The muriqui’s peaceful nature has led to it being called the ‘hippy monkey’. It may need a new nickname now (Image: Federal University of São Paulo-Diadema) This muriqui was attacked and killed by a gang of six rivals (Image: Federal University of São Paulo-Diadema)
DEEP in the Atlantic forests of Brazil lives the muriqui – the world’s most peaceful and egalitarian primate. Or is it? The cuddly reputation of the “hippy monkey” has taken a battering after a gang of six were spotted attacking and killing an adult male.
The victim, an old male, died an hour after receiving…
