12K views · 27 reactions | Baby spider monkeys rescued them from illegal animal traffickers on the border. The monkeys are between four and eight weeks old, an ideal age for someone who wants a spider monkey as a pet. MORE DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3ZCvBx0 | News 4 San Antonio | Facebook

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“If you’re paying cash for a spider monkey in the parking lot of a big-box store, there’s something wrong”: A growing online fascination with baby spider monkeys is driving a surge in illegal smuggling across the border, a joint investigation by CBS News and Inside Edition — and bringing the species closer to the brink of extinction. In southern Mexico, poachers shoot mothers and steal their clinging infants, selling them through social media platforms. The few that are rescued are often too you

202K views · 2.9K reactions | A new short film captures rarely seen footage of endangered spider monkeys feeding at a mammal clay lick in the remote Peruvian Amazon (Commentary) https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/new-short-film-captures-rare-spider-monkey-feeding-behavior-commentary/ | Mongabay.com | Facebook