in #AltaFloresta to install canopy #bridges over Brazilian #highways. The multilayered rope bridges have logged more than 15,000 #animal crossings with zero roadkill, used by #primates, #sloths, #opossums and other small #mammals. #Brazil´s #transport agency has now adopted the #design as a national standard for highways. 👉 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zero-roadkill-as-amazon-canopy-bridges-secure-15000-crossings/ #wildlife #animals #amazon #monkeys #conservation #biology #waimiriatroari #science #engineering #nature #indigenouspeoples #safety

Conservation news

Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings

For some of the world's rarest monkeys, the path to survival now runs through a simple network of ropes.

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TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @tksst@fediscience.org

· 2mo ago

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐵🔺 Researchers at #CarnegieMellon tested geometric shape matching in #monkeys, #children, and #adults with little formal schooling. Both monkeys and preschoolers relied on intuitive reasoning, while educated adults used symbolic tools. The results suggest geometric intuition is shared across #primates and refined through #learning. 👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/monkeys-have-geometric-skills-on-par-with-human-preschoolers-study-suggests #primates #geometry #cognition #science #math #education #animals #intelligence #psychology

The Only Thing Separating Monkey Geometry Skills From Ours Might Be Formal Education

ScienceAlert

The Only Thing Separating Monkey Geometry Skills From Ours Might Be Formal Education

If you've ever gone hiking and reached a fork in the trail, you may be confronted with two triangles: one pointing right, one pointing left.

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

#News: 🦍 #Study reveals #gorilla friendships come with both benefits and drawbacks. Social bonds can influence health and reproduction differently. #Wildlife #Research #Primates #Boycott4Wildlife https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250505170816.htm?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

ScienceDaily

Gorilla study reveals complex pros and cons of friendship

Friendship comes with complex pros and cons -- possibly explaining why some individuals are less sociable, according to a new study of gorillas.

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 3mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

Spectral #Tarsiers of #Sulawesi #Indonesia 🇮🇩 are moon-loving #primates 🐒 who get busy on a full moon hanging out in small groups 🌝🌛✨ Fight for their survival against #PalmOil #Ecocide and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🩸🚜🔥🙊🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/08/spectral-tarsier-tarsius-tarsier/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

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Spectral Tarsier Tarsius tarsier Palm Oil Detectives

The Spectral Tarsier Tarsius tarsier is one of the smallest and most endearing #primates in the world. With the largest eye-to-body ratio of any #mammal, this wide-eyed, nocturnal #insectivore is found only in #Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. Although they show some tolerance to human-altered landscapes, they are listed as #Vulnerable by the Red List due to rampant #deforestation for #palmoil and #timber agriculture, limestone #mining, #pesticide use and agricultural #pollution and the i

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