Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Millbrook Press ™ (2019), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages
Description
Readers will learn how scientists use camera-trap technology to study woolly monkeys in the Manu Biosphere Reserve. These camera traps helped scientists discover information about the woolly monkeys' diet, behavior, and habitat. Known as the rainforest's gardeners, their activities and behaviors are essential to the survival of the trees and animals in the rainforest. Scientists must learn more to save this keystone species and protect the rainforests.
Local notes
Booklist, 02/14/2019
Grades 3-6 - Covered with dense, short fur that begs for a pat, the woolly monkey of South and Central America is, sadly, critically endangered. These rain- and cloud-forest dwellers are a challenge to study, as they live high in the forests’ canopies, but Markle introduces a few of the determined scientists monitoring these elusive creatures in Peru’s Manú Biosphere Reserve and National Park. Chief among them is Andrew Whitworth, whose Tree Top Manú Project has installed more than 100 motion-activated cameras in the forest’s trees to document woolly monkey activity. Woolly monkeys are considered a keystone species because they spread so many seeds around forests via their droppings—it’s estimated they poop up to 15 times per day! Photos of the monkeys and scientists at work dominate almost every page, with an accompanying text box that often contains quotes by the scientists. A labeled two-page spread depicts the four layers of a rain forest, while two QR codes link to videos by the CREES Foundation that show the primates in action. An interesting snapshot of modern biologists and their subjects.
Grades 3-6 - Covered with dense, short fur that begs for a pat, the woolly monkey of South and Central America is, sadly, critically endangered. These rain- and cloud-forest dwellers are a challenge to study, as they live high in the forests’ canopies, but Markle introduces a few of the determined scientists monitoring these elusive creatures in Peru’s Manú Biosphere Reserve and National Park. Chief among them is Andrew Whitworth, whose Tree Top Manú Project has installed more than 100 motion-activated cameras in the forest’s trees to document woolly monkey activity. Woolly monkeys are considered a keystone species because they spread so many seeds around forests via their droppings—it’s estimated they poop up to 15 times per day! Photos of the monkeys and scientists at work dominate almost every page, with an accompanying text box that often contains quotes by the scientists. A labeled two-page spread depicts the four layers of a rain forest, while two QR codes link to videos by the CREES Foundation that show the primates in action. An interesting snapshot of modern biologists and their subjects.