Film Title The Natural World "Cheeky Monkey"

Scientific Field Environmental/Ecology/Natural

Duration


49

Organisation BBC Natural History

Country UK

Website www.bbc.co.uk

Producer Karen Bass

Director

Previous Award

Synopsis

A new crime wave is hitting South Africa - whole new gangs of

criminals are coming into town. Vervets are the most adaptable,

inventive and cheeky monkeys in all of Africa and that means

they're at home in the city as well as in the wild. In down town

Durban they'll do anything to get a meal - smash and grab, even

breaking and entering - and it seems almost no security

measures can keep them out. Their remarkably cheeky

behaviour endears them to many people but for others makes

them public enemy number one. This film reveals that living

together is a roller coaster life for monkeys and people alike.

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