Our second attempt to find some monkeys was rather more successful. At the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary, rather than walking around hoping to find the monkeys they bribe them out of the trees with bananas. While not so good for the long term health of the mona monkey population, it provides great viewing for the white american monkey population (as well as the dirty brown british monkeys). The monas are very tame, lack sharp nails and don't bite (much) so you can feed them bananas straight from your hand. They are very human. They are quite shy, and keep their eyes nervously locked on your own as they edge up and then grab banana from your sweaty hand.
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