Cat video
February 1, 2015 11:55 AM Subscribe
Those monkeys are mostly red-tailed guenons, and a lot of that chittering is alarm calling from those monkeys, and others, in response to the cat being seen. Here's a good example of that from the forest I work in!
posted by ChuraChura at 12:25 PM on February 1, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by ChuraChura at 12:25 PM on February 1, 2015 [6 favorites]
"Interestingly," one researcher remarked, "we filmed this footage shortly after introducing the can opener to the local monkey population."
posted by phunniemee at 1:04 PM on February 1, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 1:04 PM on February 1, 2015 [5 favorites]
Great, now I have to keep the monkeys inside all the time!
posted by boilermonster at 1:32 PM on February 1, 2015
posted by boilermonster at 1:32 PM on February 1, 2015
This was a tantalizing clip. Could the cat have been just screwing with the monkey?
It was unclear to me whether the cat was playing or looking for a meal. The other monkeys didn't seem to be overly alarmed at the attack. I could hear them chattering, but I don't speak monkey, so I can't tell if they were saying run for your life or knock it off bozo.
posted by mule98J at 2:20 PM on February 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
It was unclear to me whether the cat was playing or looking for a meal. The other monkeys didn't seem to be overly alarmed at the attack. I could hear them chattering, but I don't speak monkey, so I can't tell if they were saying run for your life or knock it off bozo.
posted by mule98J at 2:20 PM on February 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Those were definitely alarm calls, but it looks like I was wrong about the kind of monkeys that were being hunted (they're these guys). Here is another video of the cat at Kibale going after some red colobus.
posted by ChuraChura at 3:51 PM on February 1, 2015
posted by ChuraChura at 3:51 PM on February 1, 2015
I like that it lurks in the trees. It has a very Adorable Furry Death From Above vibe going on.
posted by quin at 5:10 PM on February 1, 2015
posted by quin at 5:10 PM on February 1, 2015
Round and round the old tree stump
The monkey fled the feline
The monkey nearly became lunch
Rawr! went the feline.
posted by Joe in Australia at 5:39 PM on February 1, 2015
The monkey fled the feline
The monkey nearly became lunch
Rawr! went the feline.
posted by Joe in Australia at 5:39 PM on February 1, 2015
Red Fox Seen in Yosemite for First Time in a Century!
posted by clavdivs at 7:47 PM on February 1, 2015
posted by clavdivs at 7:47 PM on February 1, 2015
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