Baby Monkey Feeding Time

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This video was filmed by Tamara and Ben at the Arcas Wildlife Sanctuary in Guatemala where we have been volunteering. For more information on ARCAS, please visit their website at http://www.arcasguatemala.com

This monkey came into ARCAS care on the 29th of february at 549g, the 4th of may the day of the filming he was 655g, and right now he is 688g and eats by himself. The process of rehabilitation of spider monkeys includes hand feeding and introduction of tastes and textures for several weeks or months. He was fed with a syringe adapted with a bottle nipple for a few weeks, and then introduced to solid food (what is shown in the video), and now has grown into feeding by himself, this will lead to growth and strengthening before he can be introduced to more monkeys in a near future to form a troop and develop into a candidate for release within a healthy group. Due to their physiology juvenile spider monkeys bulge a lot after feeding and will have an almost empty digestive system within 2 or 3 hours.

Caution: This video contains some minor cursing and some major laughter.

• Category

  Pets & Animals

[Will Ruales]

I think u over fed the monkey....

[itBURNSwheniPEE1]

Suddenly everybody here is a monkey dietician

[Skidmarklicker]

You should have stuck the little bastards hands and feet into a running blender.

[anna dailova]

but it's so cute... :)

[Funnyfish66]

Well, the one lady did say he doesn't normally eat well.

[manak24]

So cute I wanna die!!

[Selene Urban]

I was thinking the same thing during the whole video. poor little thang, it was fn watching though, no lie..

[BluePhoenix2013]

Baby Nigger!

[Skidmarklicker]

Feed it sleeping pills! A lot of sleeping pills.

[maxmed khadar]

OMG! WHAT A CUTE BABY MONKEY!

[marileidys baldeo]

that is soooo cute he is mabey eating a pineapple