The Social Climbers focuses on monkeys, part of the most social group
of mammals. Monkeys display natural intelligence and snoopiness. The
capuchins portray the special characteristics of monkeys which can be
witnessed when they search for food. They find clams in the mangrove
swamps and crack them by knocking them on tree-anvils. As a defense
mechanism against insects, they strike their skin with a special plant
to drive them away. Various species of monkey were also centered - saki,
spider monkey, pygmy and an owl monkey. Monkeys are also the most
colorful of all mammals. Some have a beaming scarlet color, bizarre long
moustache and complex patterns on their faces to transmit social
messages. A certain specie called guenon is interesting because they
join forces with other monkeys to form an anti-predator alliance.
Although there is a great life on tree-tops, it is on the ground that
the most composite societies were developed.
Food for Thought
discussion was about apes. Rescued orangutans that have interacted
within a significant time with humans have learned to imitate their
activities. They were shown rowing their boats and washing socks. In
Africa, a group of chimps are learning survival skills and another
special nut-cracking class. Through their ways of searching for food,
evolution of our large brains has found its key. A different culture was
seen in Uganda where opposing males live in a shaky relationship which
seldomly turns into violence. Traces of the earliest footprints of man’s
upright-walking ancestors were featured. It was also the beginning for
humans to domesticate plants and animals. Supply of food increased
together with the multiplication of human population. Tikal, the capital
of the Maya people was revisited. Their civilization collapsed because
they can no long be sustained by their environment. Is our civilization
coming close its edge? Will we suffer the same state?
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