The home-owners put these blue lines across the roads so the monkeys can safely get from one side of the forest to the other, instead of using the dangerous electrical lines. We were on the deck of the guest house with some fruit and here they come!
They are about the size of a small dog or cat. Unfortunately, the mono titis are endangered in Costa Rica, with only about 1,000 remaining (down from 200,000 in the 1980's). They also live in a protected national park in Manuel Antonio, which is the neighboring town to Quepos where we stayed. We took a trip to the Manuel Antonio National Park and saw many interesting things--more on that later!
They are so graceful, running and swinging through the trees, and quite fast, too!
Look at their hands! They look so human-like, it's very interesting.
Yum! This is the only time we fed the monkeys near our house--we were later told you are not supposed to feed the monkeys because they are susceptible to human diseases from handling the food, also because the food typically fed to monkeys by humans (i.e. bananas) is not actually part of their diet in nature.
The monkeys were a little shy, however were very interested in the fruit!
Here's a mama and baby coming to join in
Hanging out on the chaise lounge, ha ha
Wrestling on the deck
It was awesome to see the titi monkeys--I hope the conservation efforts work so many more people get to enjoy these neat creatures in the future!
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