Monkey Business - 01:36 pm
06 Jan 2010
It is wonderful that the regular summer rains have returned to Moremi.
The morning was soggy and wet. The rains do cover the tracks of any animal movements, which makes tracking a little more difficult.
In the Mopane forest near Jessie’s Pools was a troop of Vervet Monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops).
This was a large troop with about 40 members.
There were many young babies, who could only be a couple of weeks old. The youngsters are still figuring out their co-ordination and it was hilarious to watch them struggle to climb branches, only to be knocked off by one of their siblings.
The majority of the troop was foraging in the forest with a small group playing a game of ‘Rule the Pond’.
The seed pods which were in the water had softened making it easier to get to the seeds inside. The ruler was the monkey who could hold its ground in the water and collect as many seed pods as possible before being chased off. There was an aspiring swimmer who would completely submerge itself at every opportunity.
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