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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo | March 31, 2021

Study: Female Monkeys Use Males as “Hired Guns” for Defense Against Predators

Researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Congo Program and the Nouabalé-Ndoki Foundation found that female putty-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans) use males as “hired guns” to defend from predators such as leopards.

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January 19, 2016

Lunar New Year 2016 at WCS's Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo

New York – Jan. 19, 2016 – The WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo are celebrating the Year of the Monkey with special activities to ring in the Lunar New Year.

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