Monkeys, monkeys, monkeys!!

Despite coming down with a fever early in the morning, I was determined to head out with the rest of the group to see the monkeys at Jozani Forest! The Zanzibar red colobus monkeys are an endangered species found on this island. 1/3 of them live in Jozani Forest. The black or blue monkeys also live in the forest with the red colobus monkeys which is possible because they don't compete over the same food. Red colobus monkeys eat young leaves and fruit where as black or blue monkeys eat ripe leaves and fruit. Our guide was telling us that bushbabies are also found in the area, but they are nocturnal animals. It was incredible how close we were to the monkeys. The red colobus would jump overhead of us while others sat on branches munching away at leaves. They seemed very curious to see cameras and would peer at us from above or else stare into the lens as if they were posing for us. The baby monkeys were harder to take a picture of because they were always jumping or climbing from one branch to another or tackling each other until one fell on the ground! I would love to have the life of a monkey. All you do is eat, sleep, eat some more, play, and hang out on your branch until you've run out of good leaves!