Monkeys are one of the most intelligent mammals in the animal kingdom. They are more like everyone else than others and often manage to amaze with their cleverness and resourcefulness. Not surprisingly, there are many scientific documentaries about monkeys.
Smart Monkeys, Air Force, 2008
The filmmakers reveal amazing facts to the audience: monkeys understand such feelings as envy and generosity, they know how to lie, feel guilty … and, of course, love. Like human society, the monkey race has its own culture of behavior, they instruct youth and accumulate knowledge about the world in order to adapt to its diversity. From the movie you can find out which of the monkeys are the smartest and what they have already managed to adopt from the human world.
Smarter than Monkeys, USA, 2008
Another documentary with a very similar name compares man and monkey. For some, such an analysis may seem insulting, for someone - very curious. Indeed, the DNA of chimpanzees and humans coincide by 98.4%! The creators of this project decided to find out what other similarities and what differences exist between us and the higher primates.
"Geniuses of the animal world - Monkey", USA, 2008
This documentary dwells in more detail on the chimpanzee: over time, these higher primates are becoming smarter, they are constantly learning something new. It turns out that they are no longer afraid of water, and in African forests you can find monkeys who make spears and hunt, like our ancestors … Believe it or not - everyone’s choice, but laboratory tests prove that chimpanzee’s mental abilities are really impressive! The film tells about the most interesting facts from the life of monkeys.
The Little Kingdom of the Four Monkeys, France, 1998
This film is about the Montes Carlos Brazilian Forest Reserve. Four species of monkeys live here - all with their unique habits, habits and behavior. However, this does not prevent them from coexisting peacefully there together, living in a good neighborhood. Viewers will learn about the "hippie monkey" - Miriki, who spends her days in blissful idleness. They will see a charming marmoset - a hunter for insects and frogs. Here, howlers and capuchins live, feeling at ease, because in the reserve there are no dangers of the human world.
