The one that went back for the naan bread or chapati whatever it was creased me up! There are a few baboon packs in Africa that are terrible, they stand in the roads so cars stop and then other jump into the cars to steal whatever they can. There are quite a few films on you tube. They also break into houses, it's not just the things they steal but they leave their " calling cards" too.
George McGavin is great, although he is a bug man I think, he crosses over to other animal species with ease. For me he would be a natural successor to Attenborough when he is ready to retire
Can't wait for next weeks episode.
Yep he's the bug guy but also did a series on microscopic beasties, bacteria and mould.
It's good to see a professional getting to host a series instead of just a name.
I knew Chimps could be aggressive and powerful but added to their intelligence they make a very effective hunting group.
Oh it's the snow monkeys next, I would live to see these
I've seen chimps on another program hunting colobus monkeys and its stayed in my mind.
Two chimps grabbed the arms and legs and ripped one apart, innards all over the place.:o
Good program, will have to watch the first on I player if its there.
Now I have visited gib rock, cheeky little beggers these lot are. There are notices everywhere no to give them food and to be aware that they steal. They tried to get someone's necklace and someone's carrier gag of food when we were there.
George McGavin is great, although he is a bug man I think, he crosses over to other animal species with ease. For me he would be a natural successor to Attenborough when he is ready to retire
I agree. I hope he does more standard nature docs in the future.
There's a lot of species to show and so it doesn't linger on one species for too long so for me it keeps my interest.
I have seen several of similar clips before on Attenborough's show though. I guess with the amount of stuff he's done they're going to retread old ground.
Beautifully filmed from the bits I've seen (as are all BBC nature documentaries), but the only problem I have is why feature great apes such as bonobos and orangutans and call it "Monkey Planet"? Surely a better title would have been "Primates" or "Primate Planet".
We are great apes too, a bonobo or gorilla is much more closely related to us than any monkey.
I looked that up after he said that the Mandrill? was the largest of the monkeys.
I didn't know if he meant overall or was excluding the apes as orangutans and gorillas are obviously bigger.
A monkey is any nonhuman primate, with the usual exception of the lemurs and tarsiers.[1] Thus defined, there are three type of monkeys: (1) non-human hominoids (also known as apes), (2) old world monkeys, and (3) new world monkeys. However, only the latter two are currently considered "monkeys" by most biologists
I also wondered why it wasn't called Monkey Business but that's probably because it's too cheesey
Great show and remarkable film of a variety of monkeys and apes. Shame the presenter insists that humans are related to these creatures. We were created as humans, not monkeys or apes.
Great show and remarkable film of a variety of monkeys and apes. Shame the presenter insists that humans are related to these creatures. We were created as humans, not monkeys or apes.
Comments
It's good to see a professional getting to host a series instead of just a name.
RC has it sussed, mind you she sounds a bit of a candidate for Jeremy Kyle....a DNA test is in order!
Oh it's the snow monkeys next, I would live to see these
I've seen chimps on another program hunting colobus monkeys and its stayed in my mind.
Two chimps grabbed the arms and legs and ripped one apart, innards all over the place.:o
Good program, will have to watch the first on I player if its there.
Will have to remember to watch next week.
There's a lot of species to show and so it doesn't linger on one species for too long so for me it keeps my interest.
I have seen several of similar clips before on Attenborough's show though. I guess with the amount of stuff he's done they're going to retread old ground.
We are great apes too, a bonobo or gorilla is much more closely related to us than any monkey.
I didn't know if he meant overall or was excluding the apes as orangutans and gorillas are obviously bigger.
I also wondered why it wasn't called Monkey Business but that's probably because it's too cheesey
Presumably because that name was already taken by another long-running programme featuring Monkey World at Wool, Dorset.
He probably is. He sounds like a Creationist, so will be ignoring any scientific evidence. There is no such thing as DNA.