July 25, 2025
The Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis has 60,000 monkeys, outnumbering the human population. The monkeys were brought by European settlers as exotic pets from Africa. They are a boon to tourism but a menace to local farmers.
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How Do Monkeys and Apes Trim Their Fingernails?
Have you ever seen a monkey getting a manicure? Though that line sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, it actually has some scientific merit. Monkeys and apes are primates, an order of mammals that have forward-facing eyes, large brains compared with their body weight, and—where other mammals
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