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Take a global tour with the primates featured in the series.

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Proboscis monkey - Size matters.

The bigger a male proboscis monkey’s nose, the more attractive he is to the females.

  • Primates across the globe
  • Black howler monkey - Keeping peace the noisy way.
  • Pygmy marmoset - The world smallest monkeys are farmers.
  • Black-horned capuchin - ‘Crying wolf’ pays dividends in the capuchin world.
  • Barbary macaque - In Gibraltar, stealing a baby helps you climb the social ladder.
  • Western red colobus - Understanding a foreign language could save your life.
  • Mandrill - The most colourful monkey in the world uses its looks to attract a mate.
  • Bonobo - Keeping the peace in an unusual way.
  • Mountain gorilla - Size matters in the security business.
  • Chacma baboon - Going underground to solve an age-old problem.
  • Gelada - Living the high life has dietary consequences.
  • Hamadryas baboon - A reign of terror.
  • Aye aye - A hand in their success.
  • Ring tailed lemur - Feisty females.
  • Rhesus macaque - Urban criminals.
  • Lar gibbon - Built to brachiate.
  • Japanese macaque - Life in the freezer.
  • Philippine tarsier - Pint-sized predator.
  • Sumatran orangutan - Uncertain future.
  • Proboscis monkey - Size matters.
  • Chimpanzee - Sharing information in a cultured way.

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  • Monkey Planet

    Meet the primates - Your animal family as you've never seen it before.

    BBC One

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