My favorite part to watch is the introduction of foster moms. Who chooses who, what tactics they use to entice the little ones, and of course that first acceptance hug!
My favorite part of all of what you do is release day. New moms and family is the goal and it is awesome. Poor Lolabean. I wish she could have bonded and kept a mom of her own. Maybe one of the lower ranking moms will foster her soon.
You guys are so great, even though you are short of numbers you have kept up and integrated these little monkeys giving them their best life. For me my favourite part is when we see all of last years orphans getting up to monkey business as fully fledged members of the troop. The babies are cute, but that woeful call they have when searching for their mums just breaks my heart. I think you guys deserve the Oscar’s equivalent for the work you do, especially as you even find time to record for us despite being understaffed. Have a great week so sorry I missed you yesterday.
Always love watching & seeing how well the new babies & mums are doing! Thanks everyone @ VMF--you all are incredible! It's such a pleasure supporting you!! 🐒🥰❤
Love watching these guys, and how smart they are. They are more accepting than humans, not too many humans would take someone else's young and love it they way these monkeys do, it's amazing, and I love how the little ones call and make little noises, feel bad for little Yonds, but it doesn't seem like she minds missing the leg, always looking forward to.the next episode
That was soo cute and funny, when little Maribel didn't want to let go of Jessie's tummy, at 17:52, so she just hung her head backward, and tried to grab something to eat while clinging to new mom! 😂 She wasn't going to let go of her new mom for Nothing! 😍
I so much understand babyseason must be depressing for you all at times but for me, I just found out about the VMF a few months ago and after seeing so much monkey abuse on the internet, it gives me such a warm feeling for all good that you all do over there for the beautiful vervets, the babies, juveniles, adults and oldies! I have loved monkey's ever since I was little and my heart is filled with love and joy when I am watching the video's. Keep up the good work! Vervets Forever!
I so much understand babyseason must be depressing for you all at times Dave but for me, I just found out about the VMF a few months ago and it gives me such a warm feeling for all good that you all do over there for the beautiful vervets, the babies, juveniles, adults and oldies! I have loved monkey's ever since I was little and my heart is filled with love and joy when I am watching the video's. Keep up the good work! Vervets Forever!
So many precious lives saved because of all of you..your hard work and dedication is leaving a beautiful mark in this world. It's so very understandable as to why the baby season isn't as exciting to you, Dave than it is to all of us, but thank you so very much for sharing these videos. They've really become a part of my life. I am always so thrilled to see the babies get new moms and reclaim a more natural monkey life. Thank you 🙏
Even though I love watching the babies finding new moms and being excepted into the troops, I mostly enjoy the babies being brought to the foundation where they will get the help they need to survive and continue to live as monkeys should.❤ Another monkey saved.
I so much understand babyseason must be depressing for you all at times Dave but for me, I just found out about the VMF a few months ago and after seeing so much monkey abuse on the internet, it gives me such a warm feeling for all good that you all do over there for the beautiful vervets, the babies, juveniles, adults and oldies! I have loved monkey's ever since I was little and my heart is filled with love and joy when I am watching the video's. Keep up the good work! Vervets Forever!
I so much understand babyseason must be depressing for you all at times Dave but for me, I just found out about the VMF a while ago and after seeing so much monkey abuse on the internet it gives me such a warm feeling for all good that you do over there for these beautiful vervets, the babies, juveniles, adults and oldies! I have loved monkey's ever since I was little and my heart it filled with love and joy when I am at this website. 🥰 Keep up the good work everyone at the VMF, in my heart I wish I could help you there, I will by making small donations whenever I am able to. Vervets Forever! 🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒
Dave thank you for always filling in the gaps on who’s who and and their background….I also love love love you educating us along the way. You really should do a little episode or a segment on some of the strange/unexpected/ things 😮that happened there. Like Marcys story did you guys treat her like a regular orphan and sent to Disneyland? I’m assuming they do because they need to learn so much. But I’m just amazed that her Mom did that and then bolted. ❤
I treasure the work that you do and I am a member and do share the posts with others. I have some questions and comments and apologize for putting them here but it is the easiest way for me. (1). There are a couple of sites that feature baby monkeys dressed in children's clothing and appear trained to mimic human behavior. They always appear very nervous, focused on pleasing the humans, and never seen to relax and groom each other or play. Are these all still young and will they too tend to bite and be a problem as adults? I shudder to think that they are dumped in some zoo or just caged later in life. (2). Another site is in Cambodia I think. All the monkeys are wild but there are roads and paths with humans wandering around the forest grounds. People don't touch the monkeys, though they sometimes throw food. Many of the videos show the mothers giving birth, biting, injuring, killing or deserting their babies who die. Other females are not pictured fostering these orphans or keeping them after abducting them from the moms. No human steps in to rescue the wounded babies. Do monkeys foster in the wild? (3). A small part of my Amazon purchase goes to VMF. You recently mentioned adding businesses that do the same, but they were mostly in Europe. What other large corporations (that are not charities themselves) might find supporting the VMF good for their image, ie. pet food companies, Disney Corporation, Children's book publishers, 4-H clubs?? Charity Navigator is a site that lists and ranks all charities and might stimulate ideas. (4). Please know my comments are because I think so highly of the VMF and admire Dave, the staff, and the volunteers. I am 81 and handicapped while all of you are the ones donating sleepless nights, suffering heat and cold, having sore muscles, and broken hearts. I can only offer a few dollars, posts on the internet, and maybe an idea...such as...your store and merchandise doesn't address the diversity of your viewers. My grandchildren range from 4 to 25 years. I showed the younger ones the cups and t-shirts and most of them found them frightening. They felt, and I agree, that the faces look angry and ready to attack someone. The newer cup with the 4 babies demonstrates the difference. Also, I am guessing that the majority of buyers, especially for t-shirts, are female, and most females want pretty while advertising the VMF. I searched the internet and there are a few t-shirts of Vervets that are really attractive. I will send you a picture of one I bought that I think is the same as the picture that Dave has hanging behind his desk. I love it and am asked questions about Vervets when I wear it, which is the point. I also support endangered turtles. What sells a lot includes inexpensive gifts like pendants, earrings, small stuffed animals, small statues, puzzles, post cards, stationary, (use Vervet photos), and key chains. A small book that tells about Vervets (or the life of one like Floki) with pictures would be a good child's gift. There might be beginning artists interested in giving this a try for income. The company you use does several organizations and everything looks alike. (5). PLEASE know my comments are from the heart. Dave, I agree the goal is to release the youngsters into a troop with a foster mom. But I have really missed my favorite part of the weekly videos. Maybe it's because I spent years with the division of child and family services rescuing children and searching for loving foster care. What I most enjoyed seeing was when Dave went and gathered a small, frightened, lonely baby in his arms and with soft soothing words, gentle stroking, and wrapping in a blanket, this precious helpless being was calmed so that within a few weeks it was able to view the world as a safer place and be ready to accept a foster mom and troop. That is the first and vital step in reaching Dave's favorite goal - integration. Seeing the people who rescue and bring VMF the babies, watching the wonderful staff and veterinarians who work to heal their wounds, and knowing the number of supporters is slowly increasing helps me believe that mankind still has enough honorable humans that we may stop the destruction of our planet. My sincere thank you to everyone at VMF.
Thank you, running a foundation is very diverse, marketing and products, online shops are a whole division on there own, in most cases we dont have the resources to find the required people nor the finances to pay designers, just having extra time to create merchandise is some time not achievable, most of the videos are created after hours - so hopefully one day we will be in a position to offer a whole array of products. unfortunately when it comes to animals, abuse is rife and its no different for primates unfortunately we live in a very sick society with people deriving pleasure out of suffering, and most of the videos of primates they have been setup for the reaction they get from the audience, primates wont generally take offspring from a different troop and if they did there would be no way of feeding it, in nature they would kill another troops offspring as its survival of the fittest.
Hey Dave, where do I go on this site to see littleLily going through her stages of life? Like the video of her in the cage meeting the troop? I’ll become a different member for more contributions… thank you 🙏 You and your crew are doing amazing things!!
@@VervetMonkeyThank- you for responding! I will check it out! You all have my sympathy and respect! My request is so silly but I’m so interested that when I saw a Little baby Samago, it blew me away!! I’m sending the Foundation lots of Love n Light💕keep it going, you all ARE the light
It's very disappointing that the past 2 weeks the releases into the troop were completely missed (not captured on video) this is one of the most important (favorite) parts of what you all do there that all viewers wait to see and no one captures it on video??? I am sure that you are short handed but at least prop a phone up to capture the release! You are able to film prior to the release and after the release how are you not filming the actual release itself?
They don't always video the release because they are doing things like washing out and refilling the milk bottles, repairing the enclosures, giving medication, driving to the vets or picking up orphans. The monkeys come first, not the viewers sitting comfortable at home. I really appreciate that they are able to share as much as they do, especially after getting little sleep, working long hard hours, being nurses for the sick and injured.
I would suggest to those people that want to get a monkey as a pet... Go work at one of the sanctuary foundations around the world, like VMF & see what kind of time, dedication, care, love & work that is involved in taking care of one of these babies. You can't have a job because monkeys are social beings and need to be around people or other monkeys. You can't leave them alone for 8-10 hours a day. Taking care of them is your new job. Then let's talk about the money it costs to maintain a monkey, food, vet expenses, toys, a travel bag, a very large cage, replacing the stuff they break & if it's going to be in your house you'll probably want to put a diaper on them for obvious reasons. So, diapers, wipes, creams for the diaper rash, bottles, formula & if your one of those people that dress them, then clothes. I'm sure I left something out but I think that's enough. Go volunteer!
David! Good morning. You have pointed out several times that many of the best foster mums are middle-ranking in their troops. Do you think that being middle-ranking might give a potential mum additional incentive for working so patiently with the babies? What I'm trying to say is that--outside the intro cage--you have daily reminders of your "place" in the bigger troop. *In* the cage with the baby, you are Mum, and to that baby you are #!
You may be correct, as a middle ranking female you would have an association with the alpha female and at times play babysitter to her of spring, so probably a more well balanced female
@@VervetMonkey Thanks, David. The way you folks understand your "clients" is amazing. I can almost picture your coming out with a book entitled "Understanding Your Inner Vervet."
I wonder why the new trend for the babies is to avoid the bottles of milk when offered the milk once integrated? Is it possible these adopting mothers are producing milk of their own simply due to the maternal hormones and suckling?
We have had to rush things a bit this year so the orphans dont get as much time to acclimatise to the feeding cage which will be rectified in the next season
My favorite part to watch is the introduction of foster moms. Who chooses who, what tactics they use to entice the little ones, and of course that first acceptance hug!
It's fascinating, isn't it?
I love when the babies find adoptive moms and get to know them. After that I love seeing them being released to the troop with their new moms.
My favorite part of all of what you do is release day. New moms and family is the goal and it is awesome. Poor Lolabean. I wish she could have bonded and kept a mom of her own. Maybe one of the lower ranking moms will foster her soon.
Keep watching the series and you may see her get a mum ;-)
@@josiehumble5907 I would love to see that :)
You guys are so great, even though you are short of numbers you have kept up and integrated these little monkeys giving them their best life. For me my favourite part is when we see all of last years orphans getting up to monkey business as fully fledged members of the troop. The babies are cute, but that woeful call they have when searching for their mums just breaks my heart. I think you guys deserve the Oscar’s equivalent for the work you do, especially as you even find time to record for us despite being understaffed. Have a great week so sorry I missed you yesterday.
I agree 100%. I was also thinking the VMF might be up for the Nobel prize, but there doesn't seem to be a category for monkeys. . . .
You are doing an incredible job working with these orphans and I love all the information about monkey life. 🐒
Always love watching & seeing how well the new babies & mums are doing! Thanks everyone @ VMF--you all are incredible! It's such a pleasure supporting you!! 🐒🥰❤
Love watching these guys, and how smart they are. They are more accepting than humans, not too many humans would take someone else's young and love it they way these monkeys do, it's amazing, and I love how the little ones call and make little noises, feel bad for little Yonds, but it doesn't seem like she minds missing the leg, always looking forward to.the next episode
That was soo cute and funny, when little Maribel didn't want to let go of Jessie's tummy, at 17:52, so she just hung her head backward, and tried to grab something to eat while clinging to new mom! 😂 She wasn't going to let go of her new mom for Nothing! 😍
I so much understand babyseason must be depressing for you all at times but for me, I just found out about the VMF a few months ago and after seeing so much monkey abuse on the internet, it gives me such a warm feeling for all good that you all do over there for the beautiful vervets, the babies, juveniles, adults and oldies! I have loved monkey's ever since I was little and my heart is filled with love and joy when I am watching the video's. Keep up the good work! Vervets Forever!
Thanks for this wonderful video, which show us, that the little orphans live their new life in the troop ...
This is so fascinating to watch. You all do an excellent job.
Nice to see very happy babies. You guys do so wonderful with these guys
Thanks so much
So much work which is so rewarding 🙌🏾 ❤️ watching integrations.
Loved it! Thank you so much! Admire you so much for your dedication!💕💕
Glad you liked it!!
I so much understand babyseason must be depressing for you all at times Dave but for me, I just found out about the VMF a few months ago and it gives me such a warm feeling for all good that you all do over there for the beautiful vervets, the babies, juveniles, adults and oldies! I have loved monkey's ever since I was little and my heart is filled with love and joy when I am watching the video's. Keep up the good work! Vervets Forever!
👍🏼You FOLKS do a fantastic job for those wonderful animals !!! BTW here in New Jersey in the USA 🇺🇸 we LOVE FLOKI !! And we love you wonderful folk !!
Thanks 👍
Thank God & You for the Vervet Foundation so monkeys 🐒 can be saved & be happy Monkies. Thank you for taking care of these Beautiful MONKEYS 🐒
I love when a to be foster Mom shows up who used to being fostered and experienced the love herself and wanna kinda give it back. Awesome.
I love watching the babies and the Foster Moms Thank you for all you do!!
Merci! God's work...
So many precious lives saved because of all of you..your hard work and dedication is leaving a beautiful mark in this world.
It's so very understandable as to why the baby season isn't as exciting to you, Dave than it is to all of us, but thank you so very much for sharing these videos. They've really become a part of my life. I am always so thrilled to see the babies get new moms and reclaim a more natural monkey life. Thank you 🙏
So nice of you
How did Chibi get over or through the fence to self integrate?
He some how managed to get through the electrified fence - to be honest we still not sure how - might have had friends on the outside
@@VervetMonkey So it wasn’t an inside job? 😁 He was a determined monkey! 🐒
Its amazing how the bsbies look so happy and stress free at the foundation compared to life in the park.their are dark snd look peaceful.
Mariella is a character!
I always wonder if the babies ever offer an adult food through the fence. I truly love this channel.
highly unlikely, they would try pinch food from an adult if they could
How joyous it is to see these babies be free to be who they are; little monkeys❤❤❤❤
Even though I love watching the babies finding new moms and being excepted into the troops, I mostly enjoy the babies being brought to the foundation where they will get the help they need to survive and continue to live as monkeys should.❤ Another monkey saved.
Gran trabajo de principio a fin.
Gracias equipo por todo ello❤❤❤❤❤😍😍😍😍😍
Ty guys for the awesome jobs ur doing.
Very good video. Enjoyed it. I'm so happy I found this channel on TH-cam. I now love baby vervet monkeys.
Welcome!
I so much understand babyseason must be depressing for you all at times Dave but for me, I just found out about the VMF a few months ago and after seeing so much monkey abuse on the internet, it gives me such a warm feeling for all good that you all do over there for the beautiful vervets, the babies, juveniles, adults and oldies! I have loved monkey's ever since I was little and my heart is filled with love and joy when I am watching the video's. Keep up the good work! Vervets Forever!
I so much understand babyseason must be depressing for you all at times Dave but for me, I just found out about the VMF a while ago and after seeing so much monkey abuse on the internet it gives me such a warm feeling for all good that you do over there for these beautiful vervets, the babies, juveniles, adults and oldies! I have loved monkey's ever since I was little and my heart it filled with love and joy when I am at this website. 🥰 Keep up the good work everyone at the VMF, in my heart I wish I could help you there, I will by making small donations whenever I am able to. Vervets Forever! 🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒
It is remarkable!
Love what you guys do....
L love watching them
Amen brother Amen
Dave thank you for always filling in the gaps on who’s who and and their background….I also love love love you educating us along the way.
You really should do a little episode or a segment on some of the strange/unexpected/ things 😮that happened there. Like Marcys story did you guys treat her like a regular orphan and sent to Disneyland? I’m assuming they do because they need to learn so much. But I’m just amazed that her Mom did that and then bolted.
❤
where is their water source? do these monkeys eat insects?
there are automatic water feeds in each enclosure and yes they eat insects
@@VervetMonkey thanks ive never seen them eating bugs do you give them some or do you just let them grab whats available in their enclosure
I treasure the work that you do and I am a member and do share the posts with others. I have some questions and comments and apologize for putting them here but it is the easiest way for me. (1). There are a couple of sites that feature baby monkeys dressed in children's clothing and appear trained to mimic human behavior. They always appear very nervous, focused on pleasing the humans, and never seen to relax and groom each other or play. Are these all still young and will they too tend to bite and be a problem as adults? I shudder to think that they are dumped in some zoo or just caged later in life. (2). Another site is in Cambodia I think. All the monkeys are wild but there are roads and paths with humans wandering around the forest grounds. People don't touch the monkeys, though they sometimes throw food. Many of the videos show the mothers giving birth, biting, injuring, killing or deserting their babies who die. Other females are not pictured fostering these orphans or keeping them after abducting them from the moms. No human steps in to rescue the wounded babies. Do monkeys foster in the wild? (3). A small part of my Amazon purchase goes to VMF. You recently mentioned adding businesses that do the same, but they were mostly in Europe. What other large corporations (that are not charities themselves) might find supporting the VMF good for their image, ie. pet food companies, Disney Corporation, Children's book publishers, 4-H clubs?? Charity Navigator is a site that lists and ranks all charities and might stimulate ideas. (4). Please know my comments are because I think so highly of the VMF and admire Dave, the staff, and the volunteers. I am 81 and handicapped while all of you are the ones donating sleepless nights, suffering heat and cold, having sore muscles, and broken hearts. I can only offer a few dollars, posts on the internet, and maybe an idea...such as...your store and merchandise doesn't address the diversity of your viewers. My grandchildren range from 4 to 25 years. I showed the younger ones the cups and t-shirts and most of them found them frightening. They felt, and I agree, that the faces look angry and ready to attack someone. The newer cup with the 4 babies demonstrates the difference. Also, I am guessing that the majority of buyers, especially for t-shirts, are female, and most females want pretty while advertising the VMF. I searched the internet and there are a few t-shirts of Vervets that are really attractive. I will send you a picture of one I bought that I think is the same as the picture that Dave has hanging behind his desk. I love it and am asked questions about Vervets when I wear it, which is the point. I also support endangered turtles. What sells a lot includes inexpensive gifts like pendants, earrings, small stuffed animals, small statues, puzzles, post cards, stationary, (use Vervet photos), and key chains. A small book that tells about Vervets (or the life of one like Floki) with pictures would be a good child's gift. There might be beginning artists interested in giving this a try for income. The company you use does several organizations and everything looks alike. (5).
PLEASE know my comments are from the heart. Dave, I agree the goal is to release the youngsters into a troop with a foster mom. But I have really missed my favorite part of the weekly videos. Maybe it's because I spent years with the division of child and family services rescuing children and searching for loving foster care. What I most enjoyed seeing was when Dave went and gathered a small, frightened, lonely baby in his arms and with soft soothing words, gentle stroking, and wrapping in a blanket, this precious helpless being was calmed so that within a few weeks it was able to view the world as a safer place and be ready to accept a foster mom and troop. That is the first and vital step in reaching Dave's favorite goal - integration. Seeing the people who rescue and bring VMF the babies, watching the wonderful staff and veterinarians who work to heal their wounds, and knowing the number of supporters is slowly increasing helps me believe that mankind still has enough honorable humans that we may stop the destruction of our planet. My sincere thank you to everyone at VMF.
Thank you, running a foundation is very diverse, marketing and products, online shops are a whole division on there own, in most cases we dont have the resources to find the required people nor the finances to pay designers, just having extra time to create merchandise is some time not achievable, most of the videos are created after hours - so hopefully one day we will be in a position to offer a whole array of products.
unfortunately when it comes to animals, abuse is rife and its no different for primates unfortunately we live in a very sick society with people deriving pleasure out of suffering, and most of the videos of primates they have been setup for the reaction they get from the audience, primates wont generally take offspring from a different troop and if they did there would be no way of feeding it, in nature they would kill another troops offspring as its survival of the fittest.
Hey Dave, where do I go on this site to see littleLily going through her stages of life? Like the video of her in the cage meeting the troop? I’ll become a different member for more contributions… thank you 🙏
You and your crew are doing amazing things!!
think the pervious episode and there is a follow up coming next week
@@VervetMonkeyThank- you for responding! I will check it out! You all have my sympathy and respect! My request is so silly but I’m so interested that when I saw a
Little baby Samago, it blew me away!! I’m sending the Foundation lots of Love n Light💕keep it going, you all ARE the light
Do they get released back into the wild?
Are the foster mothers part of your home base. It looks like they can come and go as they wish.
yes
It's very disappointing that the past 2 weeks the releases into the troop were completely missed (not captured on video) this is one of the most important (favorite) parts of what you all do there that all viewers wait to see and no one captures it on video??? I am sure that you are short handed but at least prop a phone up to capture the release! You are able to film prior to the release and after the release how are you not filming the actual release itself?
They don't always video the release because they are doing things like washing out and refilling the milk bottles, repairing the enclosures, giving medication, driving to the vets or picking up orphans. The monkeys come first, not the viewers sitting comfortable at home. I really appreciate that they are able to share as much as they do, especially after getting little sleep, working long hard hours, being nurses for the sick and injured.
Thank you Judith
What’s the name of the foundation?
Vervet Monkey Foundation
if you using amazon " Friends of the vervet monkey foundation" smile.amazon.com/ch/86-2117021
I would suggest to those people that want to get a monkey as a pet... Go work at one of the sanctuary foundations around the world, like VMF & see what kind of time, dedication, care, love & work that is involved in taking care of one of these babies. You can't have a job because monkeys are social beings and need to be around people or other monkeys. You can't leave them alone for 8-10 hours a day. Taking care of them is your new job. Then let's talk about the money it costs to maintain a monkey, food, vet expenses, toys, a travel bag, a very large cage, replacing the stuff they break & if it's going to be in your house you'll probably want to put a diaper on them for obvious reasons. So, diapers, wipes, creams for the diaper rash, bottles, formula & if your one of those people that dress them, then clothes. I'm sure I left something out but I think that's enough. Go volunteer!
David! Good morning. You have pointed out several times that many of the best foster mums are middle-ranking in their troops. Do you think that being middle-ranking might give a potential mum additional incentive for working so patiently with the babies? What I'm trying to say is that--outside the intro cage--you have daily reminders of your "place" in the bigger troop. *In* the cage with the baby, you are Mum, and to that baby you are #!
You may be correct, as a middle ranking female you would have an association with the alpha female and at times play babysitter to her of spring, so probably a more well balanced female
@@VervetMonkey Thanks, David. The way you folks understand your "clients" is amazing. I can almost picture your coming out with a book entitled "Understanding Your Inner Vervet."
Where has Floki been? How is he doing?
See the live video from last weekend. There's plenty of news about Floki.
I wonder why the new trend for the babies is to avoid the bottles of milk when offered the milk once integrated? Is it possible these adopting mothers are producing milk of their own simply due to the maternal hormones and suckling?
We have had to rush things a bit this year so the orphans dont get as much time to acclimatise to the feeding cage which will be rectified in the next season