Tiny Vera and the Big Monkey Struggle / Babies Join the Troop - Vervet Forest - S2 Ep19
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- Vervet Forest - Season 2 - Episode 19 - At the Vervet Monkey Foundation, a wildlife conservation & animal rescue sanctuary Kendyll and Nala join the rest of Engeltjie troop in the main enclosure. I give you an update on Vera over in Goliath troop and the Disney babies Gabe Red and Bell. Leo and Freya take Kendyll and Nala’s place in the Engeltjie intro enclosure. Finally, the Skrow kids join the troop.
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Usually I'm not a huge fan of the chewing noise specially my 12 year old who eat with her mouth open but when I hear it coming from the babies here VMF it's the cutest thing ever specially when Bell eats
Me too.
I can see, how much Nala loves her foster mom - I am happy for this babie!
My heart breaks for Vera😭 My husband who normally pokes fun at me for my love of the monkey's, can't help but to feel for her too. Praying for her plan to be realized so she can find the love she so deserves❤️ Thank you for another episode Kyle, and thank you to every member of your team for giving these babies the second chance they need. You guys are just incredible!
my husband does the same!!! 👉pokes fun 😅 me:😠 I LOVE MONKEYS💕💕🐒💕💕 THERE JUST SO CUTE TO WATCH AND THIS CHANNEL IS GREAT BECAUSE ITS IN ENGLISH AND EDITED VERY WELL!! #TEAMVERVETMONKEYFOUNDATION #MONKEYLOVE
my husband teases me too!!! haha but then I notice he's standing behind me watching. He does admit that they are very cute. :) and he does ask me questions later. hee hee he does love them too in his own way.
Vera does eventually get a foster mom. (:
Their instagram is a little more up-to-date (the footage in the youtube videos tends to be a couple weeks or so behind). Can't wait to see the video of her getting "adopted" though; I know they had to get a little bit creative to get her comfortable around the older monkeys. I'll probably legitimately cry when that video comes out.
I feel more bad for you dumb husband. What a sucker!
I have find out that everytime i am upset with what ever and i look at this channel there is a calmness coming over me The glitter of the world can't compete with this world of nature
Me too. It's how I replace the madness I see in my country. We are in trouble folks, big, trouble
Bell is so cute when she eats, the way her eyes squint, she looks like she's really enjoying her food. She gets around really well too.
I wonder if little Vera will ever find a mom. She certainly doesn't seem interested in having one. Maybe she'll be like Nala and be more independent.
I hope Vera finds her Mommy. Plan to be a patron as soon as I can, meanwhile, spread the word. Tell your friends about the Vervet Forest. I saw a video with a pet Vervet and was very disheartened. That poor baby looked miserable. ;)
Let me guess, his name is Curtis, and "Daddy" wears about as much clothes as the monkey!😂
Que generosa tarea felicitaciones muy lindo ver sus vídeos respetuosos de estos maravillosos hermosos animales
I love that even though Nala doesn't have a mom, when she gets scared or lonely, there is always someone there. They don't just say "not my kid, not my problem" :)
Those moms have an amazing ability to carry weight! Some of those babies riding around on their foster moms' bellies are at least 50% the mom's size !
Nala is a future Alpha in the making, she is so confident and independent, and she has such beautiful, long fur!
She is adorable!! So pretty! (But they all get long hair like hers when they get that age!)
She is a natural. The way she walks is totally the alpha walk. I thought the exact same thing watching her strut.
They seem to look extra fuzzy today!💕
I cannot get over how I just love hearing the babies go " Munch Munch Munch " when eating we can hear them adorable little ones. Vervets are so smart and beautiful animals...
Uh oh, sounds like an ASMR video in the making!😂
GABE MY BOY CHECK YOU OUT! LOOKING GOOD MY BOY! HE LOOKS LIKE A DIFFRENT MONKEY GREAT JOB!! THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL YOU ALL DO AN AMAZING JOB CARING FOR ALL THE MONKEYS!!! MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT FROM CALIFORNIA! 💕💕💕🐒💕💕💕
How I love Bell, she is so much in love with her food lol that is so perfect
Electeic sticks are so sneaky and mean! ❤🐵 Love watching them eat.
lol
That whole little clip of Leo at around 13:21 was the cutest thing ever to me!!
IKR! The head tilting was precious!
Aww 🥰 just look how cute they are They are just beautiful
Thank you for these videos! They are uplifting and educational. You do a wonderful job with your content and editing. It feels almost like I’m there.
Thanks! 😊
I just watched the season 2s episodes...poor Vera...she was the one Alpha Acorn traumatized... I don't blame little Vera for being afraid to be sat on again...
Why are some babies released without bonding to a foster mom, like Nala, and others don't, like Vera? What difference in behavior are you looking for to determine who is released without a foster mom? Acorn was the only one remotely interested in Vera and interacted with her in Acorn's own weird way. This has to be both heartbreaking and frustrating for you all. Has this ever happened before? Keep up the good work. I'm thinking along similar lines as @KaySmith, and wonder if there isn't something physiologically different about Vera that the older vervets can sense therefore avoid her.
there is no reason. Everything is up to the monkeys and their own individual personalities. We do not look for any specific behavior, we merely let the animals be animals and facilitate the process in the best way possible to give them the best end result possible based on what they choose to do. Thanks!
Kyle, I wonder with Vera if it may be a maturity/development level. It may just take her a little longer to get there. Hang in there all. You are all doing an epic job.
This is a really cute bunch of babies. I envey you people who get the opportunity to work there.
Nala sure likes them Bahia seeds. And don't even mine eating them so close to the fence. 🐵 After the shock you'd think she wouldn't like any fence. Lol strong minded little girl.
Do the other monkeys realize that Bell is blind? Does Bell even realize that's she's blind and the other monkeys aren't?
I love watching her eat though. She looks like she thoroughly enjoys each and every bite.
I can't wait to see the video of Vera getting a foster mom. Surely, it's coming up soon. (:
OMG Kyle, @ 13:05 pleeeeease put that in your line up of prints available on your shop! That was awesome!
Jessica T - I had the exact same thought while watching this video! I would really love a print of these two. They look like they’re sitting there contemplating the world. Love it!
Red, Bell, Gabe overload!!!😍 Thanks for another adorable episode Kyle!🎉
Thank you for the work you do!
Vera was one happy baby.❤
hey kyle love the channel awsome work to everyone there
Kyle, come baaaaaaaaaack!!!!!
Bell is the cutest little thing!! ❤❤❤
God bless you guys for taking such good care of these vervet monkeys, especially the blind baby monkey.
Nana is really pretty.. happy she is adjusting
Aww poor Vera I hope that soon she will get a foster mom who will make her happy
The views those monkeys get when they sleep have to be spectacular. Something special. I just can’t fathom all the damn UFOS they’ve seen ..... 😉
Kyle, I hope next weeks video is Veras release video. I can't wait to see what all happened. Lol. This is like a cliffhanger even though I know the end result, I want to see how it all happened.
It's ok little vera. I feel the same way inside when arrive at work... we are an "evolved' species which means we have to hold our emotions in. Someone come along who wont scare the life outta you, and you'll be friends for life
Bell,Bella.. Looks like gizmo in gremlins😊
Yo Kyle....OMG!!!! what to do with vera???? Im sure you have another plan in effect....how bout putting vera in with gabe or red. Then she will be paired up with someone and try a different intro group again....i just love the way miss belle eats her food with such relish....thanks for another great vid....waitin on bad weather to blow in here N FLA 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Bell the little blind baby sure knows how to munch lol 😆
This has been one of the most sweetest baby videos that you have made. Love it ❤️❤️
Nala is I'm my own woman! I don't need a mom
Nala is so durned cute!
I am so in love with Belle❤️
You should have your own tv show
I hope Miss Vera is able to find a mom. I wonder if she might have some kind of underlying health issue that the mom's can sense. It seems as though as soon as they get close to her that they want nothing to do with her.
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There have been studies done on depression and other mental health disorders in monkeys, along with developmental delays and Traumatic Brain injuries, so there probably something similar!
@hazel greenroze you are kidding, right?
@hazel greenroze
Your condescension is underwhelming!
@@PrimateProductions
This person has been following me, from channel to channel asking similar questions, and pleading for me to reply (which I usually do), but it's gone past the point of ignorance, and entered the realm of creepy, at times. If I thought for a second, that the questions were valid, I wouldn't mind, but it's approaching the point when I will be forced to take further action.
@@quietinspirationcreations3448 really? That is so weird...yeah...wow. I think I would too if I were you! What an annoying ass! I'm sorry that you are having to deal with someone like that as I have had a kind of similar situation in the past
once again i enjoy the videos. will vera ever get a mom? as far as the blind baby will she stay in the enclosures or will she also get a mom? thx for all you all do for them they are so very sweet
I guess you'll just have to keep watching the series to find out 😉
Have you guys ever had a baby that bonded with no one? If so what happens do you just release them with a troop when it’s time? So hard because vera doesn’t realize what she’s missing and you can’t quite set a baby
Vervet Down and explain that!
I almost overdosed of cuteness @11:55 💙
My heart breaks for little Vera.
Did you try Mrs. Gold? I don't remember seeing it if you did. Thank you for all you do for the babies.
SPOILER ALERT- Vera's story has a happy ending, soon!
Oh I am so happy! I can't wait to see the happy ending.
@@sandrarankin2161
I hope I didn't ruin the surprise for you! Also, if you're interested, you can follow the VMF on Instagram, they post almost daily updates, during baby season. These episodes are naturally delayed by a few weeks, in order to give him time to edit, and work his magic but Instagram is posted in real-time. I set up an account just to follow the VMF, and don't really know how to use the app, but it's simple enough to view the mini updates. If you're interested, you can check out their March22, 2019 post, to see Vera's happy news!
I love how red looks at his food every time before he eats it lol
Poor Vera, what is the next step? Another intro enclosure?
I don't think they have ever had a baby that couldn't somehow be integrated into a troop, she's just testing the boundaries. She may end up like Nala, and flying solo!
SPOILER ALERT- there is a happy ending soon!
Has a small orphan done as Vera and reprocessed back through Disneyland and introduced with those orphans into a different troop? 😢 poor Vera...
No reason to send her back to Disneyland, that would actually be detrimental to her development because it would mean she gets to be with humans again which is exactly the issue - her desire to be with people.
@@VervetMonkey that makes sense... The poor baby...she is going to get big enough to just go out on her own...Kyle did comment she was going to be a handful when she came in.
So cool how full grown adults have REALLY BLACK faces.
💔 poor Vera!!
What happens in Vera won't bond with any Foster Mom?
Just as the others that haven't bonded. She can live in a troop without a foster mom.
These monkeys accept orphans and foster them but its not so with the marques. Is there a reason for that? You do great work and thank you.
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Vera is awesome, she just wants to hang out with the teenagers, no need for a mom
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What about Mrs Gold for Vera? Will Vera get a mama? What if she doesn't?
What kind of bird was making a noise in the background of the clips with poor silly Vera?
Who is the baby at 11:08? It looks so much smaller and a bit rough lol!😉😊
Gabe
My heart hurts for Vera. She really can't survive without a bond to a foster mom can she? What will happen to her? Is she out of options?
Spoiler Alert- Vera's story ends well!
Oh good!!! Thank you!!
@@denisesilven9114
You're welcome! I hate to give away too much, but if you follow the VMF, on instagram, they provide almost daily updates on different things, whereas the video's require editing and uploading, often putting them a few weeks behind!
Like you, I'm extremely empathetic to these animal's, so I just wanted to share that it gets better for her, without spoiling surprises! Cheers and happy monkeying!
Noooo, don't leave us hanging! Oh Vera, little mommas! She is sad and lonely, its literally depressing! Is there a reason she can't go to Disneyland with the rest of the babies? I know you have a system in place and they certainly know what they are doing at the VMF but Vera is so alone and Disneyland is full of friends, some are even older than she is. Poor Vera, what would be the difference if she hung out with the cool kids instead of being alone? I assume her friend was adopted and is in her new troupe, Vera was cool with the first females and they didn't want nothing to do with her, its just strange that she doesn't like any of the other foster moms. Poor little girl they will make a wild vervet monkey out of you yet!
I subscribe to your channel
Little Vera is so thin - what is wrong for her? I really hope she will find the right foster mom soon...
I miss Tori.
I bet Vera was bullied by the female monkeys in her troop very often .... makes me think of how the macaque baby Danielle might of been had she not been killed by her troop..... she was bullied by almost every single monkey including her mother for many months before she was killed by a male. I wonder if that is why
I saw my wife’s feet again......GEEZ! Lol, don’t say anything to that lady and hurt her feelings. Myself, I have a stupid face, so......
What do you find when a baby does not pick a preference and enters the troupe alone (or no mother picks her or shows good interest?) Does the baby tend to finally pick someone - maybe a female that never came near the intro enclosure or is it more often the not that the baby stays as a single just going to the nearest receptive female in the case of an extreme need? Does it happen more often that not that after a few days in the main compound the baby does find a preferred female but have you had many that just stayed unattached and has that lead to issues down the line? I assume that if things go wrong when one is released unattached the feeding cage is a backup safe spot if there is no staff around top open the door in the event of an emergency and need for safety from older troupe members? Aslo, what do you consider when in the process of pairing mothers and babies one does not pair up and you choose to release them alone. if they let you make the decision and not be like Nala and just make it happen? What goes into the process of deciding that one will be fine if released alone while no matter its just not practical to do it with another?
Vera has me stumped. She does act like she does not want to be touched by another monkey but is this do to a trauma from another monkey propr to her abandonment or because when first brough to meet some monkeys the first introductions went badly and they seemed to reject her - now is she rejecting first? Even with some of your most experienced fosters moms who have cornered and placated other upset babies even when first rejected none of them seemed to want to follow through. At first it seemed they were rejecting Vera but maybe she was giving them signs not to try and she has been rejecting along but the big question is why. I understand that she was young when abandoned and that the story goes that the troupe abandoned her from what you were told. Was she on of the golf course abandoned babies?
Some babies can be pretty standoffish and even belligerent when first introduced but a mom that is interested will force herself into the situation and if nothing else make the baby accept it. And I have seen you introduce moms that have done that last year as well as this year so your moms know the game so they should have known to do that but they don't seem challenged by the rejection and more of an attitude of 'didn't really want you to start with so if you don't want me it no big deal'. Its an odd attitude as having a baby is a big deal usually and there has to be some signal or something about Vera that is making this happen. Had she been in a home as a pet and strongly bonded to a human or a household pet I could see this - that she just wants back to what she thinks of as home and nothing where is is now is acceptable.
One time we had a family gave up their infant monkey because of their dog. The baby monkey (not a vervet this time) never connected with any of the human members, basically rejecting any of their attention but from day on was fixated on their dog and, while the dog was a nice guy and cooperated he was not necessary thrilled apparently with a baby hanging on him constantly. Given that they could do nothing with the monkey that did not make it screamed bloody murder unless they made the dog stand right next to the baby. The dog could not even go out to do his business or baby had to go or screamed the whole time he was out. Not a good life for a dog, I agree, let alone baby money. The family decided it was not fair for the dog and so brought the baby to a rescue and the baby was then funneled through a few interim shelters before her. She actually was grief stricken and would not eat and cried constantly and this behavior had gone on since she was turned over. The other stops along the way were at a loss on how to comfort her and she was having to be force fed to get any milk into her. She really acted like babies we see traumatized by a mother dying and then being left with a dead body for a day or more. So we knew she had a strong bond with someone and we assumed a family members but with constant attention normally we will usually see a bond shift but she was not interested in humans or any shifting of her bond. We even tried all the no-no from pacifiers to blankes to swaddling and keeping her in bed with someone. Nothing worked.
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So tried an emergent attempt, a process we ahve used now and then when we had a very young baby that was not doing well without a monkey mother, to interest her in a monkey adult (as we have a couple of adults that will willing care even if we are in the teaching inclosure teaching feeding and, in her case, having to initially force feeding as she had to eat, so lots of humans coming and going. But these couple will tolerate it and will stay as long as we wanted til baby was old enough to transition and not get cabin fever - or at least not too badly if the nibble bowl are kept full. The baby was horrified when we brought an adult in and got so overwrought and worked herself up into passing out. We removed the adult and life after that was worse as when she even saw a monkey in the distance, hard not to do here, she would literally have a panic attack. She had to have anti anxiety meds at that point and 3 sides of her area had to be blocked so she was not seeing monkeys all the time but now and then one would pass on the open side - sometimes to far away for us to even notice - but she would.
She was a major question mark and a conundrum until the day I brought my dog to work with me. He comes with me now and then if he was slated for a vet visit later in the day especially. He, like many of the staff dogs, has been around monkeys since he was a puppy and gets along well and they seem to be okay with him, they mostly act like they are dealing with even weird humans but a monkey is usually good for a treat.. This baby saw him when I was walking by her area and her carer said it was unbelievable. She said when the baby saw the dog she did all she could to throw herself through the wall and get to the dog, screaming and crying and giving every baby signal in the world that she was calling mom for help, that she was lost and finally found mom. They said it was totally unbelievable. Anyway, that was the key and we dug around and finally had contact with her original family and found out about their dog. My dog was too old and had some medical issues and was not in any shape to deal with an energetic baby monkey, although he did spend part of the day with her, while we found another, and she basically took a bottle for the first time and then slept the sleep of the exhausted. We got a color and size description of the original dog and then started trying to match some staff's dog. Actually, turned out it very quickly that it did not have to even look the same - any dog would do. The original dog was a black lab mix with a lot of mix and she ended up very happy, later that afternoon, with a Goldendoodle.
It was then a long process of allowing the dog be part of all that had to happen to get her to accept monkeys but given that he was great with monkeys she accepted them as he did and that went a long way. She eventually made it into a community and as long as now and then some dog comes around to visit through the fence it all works (we actually now have a few rescue dogs on the campus now). But yeah, odd things happen and who knows what gets in their heads sometimes and not knowing what is in there you can make heads or tails of the behavior and why she would be rejecting something that she should want by instinct.
The big problem with Vera, is that you may have to face, is that even when older and she could fend for herself and be introduced with a group joining back into a community with other babies the first problem is will she would still have a period of time where she had to tolerate other monkeys and have some involvement in what they are doing for sometime in a intermediate shelter with adults and babies, at least until they are ready to be promoted. And then what happens if she goes in the main troop with them still just as antisocial as she has been, and starts rejecting every monkey she sees or they all detect on her what issues the others have. That she could be brought to where she would follow a few moms and their babies into the main troupe does not guaranteed any acceptance from the troupe without a mom vouching for her and if she continues the behavior if rejecting first or it can't be discovered what other monkey's are seeing that is wrong so they want nothing to do with her - she is going to be lower than the lowest new male from outside the troupe. She may not even get accepted with the bottom most ranklings but actually be considered more of an outlier (odd position for a female) or a out caset altogether. She could just be in the wrong place at the wrong time and end up being the target of someone having a bad day and needing to take it out on that the troupe will not care if she is badly wounded or killed.
Has she shown any interest in bonding with another baby and and then have humans do all possible to make that a nearly impossible bond to break - that baby that will keep close to her even if a foster mom gets in the picture and then find a foster that wants a baby badly enough that it will accept a sibling like hanger on even if she is not going to officially take both. Maybe at least Vera would have a bond with the other baby and maybe able to survive in the shadow of her friend and her friend's foster mother and appear to be more protected then she will probably be.
Write a book😮
Why not try Vera with Jessie?!
I might of missed a conversation about Bell.....what is to be the future for her? There would have to be one dedicated mama to take her.
do the blind monkeys go out into the troops or are they kept in an enclosure?
Vera rejected the moms ? I thought the moms had each rejected her ? Yeah , I’d understood that each one had approached her , sniffed her , and moved on ? What am I not understanding ?
Why are some more fluffy than others
what is the one baby with the eye closing
I think your talking about bell, she is blind and that is why she looks like she is closing her eyes when looking around because she canot see
I don't understand why is the staff bare footed in the enclosure that doesn't make sense to me
Staff is only required to remove or change their shoes when entering Disneyland, this is for contamination purposes. Disneyland is deep cleaned every single night, we do not want harmful pathogens being transferred from other locations around the foundation into Disneyland and the sole of a shoe is a great way for that to happen.
Go to their IG grid post for March 22.
Can not cure this bell , that is, there's no way an ophthalmologist doctor
Is the whole 72 acres fenced in?
no
Nala (auto correct 😖)!
How do you acquire foster moms?
They are past rescues, and members of the permanent troops kept at the sanctuary. Since the males are sterilized, new babies aren't born into the troops, but many of the females still have the maternal instincts required to foster. There are certain moms that come back to foster year after year, but any female, as she matures has the opportunity to become a foster mom.
I think they also take the troop hierarchy into consideration, as much as possible.
Quiet Inspiration (Heidi) Awesome, recyclable moms! 😃👍How long on average after a mom and adopted orphan are released to the troupe are they ready to raise another? Do they just come back to the enclosures and hang out? Are they marked somehow for identification purposes or do you keep a catalog of detailed pictures?
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I'm not there or part of the VMF, just a huge fan and advocate, but as far as I know, they have over 500 vervets living in massive enclosures, each enclosure housing a troop, and is connected to an intro enclosure, where the moms and babies meet. The majority of their rescues happen between November and March, after birthing season, and there are very few in the off season. By 3-4 months babies are somewhat self sufficient, and by 6 months mostly independent. Since the birthing season happens once a year, the foster moms have weaned the babies before the next season arrives, so it sort of mimics the natural order of things, except they're no actually giving birth to their babies. From year to year, we have seen many of the same moms return for a new baby, often with last years still staying close by, but no longer requiring her full attention. Hopefully Kyle will pipe in if I am wrong about anything, but I do believe they have a database (or book) of the monkey's identifying traits, to keep track, but I believe Kyle and most of the staff are able to identify the majority of the animals. I'm told that over time, just like people, certain markings, and physical traits allow them to see each one differently, just like we do with other people! Hope that helps, feel free to ask anything, I or someone else will surely have answers!🤗