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Rare monkeys were first shot on video
In Africa, in the south of Nigeria, zoologists are able to make 15 videos with the participation of the red bells of the Delta of the Niger River, the monkeys of the disappearing look. Scientists have installed the chambers and dampers and received the first videos known to science with these rare animals, Mongabay reported . The number of red bells of the Niger River Delta has declined by tens of times over the past 30 years and is less than 200 individuals, journalists said.
The video was recorded in a few months, starting from the end of last year. In the video, bells are examined by trees, feed on fruits and leaves, writes Mongabay. Zoologists said that the records made by the trap chambers will allow you to learn more about the behavior and preferences of the red bells of the Niger Delta, and then develop measures to protect these animals.
The species was opened in the early 1990s, then there were tens of thousands of animals, they settled about one and a half thousand square kilometers of swampy forests in the western part of the Niger River Delta. However, by the end of the 2000s, the population of these primates decreased by more than 80%, and by the mid-2010s, the species of extras in 12 forests out of 16, where he lived.
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In 2018, the species received the status of a complete disappearance. The main reason was the spill of oil produced here, the newspaper writes. Spills of petroleum products led to the pollution of local reservoirs, and people living here instead of fishing took up hunting for monkeys and cutting forests. The ecosystem was also affected by the conflict of local residents with oil companies, which reached direct armed clashes, journalists said.
In 2021, in the forests of Niger Delta, the non -profit organization SW/Niger Delta Forest Project created a reserve to protect red bells. The reserve is ruled by local residents, writes Mongabay. The founder and director of the organization Rachel Ikemch told reporters that the creation of the reserve made it possible to save rare primates at the last moment. According to her, the number of representatives of the species began to increase and now approximately twice as high than it was four years ago. However, the exact assessment of the population has to be carried out, Ikemech added.
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Red bells are a kind of wild monkeys of the Martyshkov family. There are 15 species in the family, almost all of them live in wet tropical forests. The International Union of Nature Protection includes most of the types of red bells to enduring and located on the verge of complete disappearance.
In the journal Conservation Letters last fall, a study of the international group of scientists was published , according to which red bells of the jungle more often than other inhabitants suffer from poachers. According to populations of this kind of monkeys, one can judge the health of the entire African forest ecosystem, and the protection of red bells will help protect many other species, the authors of the study concluded.
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