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You and I belong to an extraordinary family.

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A family of hundreds of bizarre

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colourful

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and characterful animals...

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I don't think I've seen anything
quite like this in my whole life.

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...who lead fascinating and dramatic lives

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all over the world.

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We, that is monkeys

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lemurs

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and apes

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are all primates.

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And I want to introduce you
to this amazing animal family

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to meet some relatives
you never even knew you had.

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The jungles of Borneo are home to some of
the most unusual primates on the planet.

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Strange monkeys.

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Poisonous lorises.

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And our closest cousins, the great apes.

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Orangutans normally spend
their lives high in the treetops.

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But there is one community that's unlike
any other group of wild apes on Earth.

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They've begun to behave
in a way that's almost human.

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This has got to be about one of the
most bizarre things I've ever experienced.

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These aren't captive animals
trained to do tricks.

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They're free living orangutans

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who've adopted an unusual way of life.

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And of all the orangutans here,
Siswi is the most unusual.

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Thanks, Siswi.

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This has got to be the cleanest
orangutan in the whole of Borneo!

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Siswi and I are 2 of roughly
400 species of primate in the world

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and although we all look very different

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we share certain features that make us part of
one of the most extraordinary families on Earth.

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It's one of these shared features, our intelligence,
that helps explain this curious behaviour.

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Here, orangutans and humans
share the same forest.

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They've watched us

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and begun to experiment
with what they've seen.

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This may look a bit bizarre
but it actually shows how smart she is.

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She's seen humans here every morning, washing,
and she's basically doing exactly the same.

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We also share a similar face.

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Our eyes face forwards.

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This gives us the ability
to judge distances perfectly.

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And there's one more similarity.

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Critically we have this amazing hand
with a thumb that can fold over

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and that is probably the most
defining characteristic of any primate.

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Intelligence, binocular vision
and a dexterous hand

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allow these orangutans
to behave so much like us.

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They are the three things
we all have in common.

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But that certainly doesn't mean
all primates look similar.

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The tarsier is 400 times smaller
than an orangutan.

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It also has forward facing eyes,
a dextrous hand, and intelligence

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but it uses them in a
completely different way.

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This tennis ball sized gremlin
is a spring loaded ambush predator.

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Long back legs can propel it
up to 40 times its body length.

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Its huge eyes are bigger than its stomach,
and gather every scrap of light.

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They're too large to move in their sockets

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but the tarsier can swivel its head
through almost 360 degrees.

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And when it can't see its prey,
it uses ultrasonic hearing.

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Those satellite dish ears pinpoint rustles
that we humans cannot hear.

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Evolution has moulded the tarsier
into a ruthlessly efficient hunter.

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The most carnivorous of all primates.

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We humans have got some
pretty bizarre cousins

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but primates don't just live in jungles
like the tarsier or the orangutan.

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In fact we've got relatives
right across the planet

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and some of them have managed to scrape
a living in the most unexpected of places.

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Away from the tropics,
life is very different indeed.

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Japanese macaques live further
north than any other monkey.

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Right on the edge of what is possible.

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Here, temperatures can hit
minus 20 degrees celsius.

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The secret to surviving when the
temperature's this low is to have lots of layers.

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Layers are really important
because they trap warm air next to your skin.

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With a thermal camera I can show you just how
much heat you lose without those protective layers.

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The first thing to go are my feet,
they're feeling very, very cold now.

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Only 5 minutes later,
my core temperature is dangerously low.

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Eventually I would enter a coma
from which I would never wake up.

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To live in a sub-zero world
you have to be built for it.

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These snow monkeys have two distinct layers
of fur that trap warm air next to their skin

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while their short tails and stumpy ears
reduce the chance of frostbite.

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Food is extremely hard to come by

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and the monkeys lose almost a quarter
of their body weight throughout the winter.

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Snow monkeys might be built for the cold
but as the temperatures plummet after dark

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they have to find other ways to keep warm,
and they do this in a rather remarkable way.

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For a small monkey, thick fur isn't enough
to stay warm in these sub-zero conditions.

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For the first time ever we have a privileged insight
into how these incredible monkeys stay alive.

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As they climb the trees,
one monkey is joined by another

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then another

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and another.

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A single monkey would
freeze to death out here

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but by huddling, the macaques
form a giant super-monkey

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one so big that it creates
a microclimate of its own.

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As a baby settles down for the night

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the intense glow of heat shows just how toasty
it must be at the heart of the huddle.

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Throughout the night the monkeys
take it in turns in the hotspot.

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Dawn, and the snow monkeys
are snuggled up tighter than ever.

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We've all been there, wrapped up
in a warm duvet on a cold chilly morning.

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And thanks to that huddle, these resourceful
monkeys have beaten the elements.

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Well, it was pretty cold last night

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and if I or indeed most other primates
had been out here on their own

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we would have perished hours ago.

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In the extremes of the primate world

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it's teamwork like this that makes
the difference between life and death.

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The spiny forest of Madagascar
is at the other extreme

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one of the hottest and
driest forests on earth.

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The temperatures here can exceed 40 degrees,
and it doesn't rain for months on end.

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The few plants that grow here
are protected by rapier-like thorns.

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But sifakas spend their lives
in this forest of spines.

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These adrenaline junkies
risk life and limb every day.

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Their binocular vision allows them to pick
landing spots with unerring accuracy.

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And long back legs can catapult them
9 metres in a single leap.

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Though how they avoid getting
cut to pieces is still a mystery.

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The prize for these hardy lemurs is lots
of succulent leaves, full of precious water.

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Quenching their thirst
in the blistering heat.

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Heat is just one problem for the
most southerly monkey in the world.

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Chacma baboons live in the raw
exposed south African cape.

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Here, there's virtually no protection
from the elements.

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Battered by winds, they scratch a living
under the intense glare of the midday sun.

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These baboons have a hard life.

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By midday it's blisteringly hot and they have
to spend hours roaming to find enough food

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but their real problem is finding
somewhere safe to sleep.

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At night, leopards roam these plains

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and with very few trees to hide in,
the troop are exposed to the biggest danger of all

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being eaten.

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To avoid this, their choice of dormitory
is one of the most bizarre in the primate world.

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Here it is, look.

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This small hole is the entrance to a cave.

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It's incredibly rare for any
primate to use a cave

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so while the baboons
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I'm gonna get some kit on and go down and see
what their sleeping accommodation is all about.

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This is a high security location.

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There are bees at the entrance
and an 8-metre vertical drop.

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Well, everywhere you look there's evidence
of habitual use of this cave by baboons.

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There's bones everywhere,
remains, there's dung

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some of it not so old I can tell you,
some pretty fresh stuff.

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I'm now a hundred metres underground

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and it hasn't been easy for me but for
the baboons it must be 10 times harder

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because they have to do it
in complete darkness.

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As night falls, the baboons
are clearly on edge.

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With the threat of an attack a very real
possibility, the cave is an inviting prospect.

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An old rope left by bat researchers
makes their descent easier.

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In the pitch black,
the baboons can't see a thing

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but our cameras reveal how they cope
in this secret world.

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The first thing they do is call to each other
to work out where everyone is.

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Effectively blindfolded, they feel their way
through the inky blackness.

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Amazingly, like you and I know our way
around our house at night

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the adults appear to have a mental map
of the entire hundred-metre cave system.

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But when you can't see who's around you,
it's easy to get spooked.

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Spending your night underground
might seem like an odd thing to do

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but early man did exactly the same.

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Putting the kids to bed is never easy.

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And a cave like this provides
plenty of space for some private time.

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And eventually a safe
and peaceful night's sleep.

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Apart from the obvious security benefits

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getting the right sort of sleep
could have other advantages.

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REM sleep, the state where you dream,
allows a complex brain to repair and revitalise

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and it's that much easier
when you're safe underground.

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It's thought that sleeping in a cave
could sharpen the mind.

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Which for the baboons would make life on the
edge of Africa that much easier to deal with.

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Over the last 55 million years,
primates have branched out across the globe

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but the family's roots
are deep within the jungle.

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It is really amazing up here.

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I mean, if you think about it, it makes sense
making your home up in the trees.

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For one thing, all your enemies, things that
would eat you, are on the forest floor, generally

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30 metres below you

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and there's just all kinds of things
to eat up here, lots of food and fruit.

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Tropical forests are home to the greatest
diversity of primates on earth.

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In fact over 90% of all primates live in forests.

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But it's definitely not as easy
up here as it looks.

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I mean, this is very difficult.

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For an animal my size, who shouldn't really
be up trees, this is actually very alarming.

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We humans may have
lost our head for heights

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but other primates have made
the most of life in a vertical world.

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There are some incredible ways
to move through the forest

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but the true gymnasts of the canopy
have got to be the gibbons.

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Their highly specialised arms allow them to fly
through the treetops at breakneck speed.

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But in Thailand, not all gibbons
have had the chance to do that.

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Six month old Sherpa
has never set foot outside a cage.

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But today, he and his family
are being released into the wild.

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They're pioneers, returning to a forest where
gibbons were hunted to extinction 30 years ago.

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And on a day like this,
the big wide world is tantalisingly close.

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Sherpa's dad is the first out,
and his mum follows.

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But for Sherpa it's a bit more daunting.

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A little bit of reassurance,
and it's time to make a huge leap of faith.

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A quick hug, and after a lifetime
in captivity, our young explorer is free.

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Unlike a wild gibbon, Sherpa has no experience,
and a bit too much enthusiasm.

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These thorny branches are rattan.

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Sherpa is learning a painful,
but very valuable, lesson.

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When you're a young gibbon,
practice makes perfect.

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By watching his parents, he'll soon
pick up all the skills he needs.

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In terms of sheer acrobatics,
there's nothing to touch a wild gibbon.

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That powerful brain makes hundreds of
life-saving decisions in the blink of an eye.

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And a ball and socket joint in their wrists gives
them flexibility to slingshot through the canopy.

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The huge range of environments that primates
live in have shaped how they look and behave.

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But their diversity is also
driven by what they eat.

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The Simian mountains of Ethiopia are home to one
of the world's most vegetarian primates.

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Geladas.

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After a cold night in the mountains,
dawn is a welcome relief.

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I love this row here, at the edge of the cliff,
who are just warming up in the sun

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they're really putting their heads back
and exposing their chests.

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Once they've warmed up,
geladas need a hearty breakfast.

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But as far as the eye can see, there's only
one thing to eat for every single meal.

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Grass.

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Grass is extremely low in calories, so these
hardy mountaineers have to eat huge amounts.

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Your average monkey feeds
for about 4 hours a day

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whereas your average gelada
has to feed for up to 10 hours a day.

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If I was to suddenly adopt
the grass-only gelada diet

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I'd have to chew down
17 kilograms of grass every day.

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Geladas are built to make
the most of their vegetarian diet.

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Of all the primates, geladas have
one of the most useful thumbs

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and they use it in a pincer-like movement
to pick only the most nutritious shoots and seeds.

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Abrasive teeth grind up the
coarse leaves just like a cow.

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And built-in cushions make the
long hours sitting a bit more bearable.

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Geladas need to eat all day long
simply to survive.

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But for the smallest monkey in the world

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it's less about the quantity of food,
and more about its quality.

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Pygmy marmosets weigh
no more than an apple.

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Here in Ecuador,
catching dinner can be hard work

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but luckily marmosets
have a reliable back up.

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And to make the most of it,
they have a unique set of tools.

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Claws rather than fingernails
give them extra grip.

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And their chisel-like teeth cut
neat holes in the tough tree bark.

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But it's not the bark they're after.

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It's the sugar rich sap underneath.

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Packed with energy and essential minerals,
sap makes up 75% of their diet.

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What's really incredible
is the scale of their ambition.

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A tree like this may have
several hundred holes.

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Food production on an industrial scale.

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Marmosets harvest their crop wisely,
they never take too much

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and only allow the holes to
close up when the yield drops.

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10,000 years ago, farming was
the basis of our civilization.

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But deep in the Amazon

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these industrious little monkeys
were already enjoying a civilized way of life.

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The more specialised your diet,
the stranger you can look.

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And in a leafy corner of the United States

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science is unravelling the feeding habits
of the strangest primate of all.

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Well, it's a little after sunrise,
but behind this door it's about sunset

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and the animal in here is just waking up.

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Look at this!

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This is about the strangest
animal I've ever seen.

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If you didn't know what it was
and had to describe it

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you'd say it had the ears of a bat, the teeth
of a rodent, the hands of an alien.

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It's got a bushy squirrel-like tail and yet
it's in the same group of animals as you and I.

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It's almost hard to believe.

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This almost mythical creature
is from Madagascar.

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She's an aye-aye called Ardrey.

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That is so cute.

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I hate to use the word cute,
but they are cute.

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I think I'm in love with this animal.

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Aye-ayes spend the night hunting for grubs
that live deep inside decaying branches.

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To work out where the grubs are hidden,
they use that strange-looking hand

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tapping the wood at up to
10 times a second.

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There she goes, she's tapping now.

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I can hear it.

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That's the most specialised
primate hand in the whole world.

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Like sonar, the sound penetrates
the depths of the branch

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and a coded message is echoed back
to those super sensitive ears.

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When she finds a hollow spot,
she starts to dig.

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These incredibly sharp
front teeth, the incisors

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which unusually for primates
continue to grow

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and they rip the wood apart
to get access to the cavity

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which might contain an insect larva.

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The hearing is very acute
so they can hear the larva inside.

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But it's her probe-like middle finger
that has to find the grub.

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And the latest science is now revealing
just how incredible this unique digit is.

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This camera is so sensitive, it picks up
on tiny changes in temperature

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like the breath on my moustache.

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And it highlights something
rather unexpected.

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Unlike her other fingers,
Ardrey's feeding finger is stone cold.

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It has virtually no blood flow to it at all.

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But as she starts foraging, blood rushes
to thousands of nerve endings in her fingertip

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making it incredibly sensitive.

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And in a specially constructed log,
we can get a look at that ET-like finger at work.

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A unique knuckle, much like our shoulder joint,
means her finger can move in any direction.

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And it's now so sensitive
that like a blind person reads Braille

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she can detect the slightest movement.

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That is one of the most remarkable tools
in the whole animal kingdom

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and it allows the aye-aye
to carve out a niche so specific

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that in terms of finding food,
it's in a league of its own.

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The aye-aye is the ultimate specialist.

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But when it comes to finding food,
the world is full of possibilities.

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You just need to spot an opportunity

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and make the most of it.

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Primate ingenuity means there are
no bounds to their gastronomic ambition.

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For Olive baboons

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the savannahs around Lake Bogoria
in Kenya are a land of plenty.

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Insect grubs hidden in flamingo dung
provide a welcome protein boost.

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Some, however, are far more ambitious.

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Timing is everything.

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Once one baboon has worked it out,
the whole troop soon catches on.

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Hunting live prey requires
ambition, speed and coordination.

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For a hungry primate,
meat is the ultimate food of all.

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Primate diversity is shaped
by home and diet.

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And I think, by one more thing.

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They're social animals, they live in families

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and as we all know, good communication skills
are essential for a harmonious family life.

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And this need to communicate
has also influenced how they look and behave.

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It's hard to believe that these chilled out
monkeys are the loudest on the planet.

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But there is one way
to spur them into action.

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Right, the whole monkey troop
is right here in this tree.

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There's females, there's young ones

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but the one I want you to watch
is the alpha male right here.

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Watch what happens.

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That is very impressive,
that monkey can produce 90 decibels

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which is enough to, well, drown me out.

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The howler monkey's roar
is a call to arms.

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A reply to my rather poor
impersonation of a rival.

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The male's calls soon
sets off the entire troop.

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The clever thing is that
by calling together

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they make their group seem
much bigger than it actually is

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and the bigger the call, the louder
the noise, the more terrifying it is.

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The secret to the sheer volume of a howler's roar
is in the design of its unusual throat.

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When a howler monkey calls, it flares out its lips
like a natural loudhailer and it drops its jaw.

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The throat contains an enormous hollow bone
that reverberates like a gong

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giving the voice an amazing
amount of extra clout.

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All this noise sends a message to neighbouring
troops: keep off our patch or there'll be trouble.

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The pitch of their voice
is as important as the volume.

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Higher frequencies are easily scattered, but low
roars punch through the forest for up to a mile.

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It's this mosaic of sound that sets clear-cut
home ranges across the entire forest.

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Shouting at your neighbours
may seem like a waste of energy

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but by howling every day, families can
avoid coming into contact with each other

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and when they do, disagreements are
easily settled at arm's length

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and that is a great way
to keep the peace.

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While a howler monkey's world
is shaped by sound

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other primates communicate
in a much more visual way.

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Mandrills live in the dark and
impenetrable forests of Gabon in west Africa.

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And here, vision plays a key role
in finding a mate.

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It's thought that female mandrills spend
most of the year in large all-girl groups.

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But in the breeding season,
their peace is shattered.

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Male mandrills are a very different animal.

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These huge beasts dwarf the females,
three times their size.

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They're the largest monkeys on the planet,
and the most colourful.

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Those vibrant hues are a display
of strength and power.

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The big brutes pitch up
to fight for the girls.

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When 2 males catch each other's eye,
it's a stand-off.

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An actual fight is a high risk strategy;
it could mean injury or death.

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Every single muscle twitch
has a meaning.

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It's all over.

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A grimace is a sign of submission.

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The battle has been avoided.

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And the loser lives to fight another day.

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The victor is one step closer
to becoming king.

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And after a bout like this, a surge in testosterone
will make a male's colours even more vivid.

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After weeks of posturing,
the healthiest male becomes the most colourful.

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And the object of all
the females' desire.

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The single most colourful male will mate
with over three quarters of the group.

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He'll have their undivided attention
for at least a couple of months.

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Proof if ever you need it that in the
mandrill mating game, looks really matter.

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The challenges of where we live

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what we eat

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and how we live together

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have shaped our incredible animal family.

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But the world is changing.

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In the 21st century the ultimate
challenge to any monkey

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is living alongside the most
successful primate of all, humans.

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But even the urban jungle
is a land of opportunity

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for those who are smart
enough to exploit it.

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For the resident rhesus macaques, a market-side
pitch like this is what life's all about.

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They may not be the prettiest,
or look the most remarkable

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but macaques are the most
successful monkeys on the planet.

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They're adaptable, devious and
they work together as a team.

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In their search for food, hungry macaques
have swapped jungle vines for power lines.

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Gangs leave a trail of destruction in their wake.

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They're smart enough to spot
the tiniest of opportunities.

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First up, the brave ones
scope out the joint.

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Lookouts are posted to watch for trouble

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and once the coast is clear,
it's a free-for-all.

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These opportunistic criminals
ransack a house in a matter of minutes.

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And at the slightest hint of trouble,
they make their escape.

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Thanks to their agile bodies
and adaptable minds

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macaques can beat us humans
at our own game.

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To these incredible monkeys,
the urban jungle is just one big playground.

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We primates are truly remarkable.

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Not only are we physically adaptable,
we're also smart and can work as a team

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and that's a winning combination that allows us
to survive, even thrive, in an ever-changing world.

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Join me next time when we delve into
the sociable world of the primate family.

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And it's not as harmonious
as you might think.

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You need to make friends

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avoid your enemies...

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Look at that!

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...and find your place
on the social ladder.