De Brazza's Monkey From Africa Grooming Its Fur
This is an African De Brazza's monkey or Cercopithecus neglectus.
It's sitting and grooming its fur, and taking frequent breaks to ponder.
It wasn't obvious if it was more tired, bored, or thinking.
On this day, this one would groom, stop and stare, look around, then continue.
De Brazza's monkeys are a bit of a private and cryptic animal.
These are in the Old World Monkeys family or Cercopithecidae.
They're closely related to the apes of 25+ million years ago.
They live in the swamp forests and along rivers in Africa.
You can spot them because of the orange fur above their eyes and their white beards.
They will live in smaller groups than other monkey species, sometimes around 10 of them.
They can go from stoic to aggressive, and you can understand how they've survived so long.
This De Brazza's monkey is sitting and grooming its fur. You can see it has a long tail.
They also have fang like teeth. Other than that, they have very similar mouth structure to humans.
They'll sometimes live to around 25 years old in the wild.
