Happy International Monkey Day!🐒 To celebrate, we’re sharing monkey footage from National Geographic Society's Crittercam™, an imaging system designed to be deployed on wild, free-ranging animals. Often called an ""animal-borne system,"" it captures visual data from places a human observer couldn’t safely reach or where their presence might disturb natural behaviour. This footage offers a unique glimpse into animal lives from their point of view, providing first-hand evidence of previously unkn

On a remote island off Panama, a young capuchin monkey nicknamed Joker may have sparked one of the strangest behavioral trends primatologists have ever seen: kidnapping baby howler monkeys and carrying them around like prized possessions. What started as a one-off event quickly became a disturbing fad among other young males—with deadly consequences. Learn more: https://on.natgeo.com/4kmyIRw | National Geographic