ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 7月9日 22時00分

Photo @tbfrost | Words @paulrosolie
Some monkeys are up to no good – there are gangs of macaques in Bangalore, India that will mob or mug whoever they please. Here in the Amazon, spider monkeys will come down from the high canopy to watch us on the trails and then urinate on us. There is no question that they find it funny, which is part of what is so disarming about primates – they are close enough to us that looking into their eyes we recognize a creature in which our own aggression, humor, neuroses, and even pain are mirrored. You can tell a healthy wild monkey by the clarity in its eyes. The wooly monkey in this photo had clouded, tortured eyes. He knew we wanted him to be still, to come to us; he could recognize that the camera was important, and he refused to give us what we wanted. Just a few years ago after he outgrew being a ‘pet’ in Lima, this monkey was isolated from his own kind in a cage. Mental pain in humans can cause people to hurt themselves. With animals it is no different: This monkey chewed off one of his hands in captivity. In the span of a few minutes he leapt around the enclosure by using his one good hand. And in that time he showed antagonistic behavior, affection, and a startlingly relatable frustration. His eyes were full of things unsayable between species, starved for a feeling of connection.

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