Orphan baby Monkey Dora meets her monkey Foster moms
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2021
- Vervet Monkey Foundation - Baby Season 4 - Episode 17 Mayuree updates us on the baby monkeys of Disneyland, Baby monkey Dora gets introduced to monkey foster moms in the SAAV enclosure, frightening at first but all ends well in the arms of a monkey mom. - At the Vervet Monkey Foundation, a wildlife conservation & animal rescue sanctuary...
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The Vervet Forest is a wildlife rehab series focused on Vervet Monkeys at the Vervet Monkey Foundation. The series showcases the process of taking orphaned and injured vervet monkeys through a foster mother program which helps these rescued orphan baby monkeys to be adopted by foster mother monkeys. The show is for fans of the animal planet, nat geo, discovery and anyone who is an animal lover loves animals and would like to be part of helping them get back to the wild.
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Pasqual chugging along. He was hungry for milkies. The sound of him suckling, so sweet.
I don’t think he got much on the 1st chugging session though! The nipple was folded over!
That has to be some of the best sounds, I agree! Drinking and crunching their fruit!
With all due respect, I wish the kind family who turned Dora into the Foundation could see her now. I know Dora's human Mum was pretty choked up about giving her up. But to see how Dora is thriving now- clutching onto Holly as if she was born to her- it really brings home the fact that no matter how cute these babies are, they're not for us to keep as pets. Thanks for all that you do- it's really not to be underestimated. You go through so many great efforts to help the monkey unlearn human behaviors and become a monkey again. Now, Dora will be living her best life with her own kind. Thanks again for sharing her journey with us.
I agree with all the great work done at VMF !!
@@jimrossi7708 Me too!
Agree 100%.
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Excellent comment
There r many of us who wish they could donate at least something for all of the amazing things u do for these little orphans. With this ridiculous pandemic, many people r just not in a good place themselves to be able too. Thank u so much for all u do to give these babies love, an a second chance with a family. It is such a selfless thing to do. An I can’t say it enough! Thank u! 🥰😋
Ridiculous pandemia? Ah becouse only almost two millions death...you are só smart.
Mayuree: It's a pleasure to hear your narrative. It seems you are always around at critical moments. You understand these little creatures so well.
It’s amazing how intelligent the moms are as not too frighten the babies and allow them to become comfortable within their surroundings.
It's such an impressive system and process that you and the monkeys have developed to get these little orphans adopted. ❤
What a lovely episode! I can go back to bed now and fall asleep.
No matter how many times I see an orphan attach to a Mom, I’m still in awe. It’s truly inspiring.
Thank you for sharing and keeping us updated. Stay safe, much love to the babies and everyone that is helping
Thank you
I love how Dora was drinking with her fingers. She is adorable! Thanks for everything you do for the monkeys.
Flokki is such a joy to watch! Even at such a young age, he seems to have a innate sense of what each little one needs. I think he will make an awesome male whichever troop you to integrate him into.
Great video, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
They are so incredibly adorable 🥰 I wish I worked there with the other caretakers of these beautiful monkeys.
Bless your hearts at VMF, I have watched the difference between how you handle monkeys like “Floki” and how other channels handle similar situations as they yuk it up and shows ignorance and their love for the almighty dollar ! Whereas VMF show their love for the vermet and their well-being and a station which I won’t name has tried to get laughs out of a baby monkey that will die !!
It amazes me that YT will let them Operate and yet gives the good stations a hard time, once again “God Bless” !! I’ll just say that this other station operates out of Cambodia and leave it at that !!
Cool! ASMR and split screen. Very fancy and fun. The family looks great.
All these babies are adorable and precious . They all look a like, but each has something different about them.
I love love love Flokis’ hops!
The fostering system still amazes me! Been watching for a year now. The moms know just what to do for each babies personality!
Absolutely amazing!!!
Thanks Dave and bless you all!!! ✨🙏🏻✨
These animals are absolutely amazing, thanks to all the humans setting them up for success.
these series are very helpfull to see for children in simular situations , and children in hospitals . excellent work !
I wish there was something like this in Asia for those poor abused monkeys there.
Dora got a wonderful mother
I enjoy to watch this video, specially the moment when Dora is drinking her mix in her own way...
Very nice video, those babies are so cute, and I am glad that they are safe! It's heartbreaking to see so many orphan babies. It was so touching when that baby found a new Mom! Awesome!😍💝🙏
Another great and adorable video. Floki looked so cute hopping across the floor. Thank you everyone for your dedicated and hard work.
Thank you so much!
🇨🇦 I just love your foster program and the process! You all are such wonderful people! I love you all! Thank you so much for doing these videos showing us the amazing work you all do! Much love and please stay safe! From Ontario Canada.
Aww💕 I hope Dora and Hollie have a nice ongoing bond. So gratifying to see the successful adoption. Good work everyone!
God bless you all, for what you do.
Awww, they are such sweeties. So glad to see the babies integrate with the adults.
They’re such cutie pies! 🥰🥰🥰
Great job.may God bless u all
Beyond cute!
How adorable..you do such great work!!
Floki is getting so much better. His little hops are cute. Is the hip that was operated on a little frozen? What is his plan for integrating? Will be a fixture in Disneyland for introducing the babies to other monkies?
They have been letting Floki and Cuddy spend time together. Floki will go to the same enclosure that Cuddy is in with other disabled monkeys.
Thank you!
I remember the moment, when Toni came to the Foundation. He was so very tiny and sick - and now he is doing so well.
I am really happy to see him in a good mood in this video...
Thanks for amazing video 🙏💚
The sound of babies drinking is so lovely! ❤️It makes me smile
Great job again everybody really enjoy watching.
Floki is such a protector and sweetheart. I love him!
Wonderful to see Dora finally clinging to Holly! Always love these updates and sooo enjoy watching these babies & foster moms bonding together!❤
Me too. They have become my fav out of all the content they do. I had stopped watching for a while when they had music added and bits on fast forwarded. But I just love the simple sounds and minimally edited monkey business :). I'm also really enjoying the little bits of commentary so we know what's going on.
I love it, I hope Ms. Holly makes a wonderful Foster mom .
You guys should keep track of all the bloopers for the season and post an end of season bloopers!
I audibly laughed when Acorn appeared; all six miles of her. That ain’t an Acorn, that’s a whole darn Oak!
Lovely foster mom 🥰🤗
👏👏👏👏Thank you
I absolutely just love what you guys do and have watching since the first season and while I wait patiently for the weekly video I usually rewatch some of the other seasons videos like this one and others of course and one thing always stands out that I have always wanted to ask about but haven’t is about Bobo & Hawk always there at the watching over the at the integration stage when the babies are introduced to their new moms. That whole operation is a miracle in itself that it works and then you even have 2 bandit/wild vervet monkeys that come to every one to watch over you guys and make sure the babies aren’t being harmed...but at the same time I think they know you would never harm them because they never seem on guard near you guys and are very relaxed, they are very observant animals and smart they see the tender loving care you guys give the babies and sick or injured adults. Sorry i got off subject I did find it odd but also cool that the Moms in the intro cages never seem bothered by Hawk & BoBo right outside of their cage where their brand new baby is, whereas any other bandit even gets near the vicinity the Moms go ballistic and start alarm calling and jumping at the bandits but not with Hawk or BoBo and I’ve even seen them groom the babies through the fence, maybe I’m wrong and there have been fights and I just missed them or there not recorded.
My question is what makes the troop moms more trusting of these two bandits who watches them while getting their babies which usually makes the new moms even more on guard but they still allow Hawk and BoBo to hang around. What do you think the reason is for this? Also it’s so interesting to me that Hawk and BoBo are committed to being there for every integration, I think it’s like their entertainment, I can imagine them sitting of to the side betting on which mom will make it the longest, who will eat and run, which mom will get a cuddle in the fastest, what baby will be the favorite ....lol!
I think it’s adorable, sweet and very smart of Hawk & BoBo to do what they do and watch over the orphans and get their much deserved happily ever after!! ❤️ 🐵
Good question. Hope they answer
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I've enjoyed watching the time in Disneyland and the integration process, but this season I’ve missed seeing the new arrivals and hearing their stories. I understand you have a staffing shortage and can't get video of everything, but I hope you start getting us views of those first couple days again when you can. You all do amazing work these little ones.
One question, have you received fewer orphans this season than in the last three years?
Cute video. Could you speak a bit louder and clearly ,it's okay most of the video. I love hearing you talk about the monkey's and their name's. Thank you for sharing how all the sweet babies. I have subscribed and so love all your doing to ensure these precious animals can continue be be around for many moons to come.
Yes I can
I've been following this channel for quite a while now. At first I was very fascinated by their different faces and expressions, but recently I've been amazed by the length of their tails! They must be amongst the longest in the monkey world. Also think the tail must have quite strong muscles to hold them vertical sometimes when they walk. Maybe a Lemur tail is longer.
Whatever, it's a great video and I agree with all the other commenters about the wonderful work you do. Looking forward to the next one.
thank you!
Pascal is tiny, tiny, tiny!!
This is especially good for Dora to see how monkeys interact Floki too right? Floki was humanized as a pet also right?
correct
Looks like Floki is trying to hog the food silly monkey, It’s so nice seeing them all getting such good nutrition
Given him the rights to him
They need one of those inexpensive plastic kiddy-pools in there with them. Wouldn’t they LOVE that ?! Yes , it’d be a big muddy mess in short time , but it’s so hot and they love to play in water. Do they sell those in South Africa ?
Floki acts like he has no depth perception.
So at 15:54 when Floki or Dercules come up and jump onto your lap and look at you and come closer are they asking for grooming or comfort or nurturing from you? And withholding that nurturing because they are being weaned from human touch or human comforting them to get ready to not have human contact at all...is this part of the preparation to wean them from human nurturing?
No just a safe place to sit that they comfortable with
Now I don't understand. Dora is with a foster mom and I know they have to make sure they drink the milk but how can it be another month before they are released??
Do you suppose that part of Hollie's attraction is that she has come in after two other moms? Norah entered first, and Dora was terrified; then Acorn joined them; still no chemistry. But now Dora is more adjusted to the sight and sound of an adult vervet mom and Hollie enters. I can almost imagine Dora thinking, "I'll grab *her*--she looks pretty good and she'll protect me from those first creatures that came into the cage." However it works, it's always beautiful to see.
I don't know about you but I can't tell what she is saying. Funny because closed caption (cc) comes up with the funniest words.
That one is at an odd angle the bottle right? Do they have specific bottles they are to feed from that they must learn? You said no no not that one thats not yours ...is there medication or supplements in specific bottles that the babies know a specific bottle they must learn to drink from?
some of them are fussy, in the early stages its to know how much milk they drank
I love this channel, the babies are taken care of very well, so happy to see. Not to complain but the gal narrating this is really hard to hear, her voice goes up and down, really hard to hear everything she says.
Did I miss something about why Floki is still in Disneyland.
What is that noise going on
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It must be super hot , that should’ve been ‘Dora on the right , Pascal on the left and Floki in the middle’ .
Have the babies ever been allowed out into main enclosure before 3 months old???
possibly its not a number written in stone, its more to do with behaviour and being allowed to clinmb off mom to get milk, so naturally you will get infants that mature quicker than others, but generally 3 months is the period of time female monkeys hang onto their babies and dont let them wonder very far.
It sounds like she is mostly mumbling to herself.
Do Lions or poisonous snakes ever come near you?
only if you want them to
Question-
what was the shortest time for a foster mom to enter, and have baby in her arms settled?
who was the infant and mom...
who was the most scared and took longest?
sorry would take a bit of time to get this info
I hear the flies. How are the mosquitoes? Do the monkeys ever get infected from mosquito bites?
Is it OK in their digestive systems to have milk products from other animals?
Toni & Pascal seem to be scratching themselves for longer than normal. Do they have dry skin or bug/flea bites?
no they dont get infected by mosquitoes and we dont use milk products from other animals
I believe their milk is soy based formula
That clicking you hear is the electric fence.
Yes
🇨🇦🙋 I'm just wondering, I see them scratch and wondered if you's have to bath them in a solution for fleas? Even if no fleas do they get regular baths? Because it would be their mothers to groom and clean them if they did have a mother right?
yes they do get a special bath
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I'm almost positive this message will not be seen by the foundation but I just wanna throw it out there anyway. The integration with the baby and Acorn, there was the moment where Bo Bo and her baby stopped by and I noticed that our baby didn't flee from her but actually moved towards her. So my thinking is if you had placed another more welcoming baby with this one it would probably have sped up the babies being comfortable with Acorn.
maybe
Does the milk go bad or spoil in the heat
No because its changed every 4 hours
About Floki, in another video I thought I heard it said that Floki will not be released into a tribe because of some type of neurological problem that has been detected? What actually seems to be wrong? His rehab seems to be coming along rather slowly, as by now his muscles should have compensated for the removal of the femoral head even if he was an adult, and he must certainly have started developing a good amount of scar tissue there too but with removing a femoral head and having it heal into a pseudo hip joint as soon as the muscles constrict it is effectively working as a joint and he should have a much more normal movement at this point even without structured physical therapy. has he seen the vet again and been xrayed to check for some malposition or other problem with healing or is this why you suspect a neurological problem? And if so, is it the nerves in the extremity or brain damage you are concerned about?
Often if this surgery is done with an animal that has had a hip dislocation or fracture that has healed but they have had difficulty with locomotion over a long period when very young they will not start walking correctly on their own even once healing is progressing as it should. Most often this surgery is done with an animal shortly after the trauma and they often never spent long being force to favor the leg or walk in a much different way to get around and so as the hip heals their body had a good muscle memory of how things should move a function and hey quickly return to that function. We do, however see animals that were injured relatively young and had to spend a good period of their early development with abnormal motion to compensate for the injury and they literally have no memory of how to walk in any different way. Of course, there could also be residual nerve damage in the extremity from initial injury or one risk of the surgery is that a nerve can be damaged. It is not impossible that eventually the nerve will heal and some or all proper sensation restored but, of course, that can take 18 months or longer and you really cannot say it wont ever return unless the damage is actually at the spinal cord, or its been at least 3 years. Even in humans we find regeneration even after teh 3 year mark, but primates tend to have a much better ability to heal and regenerate.
They also have a very good way to figure out how to compensate for an injury, even in their infantile months. I don't really know how old he was when injured but he is far from old so there is a question as to whether his body walks as he does as essentially that is how his brain thinks he should move because that is the movement he has established a pattern for and has no real muscle or neurological memory of anything else. He is still young enough and been sued to enough handling that he should actually be a good candidate and benefit from some intensive Physical Therapy that is not hard to do, to reteach the proper movements and get in the stretching and orientations of the joints in alignment to facilitate a better gait and a better ability to climb. I am not sure how much rehabilitation your vet does and if he can help or not or if that is a problem of cost - that I can understand, but there are several good vet physical rehabilitation sites you can google that will have layouts of progressive manual physical rehab that can be performed, and how each step is done, from working with extension and range of motion in the extremity to games that will progressively rehabilitate his extremities. Or if you have issues finding what you need and would like us to suggest a program our rehabilitation department would be happy to help and develop a program for you to try with Floki.
Mind you this will not be an overnight fix and can actually take several or more months and it will end up giving him a great deal more human contact then is the normal course of your program, and could make integration therefore, if rehab works, more difficult due to his age and his contacts with humans through the hands-on needed for physical therapy process. However if you have already made the decision that he cannot be released into a troop due to his condition those issues may not be a deterrent to doing more intensive rehab with him. I also know too, that due to Covid you are exceptionally short staffed this baby season but there should be a lull in babies and integrations which might be a time that people would have free time to work with him for periods of 20 minutes several times a day and it would not even need to be the same person, but just doing the same things. And it may never get him to the point where he is fit enough to be out in a troop but if it does, the exceptional delay in integrating him may not be a total negative as we often rehab and integrate primates that have been kept as pets or display items for several years. And its not where he will be at risk from strange humans coming up to him in the wild, even it his has caused him to have along time in contact with people.
If it does not give him enough ability to move and climb to be in a troop in a sanctuary situation it may improve him some and any improvement has to be something that will improve his quality of life. Of course, we don't see him 24/7 but it seems like i have not seen him even attempting to climb and it would be nice, even if he ends up living as a medical care case, if he could do such things as would be much more normal for his species. And better ability to do some of the more normal things that a primate would do, such as climb, would improve his ability to socialize which we all know is exceptionally important to these guys. Just being able to rehab his muscles in his lower extremity so its not as contacted as it appears to be and to build the muscles back up and get his body reprogramed to alternate the use of both legs when running instead of hopping would, if nothing else make him look like a more normal monkey to others then hi hopping about. That should definitely be doable, because if you watch him, when he is moving around a a very slow walk he will use the lower extremities separately in opposing locomotion, stepping forward with one foot and pushing off with the foot behind, its just when he needs to move any faster he resorts to the two legged hop, at lease that is what I have seen on the videos. That can be due to probably a combination of things, the muscles of the injured side are atrophied compared to the good side, and that not greatly improving as he is not really doing anything to strengthen the side that was injured as e is compensating for the weakness using his other side and therefore the injured side is not getting the strengthening work it needs. There could also be some lack of sensation too. Have you tested to see if he does actually know where that foot and leg are in relation to the rest of his body? Since when moving slowly he can stand on one while stepping forward and then push off with teh other he has to have some sensation in the extremity and must at least of a general idea of where it is but he may need help in getting that better ingrained into his brain so that muscle memory can end up taking over. The faster an animal moves, even a human, the more extension and flexion an extremity has to do, so if muscles and tendons are contracted from teh fact that for along time he did not use the leg and/or favored it, when he starts moving any faster than his very slowest walk that leg cannot effectively stretch and flex as much as it should (limited range of motion) and so he resorts to hopping where it appears that his good side moves him and so he just used teh good side to power forward and the injured side as a balance, like a cane to keep him from falling over. Good manual passive motion exercises followed by massage can actually solve that pretty quickly.
He has a neurological problem which has nothing to do with his legs, hand and eye co-ordination are not good his head is slightly tilted to the side and his balance is not very good - other than that he gets around find, but would be picked on in a troop as he would naturaly become the lowest ranked - so he will be put with Cuddy and a few others in our special cases section
@@VervetMonkey Do you think he received a blow to his head when his leg was injured or this is how he was born and perhaps is why he was injured. I feel very sad about him as he seems like such a sociable little guy and he really loves his interactions with all the babies and is very protective of them - like he is an older sibling, I hope that just one companion is enough social activity for him
My gut feeling is he was involved in a motor vehicle accident where his mother was killed and he sufferred head trauma, he was then taken and a rope tied around his leg so he could not escape which pulled the leg out of the socket and alot of pressure put on the other leg at such a young age the bones have not yet grown fully into place, he had never recieved medical treatment until he finally ended up here, so that would be over a year he has been living in these rough conditions
@@VervetMonkey What a sad story..poor baby thank goodness you have it now 💔🐒
@@rentechpad I just want to give him a hug!! This place is amazing isn't it?!
He will have a great life 💓
Please for us that doesn't have good hearing talk louder . I have ear buds on but still can't make out what they are saying
Will floki ever get to join a troop
A special troop
th-cam.com/video/hcewWECiDy0/w-d-xo.html
This is the episode where Kyle explains the special needs troop and the vervets already there!
I'm not sure anyone answers, but do you ever have any problems with snakes or other predators?
Bill Smith, I don’t know if this helps but when Kyle was there he explained one day why all the vermets where scampering up to the highest branches was because they (vermets) sounded a snake call (alarm) so they must learn it from members of the troop !
They had a caracal get in the sanctuary about a year ago. They had the Vet sedate him and then released back in the wild.
It sounded like it was a rare event.
we have plently of amazing snakes but not any problems, most of the predators are small, caracal, civet etc.
I am really having trouble hearing the young lady. Would you speak a little louder in the future please?
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Who is the first foster mum to enter the enclosure?
Think it was Hollie
@@VervetMonkey Re-watching I see it was Nora and Acorn. Acorn's mothering skills have certainly improved. Last time I watched her she was *sitting* on the baby!
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Why do they scratch so much?
sometimes its nervouseness - can also be fleas if they where brought up in a family home
Where do they sleep @ night? Hope not in cages
What is the bedtime ritual for these little one's?? Love them so much ❤ 💗 💓 💖 💕
Would love to visit, but too old.
They all sleep up in the trees here just as they do in the wild.
@@mouseinbootsadventures7516 There are raised corner platforms that the babies sleep on.
Colleen Ebson: The babies sleep on raised corner platforms in the enclosures.
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But Im not going to give in to easy
Quick question: On a recent episode you guys mentioned Floki wouldn’t be sent to the a regular troops like the other babies. Is it because of his mental or physical and also being a male play factor?
I’m not questioning your decision at all, I know you guys always do what’s right for the monkey I’m just curious.
I could watch Floki run and play all day long, seeing him hop around enjoying life brings me so much joy as well!! He is my absolute favorite because he’s a survivor and living is his best life!!
Thank you for all you guys do for these precious sweet animals! You guys truly are angels on earth!
I would like to know what makes you think your sexy? "Ginger?⚘🤔
Its his mental capability
Beautiful...you do Gods work..thank you for watching this process it is so healing truly everyone who is blessed by watching witnessing this miraculous recovery cannot help but understand that even these primates understand devastation has brought them to a hopelessness perseverance and love unselfish generosity dedication and countless hours of hard work patience and constant attention to every physical and environmental detail nutritional medical and psychological and physiological need is being given great attention with all the love and tenderness warm and encouraging support all team efforts give a soul a reason to maybe believe again to see a spark of possibility that all is not lost with every day every breath every comforting healing affection with every new friend the fun and playfulness of other monkeys maybe a smile then an urge to interact and play then meeting moms new monkeys adult monkeys quite terrifying yet so patient and slowly seeing the new mom as something you once had but lost did not have and became hopeless then once in new moms arms a look at the condition of the babys very soul as if all is right with the world again....as if finally finally that soul has healed that empty space in the babys heart is now finally filled and they are complete with yet another whole new troupe family members they can belong to and life as they were born to live in the best possible situation the most perfect example of what wildlife rescue rehab and release should look like. A clean ethically top notch transparent well run honest truthful and most impactful rescue foundation globally.
You can sell me one of those monkeys babies
Just curious: food have things they call "enrichment". I know you are. n o t a zoo but not even a ball to play with? All they have is that branch and each other..so sad.
Why is it sad? They have each other to play with and branches to climb on. These monkeys are happy cheeky monkeys. They don't have balls or other toys in the wild and this foundation works hard to provide them a life that is as close in comparison to their own wild habitat environments as possible.
Wouldn’t having a ball or another toy continue the humanization? They wouldn’t have them in the jungle.