Wild Vervet Monkeys and Emily's Screaming Baby - Bandit Diaries - Vervet Forest - Entry #7

[@thereseember2800]

It’s amazing how babies are able to hold on so well upside down/underneath their Moms.

[@honeyowen3163]

Awesome Kyle! It must have been important for you to return home because we can all see the devotion & special bond between you and the monkeys. I'm learning about the behaviors of the monkeys, because of you. Babies are fun but your videos are educational. Please consider returning if at all possible.

[@lindafromcalifornia1155]

This was a very peaceful feature. I loved watching the babies with their moms. I love to listen to their different calls that they have and understand from you what they mean. This quite fascinating. Thanks for all of your hard work there at the foundation.

[@lb3426]

This was a fantastic Bandit Diary!!! Some explanations are great, overall my favourite Bandit Diary episode. Thanks Kyle!

[@VervetMonkey]

Thank you!

[@harlowjademermaid1882]

To whomever names the vervets : You're amazingly brilliant at giving these creatures their monikers! I must say, each one wear them very well, & very proud. In my family, my one Uncle (Uncle Tommy) has given every one of us our nicknames, and he is pretty darn good at it. LoL

[@marandaclark3295]

I just never want the videos to end I just love them so much! 😍 I literally cant get enough! ☺

[@samanthaburd586]

love that twang! It made me smile and adds some flare😁great diary this week!

[@d14551]

Great demonstration of how babies suckle on their mothers' teats for comfort, even while they are sleeping. You talked about it in the Q&A when someone asked about pacifiers.

[@ronileigh9336]

I would give anything to be able to be right there so I could volunteer. What an awesome feeling it must be to be able to be there to help out. I'm happy to be able to watch your videos of them! Another good video!

[@beckya1823]

This was a fun video! In the first part it looked like the bandits wanted you to chase them, LOL. It's too early for Emily to be weaning isn't it? She sure was fed up about something. Baby boy ran right to Turnip and stayed close to her the rest of the video. It made me smile. It's pretty easy to love all these monkeys! Thank you so much for all the time you spend making these for us! I really love watching them so much I have started from the beginning again.

[@jessicalepage9498]

No Too Early Babies Quit big

[@shyone968]

Good morning wonderful video as always. Feeling all mellow and ready for a great day now.

[@paulbozak3318]

Oh man, this is great! I wanna see more videos like this. Thanks for posting this.

[@ikernickolas6940]

pro tip: watch movies on InstaFlixxer. I've been using them for watching lots of of movies lately.

[@iracasen5802]

@Iker Nickolas yup, I've been using instaflixxer for since december myself :D

[@Destry31162]

Great video

[@amkayss13]

Awww, they are all so very cute and adorable! Your so lucky! Thanks for sharing.😇❤🐒🐵🤗😍😆

[@mimi2-3]

Love watching the bandits!!! Nice country accent btw, sounds like a fella Kentuckian!! 🤗

[@TheTriamac]

When the babies scratch...it looks like the FFwd button is pushed..lol 🤪😝❤️😂💕

[@stephaniekondos7965]

Love the Bandit Diaries. !! Good one Kyle!

[@michelerenauld1278]

Good morning 🌞💁🏽‍♀️.Love this channel🐵🐒🐵💖💖💖💖

[@gsusan11]

Wonderful video, Kyle! You made a comment in this video about it being difficult to keep track of the Bandit monkeys to name them. I don’t know how you keep track of the names of the little baby monkeys that you guys get in! They grow and change so much how do you keep them all straight!? I say this almost every time I post a comment to one of your videos. But y’all do such a wonderful job of taking care of these precious creatures. Your team just simply amazes me! Thank you so much for sharing your world with all the rest of us. God bless you and keep you safe.

[@starlabradshaw2969]

Eeeeeeeee!!! So much PLAY FACE!! I love them so much! 🐒💙🤟

[@tess764]

Thanks so much for showing the adults and babies in their habitat. How fast can they run! Now imagine one inside a cage in a suburban backyard... In the US the babies are being sold as pets.

[@nancyjodion2779]

Great to see the bandits mother and her baby

[@rustyanneyakel]

Lolol..... The Wild Bunch. .. all's they need is motorcycles. ...

[@alisalauzon9291]

Love the Turnup reasoning for her name..lol..!! ☺❤

[@brutallyoffensivebuthonest1605]

Baby monkeys throw the most adorable tantrums in the world. There's not much cuter.

[@YaYa-lz1zt]

“And a bit of a moustache, just like his mom.” LMAO you just totally yo-momma-ed him.

[@beckywolf81]

I loved this! ❤️🐒

[@yawaisnatural4344]

" he has a mustache, just like his mom"! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦😩

[@mickeymcmillen4875]

thanks- great video!

[@kimberlygarrish205]

Well I just learned something new today. I never knew a Vervet Monkey baby nurses from both nipples (teats) at the same time until now. I wonder if any other type of monkeys do this? I know Long Tail and Rhesus Macaque's don't.

[@gatorrollu6502]

@ 3:17 so funny how the any pops back around like.... What a minute that Kyle. Hahahaha

[@jamessimms415]

Love their vocalizations

[@lerigby2473]

Great vid Kyle...looked like the fussbudget was being cranky monster 👹....momma Emily(or was it Turnip) was trying to wean the little whiner....were the bandits trying to mix it up with Skrow troop or just visiting????

[@yukey2587]

Boy howdy! Look-it them little varmints run! (said with a Texas drawl...)

[@123456BRye]

how long ago did you film this video? Just curious because Emily's baby looks very young. and the weaning begins

[@VervetMonkey]

HandNrocK about a month ago.

[@juliew1426]

Do the monkeys that have been rehabilitated at VMF and the bandit monkeys co-exist? I understand there are different troops, but do any of your monkeys end up w/ the bandit troop? I'm a bit clueless about monkey life, obviously. I do know the scream of a baby monkey being weaned though. He wasn't too happy.

[@tanakeilidh384]

Each VMF troop has their own area entirely enclosed by electric fencing. The bandits and the VMF monkeys therefore are not afforded the opportunity to co-mingle. They do interact some through the fencing; sometimes they will fight and injuries do occur when an arm or a tail gets yanked through and then gets broken and/or bitten. I don't remember which video this was in, but the person narrating it told of a female vervet that kept escaping the enclosure of the troop she was in and eventually ended up hanging with the bandits as a part of their troop. I assume that is a very rare occurrence.

[@amkayss13]

Are you allowed to bring them yummy treats? Fruit and veggies?🤗😆

[@VervetMonkey]

Nope, feeding the bandits is prohibited because it boosts their confidence and encourages them to approach people for food which can cause problems here and especially if they leave the sanctuary and roam onto neighboring farms.

[@FilmerOfBobcats]

Will the 18 mo old with the white rings around his eyes keep them, or do their faces turn entirely black?

[@VervetMonkey]

It's hard to say, but as you can see Emily has some white around her eyes, others do too, some adults maintain white patches, others don't but it's definitely a genetic trait.

[@misskimpegues]

Will a mother nurse a baby if is not hers

[@MsMagiere]

At 14:02 baby is double nipping. Lol

[@jessicadelpielago8549]

Hey Kyle, I was wondering about a bandit called, I think her name was Almond Eyes, and her baby that looked like it had been attacked and was missing an eye. Is the baby ok or did it unfortunately pass away??? Love the videos of the bandits. I remember on one of my last days there I stumbled into a bandit troop fight and they redirected their anger on me. Boy was I glad I had my jacket to keep the little buggers away, lol. Keep up the GREAT work!!!!!!

[@VervetMonkey]

I honestly don't know what happened. I don't even know if it was actually her baby. But the baby is no longer around and I can only presume it died. I know staff tried for about a week to trap her and the baby which kept being passed around to multiple females but there was no luck, no female would bring the baby into any of the cages to be trapped so there was no way for staff to intervene in any way. I also never saw the baby after that one day and Almond eyes didn't come around my place for a while and I know Torie said they were trying for a bit but it was hard to keep track of the baby and then it was just gone one day. Sadly that's often how it goes, as humanized as the bandits are they know most of our tricks and stay away from situations that could lead to them being trapped or compromised.

[@samyichawngthu8028]

❤️ from INDIA

[@av8tore71]

@10:20 you have mom Turnip and baby Turnipseed

[@anaalvarez1925]

They behave similar to the macaque monkeys.

[@susancaballeroaloui4756]

are 'bandits' male juveniles only?

[@VervetMonkey]

No there are some big guys like Tripod

[@nathanrice1796]

The "bandits" are the ones that "weren't rescued?"

[@kimberlygarrish205]

No they are wild monkeys that live at the sanctuary and are not behind a fence.

[@SewWhittle]

❤️😍❤️😍

[@marandaclark3295]

Do you ever worry one may try to attack you? Have any of the money ever came after you?

[@VervetMonkey]

I wish the money would come after me! lol. I've been attacked on multiple occasions, mostly in the past though. I was never bitten seriously bad. Only one monkey scar from many years ago. But yeah, the proximity in which I get to the Bandits is not normal or allowed for volunteers. In fact volunteers are told to cary a stick in Bandit territory so that they don't get jumped. I'm probably pretty dumb to get as close as I do and chill with these guys. But I've spent a lot of time with them and I understand their behavior and social cues and they are moderately accustomed to me so we peacefully go about our days.

[@jessicalepage9498]

Be cool See updates on Emily & Turnips Babies

[@maryranch5329]

💖😁🐒👍

[@cherinelson3436]

So, who does the baby at the end of the video belong to?

[@VervetMonkey]

Cheri Nelson Emily

[@VervetMonkey]

Cheri Nelson not beating up, just some Vervet parenting teaching him not to do what he was doing which was freaking out and screeching for no reason.

[@kiki29073]

Do I spy weaning war?

[@brandynt.phipps2424]

The older baby does a lot of whining in this video. I could be wrong but I wonder if mom is weaning the baby. I think that because of all the whining and fussing and holding onto her side and jumping on her if she starts to move away and so on. Monkey and ape moms put up with a ton of crap! But she had enough and spanked her kid for all the whining! Lol

[@sambo5562]

Vervet Monkey Foundation - I respect what you do and the dedication you put forth toward helping these Vervet Monkeys. This being said, I have heard they breed like rats and the population of Monkeys from what I have been shown is way out of control in certain areas. From what I understand these monkeys can carry many diseases which can be passed on to humans. So what is the actual purpose of this foundation with relation to saving a few monkeys which will be spade or neutered. Don't get me wrong they are cute. So if I have it right you take in babies only. They are raised till they can be paired up with a mother monkey wanting to adopt them. At what point do you catch the babies and sterilize them to live out there lives at the foundation?

[@VervetMonkey]

Populations are actually in decline. Local perception is that population is increasing but this is only because the natural habitat is being destroyed and the monkeys are forced to find food amongst the human populace. Sadly misinformation is where the trouble really begins. Vervets are not disease carrying, they do not have rabies or anything like that, they in fact most often get any infections and/or viruses from humans. The purpose of the VMF is to give these animals a chance at life. It's a place people can bring these animals if they are found injured, orphaned, or in need of help. You know, it's a funny thing how people think about this topic, people tend to put importance on a creature if it holds a monetary value or if it can perform some task that is of value to the person or society. But what many people don't ask themselves is what drives them to feel compassion for another living creature and what causes them to act compassionately for that living being in a time of need. It's like if you see a dog on the side of the road that has been hit by a car and is injured and you think you can help it, why wouldn't you? Luckily for domestic animals there are vets because domestic animals hold an intrinsic emotional value and therefore there are many people who are willing to care for them because they know it is a viable living. Unfortunately what we are talking about is the economic value of life and for an animal like the Vervet which is shrouded in misconception (the reason for your question) it's hard to find a person or a place who will take them in and assist them because they do not poses an easily identifiable economic value. The VMF exists to give these living beings a chance at survival; a place those other individuals who find an injured Vervet can bring the monkey and know they did a good thing helping to save a life. I think in the end what you're asking is a question of morality and compassion. What you're really asking is why do we place value on the life of an animal that others see as a negative cost. The answer is because the Vervet Monkey Foundation believes that all life matters, that no life of a single creature is worth more than any other. You may disagree with this, but that's a fundal conundrum of life that will always be up for debate. I think what it really comes down to in the end is a more philosophical question - What in your life is most worth saving and what are you willing to do to keep it around? In my opinion nothing is as simple or as black and white as people would like to believe and everyone has their own personal reasons for their own beliefs, its just a little more shocking when someone takes on a mission that goes against the grain of the local society.

[@sambo5562]

@@VervetMonkey - Thanks for your response. How do you manage and control what I would have to guess is one of biggest issue VMF would have to deal with in troops of Monkeys. Dealing with males as they reach maturity. Based on my limited knowledge you have how many troops of monkeys? Which consist of (1) alpha male. How do you over come the issue of the alpha male wanting and continue try to kill off the young of his troop which are not from the alpha males offspring. Or does this not happen? Does the VMF site location have a boarder fence which keeps the monkeys contained within VMF grounds? Does the fence work both ways? A question which I have continued to wounder about is the area of land which makes up VMF. Is this land big enough to be able to support all of the monkeys which are placed at the foundation. Does it require intervention on the foundations part to supplement the released monkeys food and water supply on a constant bases? Are monkeys eventually relocated to make room for new babies?

[@VervetMonkey]

@@sambo5562 At 2.5 years of age all males are caught and vasectomized so this almost always completely negates all breeding and natural births within the enclosed troops. The males in the troop actually are not ranked like females. Where female ranking is based more on family lineage, the rank of males changes frequently based on fights for dominance and younger past orphan males reaching sexual maturity and the desire to breed. Vervet males play a very very mininmal role in the lives of the babies and the females are the ones who run the troop life, males are more of the watch dog outliers who protect the troop from incoming threats and potential male suitors. More often than not you will see females chasing off males and putting up a good fight thats got the boys running every which way screaming in regret. But also because Vervets are so sexually active during breeding season males don't ever know if a baby is theirs or not so that trait you find in lions and such doesn't typically occur in Vervets. Sometimes in the wild a migrating male will attack a baby but this is generally for different reasons. Population so far has kept itself in check naturally. Any monkey that arrives that can be released back into the wild is released back into the wild once in the wild the monkeys do not need anything from humans. The orphans are the biggest number of monkeys that arrive in a given year. Fortunatly for them and yet sadly, many monkeys pass away throughout the year due to natural causes and this helps the population to sustain and not grow out of hand. The sanctuary is amongst farmland, we have neighbors on all sides, there is a basic fence around the property to mostly keep out cattle from other farms. There are 14 troops at the foundation each enclosed within 14 different enclosures of various sizes. There is plenty of space and new enclosures are always being built and there is more space for more enclosures. We are on about a 54 acres of land. There is no release program in place currently for the full troops because there is virtually no one in South Africa who wants to have monkeys released onto their land with a guarantee that they won't use them for hunting. This is why its the goal of the Vervet Monkey Foundation to buy about a 1000 acres of land to create the Vervet Forest which would act as a release site for all the monkeys. I think you might find this video informative - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpyQZ2SLodacgNU