The Pecking Order of Barbary Macaques
In The Pecking Order of Barbary Macaques, narrator Sir David Attenborough spotlights four groups of monkeys living on Gibraltar. They have a strict pecking order, and one monkey and her son are outcasts. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet, a series featuring remarkable animal behavior from all seven continents.
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Q: What is special about the Barbary macaque monkeys?
A: They’re the only monkeys that live in Europe.
Q: How is a monkey’s status in the troop determined?
A: Their status is inherited from their parents.
Q: What does being on the bottom of the pecking order look like?
A: They’re bullied constantly and forced to live on the outskirts of the group.