Floki doing well, another baby orphan monkey arrives, care givers have their hands full.

Vervet Monkey Foundation - Baby Season 4 - Episode 22 - Floki doing so well thanks Laura and the team. Baby monkeys are having fun and all doing well for their progression to the next step, Marja-Liisa a new baby monkey who lost her mom to overhead power lines arrives. At the Vervet Monkey Foundation, a wildlife conservation & animal rescue sanctuary...
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The Vervet Forest is a wildlife rehab series focused on Vervet Monkeys at the Vervet Monkey Foundation . The series showcases the process of taking orphaned and injured vervet monkeys through a foster mother program which helps these rescued orphan baby monkeys to be adopted by foster mother monkeys. The show is for fans of animal planet, nat geo, discovery and anyone who is an animal lover, loves animals and would like to be part of helping them get back to the wild.
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*These animals are not pets they are rescued wildlife undergoing a rehabilitation program at the Vervet Monkey Foundation in South Africa*

[@lolas5446]

I enjoy hearing Dave's commentaries. Such a compassionate view....so lovely. Thank you guys for all you do.

[@Godluvs1000]

I feel so bad for them when they sit and cry out for their mothers. I am so glad that you guys take care of them. I wish I could support you guys and the work you do. The only way I can is through prayers and sharing your videos.

[@jimrossi7708]

Floki or Uncle Floki is loved across the pond in the USA 🇺🇸 !!

[@katyalupochev9589]

Loved the volunteer/staff member glowing with pride at Floki’s progress. Adorable. And it was kind of Floki to bite her a few times to remind us that, while adorable, monkeys are not pets 😆

[@chereecargill355]

I love the babies hopping around and bouncing on one another. Good to see Floki climbing. His progress is amazing.

[@tanyatigermarshall7878]

GO FLOKI!!!! DOING GOOD BABY BOY! Awe they are all looking great and happy so much love and positive vibes!!

[@angelacasselberry9623]

You all are so amazing! So many babies and so little staff yet each baby is given exactly what they need! I love seeing the babies fr previous years, happy and playing in their troops! Gimli hopping around what a wonderful thing to see. Love the tail intertwining! Love supporting VMF, wish I could do more

[@timmied8461]

You all really have your hands full at this time, but the little orphans couldn't be in better hands, unless it was their own moms! 💗

[@brandynt.phipps2424]

Hearing any baby vervet cry and call for it’s mother when they first arrives always gives me such a sad feeling. It bothers me that there are so few who will understand why primates are important

[@SunshineInCA14]

Go Floki go! And much love & respect to the staff & volunteers at VMF, you all rock! 💚💚💚

[@Katherine-jw2rx]

Everyone doing such a wonderful job! Congratulations to you all for the effort you all put in for the future of these babies. Keep up the great work. 😇

[@waitaminute2015]

It doesn't take long for them to get used to a normal monkey life. The foster moms are incredible.

[@carolcarter5966]

Floki has come so far. Sweet little guy

[@squeezable]

I love it when they hop like bunnies.

[@winterbirds8022]

Me too, except I thought frogs!😊lol

[@koisneurotypical]

Hope to see more on Yeliz and Dirkules' release day! I always worry when Yeliz goes to grab onto mum and receives a correction bite (because Mum can't carry both on her tummy). I'm just hoping Yeliz is getting what she needs with overly-clingy Dirkules as a "tummy-mate." Thanks, as always, for letting us tag along on your adventures and hard hard work. You all are going above-and-beyond on a daily basis, and I hope some volunteer respite will come soon. I so wish I could come and help right now (I'm on a 3 year plan to!) Thanks again for letting us tag along on your journey with the babies and Floki! Your hard work and commitment is incredible!

[@sarabeth721]

That was one of the best weekly videos! Thank you...and thank you for always pointing out who's who! As hard as I try, I'm not very good at it! Yay for you!!!

[@carolynmcpherson2667]

This was a beautiful episode. As one of her godmothers, I had quite a challenge catching sight of Aurora--obviously she has never heard Madonna's injunction to "Hold a pose"--but to see Floki doing so well, BOUNDING around and approaching babies to play with them, and Aurora joining the group, and then the final scene: the stack of babies and your remark, Josie, beautifully delivered, "This is how orphaned baby monkeys like to sleep." Wow!

[@talonkylan1844]

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[@maximilianorey6918]

@Talon Kylan Flixportal :D

[@talonkylan1844]

@Maximiliano Rey thanks, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I appreciate it !!

[@maximilianorey6918]

@Talon Kylan No problem xD

[@carolynmcpherson2667]

@@talonkylan1844 What kind of tv shows?

[@AmziAbelAsher]

I love the babies dive bombing one another! Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@laurirohr5364]

Love watching the babies make play faces & hop & play. You all do such a wonderful job!

[@BBB-rd2qi]

Floki seems so proud of himself! So cute.🥰

[@amandaellison4892]

They are so precious and sweet jumping around. You can tell that they are happy and content. ❤️🐒❤️

[@brandynt.phipps2424]

Heartbreaking to see infant monkeys all stuck together and holding each other for comfort and warmth when it’s suppose to be their mom. So sad

[@BEV0323]

I believe you're seeing things that aren't there. I don't see anything heartbreaking, anywhere IN this video. They aren't "stuck together, holding each other for comfort", as you indicate. In fact, all I see is them, happily playing together, having a blast!!!

[@BBB-rd2qi]

@@BEV0323 - Wow! Bet you are fun at parties.🙄

[@feelinfroggy8089]

Goodness, the little one that was in sneaking Floki's food was quick....and adorable!!

[@Kim-lc3fv]

Yay, Floki! You're making great progress. 😊👍❤🐒

[@AmziAbelAsher]

UNCLE FLOKI!!! 🥰

[@texasoutlook60]

Oh my, what a house full! Thanks for sharing! Made my day!! Blessings ~Sidney

[@donnachappell3674]

I loved this episode ,knowing they are all doing well and will have moms soon.How is Floki now is he still in sickbay?

[@VervetMonkey]

Yes Floki is still in sickbay and doing well

[@simonatorregrossa3459]

It s amazing how this brunch of babies fall asleep at the same time!

[@Bill23799]

It is very good how you teach the babies to use the feeding cages. What is amazing though is how you teach them to read the bottles to know which one is theirs.

[@julieprior3126]

I was just about to ask this exact question! Tho occasionally we see 2 babies trying to drink from one bottle it doesn't last long. Pretty much all the time they find and use their own, but how?!

[@carolynmcpherson2667]

It's astounding, isn't it.

[@VervetMonkey]

just loose one of the bottles and see what trouble you have, It may be the diffrence in the size of the hole that the milk flows diffrently

[@kwheeler2547]

Floki acts like he may have some depth perception problems. Not surprising considering what he has gone through. I'm amazed that he is climbing so well. Good Boy Floki indeed. So wonderful to see Gimli doing so well. He sure had a bad start.

[@Bill23799]

Good job uncle Floki. You are doing so well. He has a wonderful , caring physical therapist. Did Floki have a brain injury? Has it caused him vision problems or is it his balance that is off? I think it is great you are keeping Uncle Floki with the Babies. I think he loves the company and also they will be used to being around larger monkeys when it comes time to meet their new moms.

[@carolynmcpherson2667]

I asked the VMF about his injury and yes, it was to his brain. I have no further details, but on one or two occasions I have observed his arm shaking spasmodically.

[@Bill23799]

@@carolynmcpherson2667 Thanks Carolyn.

[@carolynmcpherson2667]

@@Bill23799 You're welcome. I think "shaking spasmodically" may be redundant, but hey: school's out.

[@pilarsanchez50]

What's going to happen to Floky once he's better? Has he already gotten used to humans?

[@VervetMonkey]

we have a special cases area

[@julieprior3126]

Some really great camera work in this one! Loved the part where babies were in the sunshine and the light shine so well on their fur and faces. Looked like HD! Lovely video this week. Thanks.

[@judithelpers4764]

Be blessed, all of you 🙏 you're doing such a great job! I love watching the little jumping beans growing more confidence and improving their skills. Learning to be a monkey❤️

[@VervetMonkey]

Thank you so much!

[@harassarah9551]

Another amazing video!! I love the long video’s...thank you! I just love Floki, he truly is the star ⭐️ this season, I love how he has come along and also he is so great with all the orphans! To bad Floki couldn’t be the official orphan welcoming monkey 🐵 in Disneyland forever, especially since it seems like his mental capacity will probably always stay childlike and he gets such joy out of all the orphans. But I guess it’s not always baby season and you guys know what’s best for him but he truly does love the babies, and they love him I know it’s just wishful thinking on my part. Either way he will live his best life and be taken amazing care of by you guys and that’s what truly matters!! I also want to say thank you for always explaining who each baby is and also continually educating us about the monkeys and their care or how they feel, I have learned so much and I have you guys to thank for that and I just find it so interesting. Thank you!! You all truly are angels for those monkeys you have rescued and given a second chance at life and they are all living their best life...hell they get better fruits and veggies then I do! 😂 love you guys ! 🐵 ❤️

[@lisacolbert5987]

Always makes me grin when they’re in the milk cage. Especially when there are two of them. Their eyes stare off into space and they seem to go into an altered but blissful state , finding the bottom of their respective bottles.

[@reedecker9416]

A bouquet of babies.

[@tammycopas7690]

At 29:48 the sound of them drinking milk is so funny and cute 🥰 I love to watch them play together also.! They are simply adorable 🥰 ❤

[@renatezylla1421]

Dora has a really good foster mom - Holly is perfect for her...I am always impressed by this foster moms...

[@kurumais]

look at all those little guys they must love having all those playmates

[@winterbirds8022]

They are so adorable playing together and hop,hop,hop,! They are cute no matter what they are doing when they are this age. 😊❤️🤗💞

[@maryreynolds5310]

Oh Fritz, you will get it..lol So cute. He had a rough start. He is very determined! I couldn’t hear well on this video. Sound was muffled like. It’s a blessing these foster mom’s also do what they do. Omgoodness...so glad the animal kingdom works the way it does! So glad these foster mom’s still have the love in them to give they way they do and aren’t totally wild and against the process.

[@giselabauer7491]

Schön daß es solche Menschen mit großem ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ gibt👍

[@harlowjademermaid1882]

GO FLOKI!!!!!! MY MAN!!!

[@lisaadkins5220]

Love the jumping look like kangaroo's hilarious good to see them being babies no matter the species GOOD PEOPLE

[@kimjohnston1747]

How could ANYONE "not" just fall in love with these most precious of gods' creatures!!!

[@nargess6565]

Lots of love for Floki and her physiotherapist 🤗😘💝😍💖💞💕🤗🙏

[@annieb1794]

at 31.00 look at the mum holding tight to those babies. S0 sweet

[@traycwilson945]

I wonder if poor Floki is depressed because he can't get on the branches like the other babies do? He's such a little sweetheart.

[@annieb1794]

I love to see them looking into the camera. Josie mentioned that the mum pulls the babies away from the camera. ...suckling..... yes, I am sure the mums don't spontaneously start lactating. Thanks to the feeding cages that they supply the necessary milk.

[@honeyowen3163]

YAY FLOKI!

[@nargess6565]

That baby sleeping on Josie’s chest at the end just melts my heart 😘😓💖💝❤️🙏💕

[@SalemSphynx]

They're all SO cute & rambunctious, happy to see them being cared for & obv sad seeing them missing/looking for their Moms but you all do an amazing job, hope to come volunteer someday myself!!! 💕

[@gulson9105]

It was so funny to watch Floki learning to climb. I think the foster mum should bite him back, that’s how it’s in the wild I’m afraid 😛 I’d watch this episode over and over again, good job 👏

[@deetteday991]

Seems like Floki could navigate more safely without random support for footing.

[@deetteday991]

Planks could help Floki navigate on his own.

[@carolnikolov8469]

The baby sleeping bundle is too cute

[@annieb1794]

Just look at them running those branches. Floki, Good Job!

[@Gaeill]

to not feel while viewing this, is not to be human. Satisfying.

[@barbaradupuy9675]

It’s so cute how they sleep in a pile

[@cynthiakrause991]

They are little jumping beans their so sweet

[@renatezylla1421]

You do a really good job! Thanks !

[@tammiemills7986]

Love these monkeys.

[@genevawright1674]

They take very good care of the monkey 🐒 I tell you that.

[@Godluvs1000]

They are all so adorable I love them all ❤️❤️❤️

[@Filhote_deDisgrassa]

these babies give me life

[@tamarakennedy4976]

Looking at that bottle line up..how busy you all have been what hand fulls. Still working on the panacur and the suture 3-0 and 4-0. I think the shipping and duties are going to be a problem but 1st things 1st. I am hoping to have everything wrapped up this next week. Things as u well know r moving slow as molasses, frustrating because life is still going on but processing has come to snails pace. So many people working from home making responses so delayed.will keep u posted.

[@lisacolbert5987]

Suckling is , like thumb-sucking , a very calming thing (likely the main reason that humans and primates do it) as it presses against a pressure-point on the Du Channel - a meridian in the body known in Chinese medicine-accupressure/puncture. Pressure on this point (or any point on this meridian) has a very calming effect.

[@bracketbasher]

I'm so glad you will take time to cuddle the baby. That unusual self soothing behavior I have only seen in neglected and abused pet monkeys. These are not pets

[@av8tore71]

I've hear that a Rhesus Macaques mother fostering a baby did start lactating after receiving the orphan baby

[@nicolehessling1]

They’re pretty cute

[@tamarakennedy4976]

Luca is mostly pushing Elise away from her and Durcules. This isnt the first time Ive noticed Luca giving a warning bite and a push away from Luca.I noticed the babies are quite hungry almost ravenous, is this common?

[@FuckTheYoutubeUsernameChange]

can I ask why Floki wasn't introduced to a foster mom? was he too old already when you got him?

[@VervetMonkey]

yes

[@amandaellison4892]

❤️🐒❤️

[@aprilireland4596]

Awww, Toni kisses. Love it!

[@marinamaldonadodespielmann346]

Die sind so pretty

[@jerrieschulz2034]

I would love to baby’s of this age with that toddler toy consisting of a board with bent stiff tubing and colored red beads that they can move along the tubing as much as they want but can’t remove the beads.

[@heatherrose2462]

It always sounds like they are saying ma ma when they call out .

[@TheIrishfitter]

💕💕💕💕

[@crash9810]

You people say you don't want ear sucking and when you see it makes the victim uncomfortable why do you allow it to happen over and over? Is it because you show favorites or is that rule only when it's convenient not the standard?

[@maryreynolds5310]

This may be a silly question, but can these monkeys drink goat milk? I have no idea the kind of animals that can live in that area..just I’ve been watching a lot of different videos like this, one of the common things at time is they feed the babies goat milk.

[@VervetMonkey]

No they completely diffrent to goats - they like humans, maybe human milk would be Ok otherwise as for humans a good baby soya milk formula

[@heatherrose2462]

They look like little kangaroos when they hop. Lol So cute!

[@jodyhoebelheinrich91]

Doesn't it hurt when they suck the ears. They have teeth

[@VervetMonkey]

no but its not good for the ears after awhile - this lot fortunatly where not together very long so it was not much of a concern

[@maryfregain4648]

They don't use teeth to suck. Try it out on a straw or your thumb

[@BEV0323]

@22:46...What happened to his left wrist? At this point, you mention his wrist and that it's healing nicely but you don't say how he got the injury.

[@VervetMonkey]

We not sure of the full circumstances, he was brought in with the wound that the people where treating, the other wrist is also fractured

[@carolynsimmons3087]

Why do the babies need to be 3 months old? Is that when they get all their teeth and could survive without mom? Just curious, seems like the sooner the better ,again, just curious, I'm sure there's a reason.

[@ES-pc8kf]

Carolyn Simmons At 3 months they begin to be more independent from foster moms.

[@zizisearles]

ADOS American here. Just curious as to why I never see indigenous South Africans on film. Does your organization not hire native Africans?

[@VervetMonkey]

I am a native African

[@BBB-rd2qi]

Zig Zag - What do you mean? Most of the staff is native Africans. Volunteers are the ones on camera with the babies.

[@kurumais]

have you ever tried to get the bandits to adopt an orphan?

[@VervetMonkey]

only in thecase of when a mother lost her baby and she was lactating

[@kurumais]

@@VervetMonkey id love to see that video. it seem you don't have a problem with one mom 2 babies. is it ever a problem of one of the babies being abandon or neglected when they are out in the troop? tia

[@squeezable]

Question.....what solution are you bathing them in to control the itching? I guess to control fleas and parasites. Was just curious what would be safe. I use Adams flea shampoo on my cats and dogs but imagine that wouldn't work on monkeys as fumes are strong. Was curious.

[@VervetMonkey]

its a natural shop mixed with kakibos

[@squeezable]

@@VervetMonkeythank you. Looks like it works really well.

[@howardhudome3040]

How do all of these baby monkeys get abandoned by their mothers ?

[@VervetMonkey]

i wont spoil it for you rather watch more videos

[@pilarsanchez50]

how many times a day do you feed babies and how many times a day do you feed adults?

[@VervetMonkey]

babies every 2 hours - adults have food available the whole day

[@user-yp4ye3bm5q]

כל הסרטונים של להציל את הכלבים שקושרים אותם הכל מבוים זה ממש קוף

[@JohnnygSawyer]

I like to be cuddled so i feel safe also. 😜

[@maryfregain4648]

Do any of the Foster Mom's have milk ?

[@VervetMonkey]

none that we know of

[@aliciabarnett4337]

How come they don’t have any toys?

[@VervetMonkey]

because they wild animals and dont believe in father christmas

[@KaplanGOLI]

What are the microchips for?

[@VervetMonkey]

identification

[@KaplanGOLI]

@@VervetMonkey do all babies get a microchip? that must be so good for ID and research?

[@jameswarfield3069]

Let him do it upside down. No prob

[@easttnlawncare6740]

I want a baby monkey

[@VervetMonkey]

Thers is no such thing as a baby monkey - they grow up within a year

[@June-tb4vi]

Anyone know where the other guy...omg cant remember his name...go? I really liked him and his love for these monkeys!!! Kyle lol that's his name!

[@BBB-rd2qi]

He went back to the US to get a job. He is working in Advertising.

[@gulson9105]

Is Ulku still with Holly?

[@VervetMonkey]

yes

[@cynthiakrause991]

Do the monkeys eat meat

[@VervetMonkey]

rarely - oppertunistic

[@billsmith5166]

When do the babies learn how to pluck their eyebrows?