Diseases shared between humans and monkeys: herpes B, tuberculosis, yellow fever, hepatitis and respiratory viruses, how transmission happens and how to reduce risk.
Category Archives: Monkey Diet & Health
What monkeys eat in the wild and the health issues that affect them.
How monkey diets change with the seasons: fallback foods, fruiting cycles, dry season strategies, winter bark and lichen, and how seasonality drives breeding.
Do monkeys eat meat? Yes, many do. Baboons hunt antelope, capuchins take nestlings and blue monkeys eat bats. How common meat eating is and what it means.
The fruits monkeys love most, from figs and palm fruits to wild berries, why ripeness and colour vision matter, and why figs are the keystone of tropical forests.
What do monkeys eat? Fruit, leaves, seeds, insects, gum, eggs and small animals. A complete guide to monkey diets, digestion, foraging and feeding myths.