Best Monkey Movie EVER!

Ok, if you’re a regular reader of me, at any of my blogs, you may have noticed that I’m not the biggest animal fan. Animals are often messy, a lot of work, and they’re just not my deal. Pets to me, are enough trouble, once you cross over to wild animals, say like, monkeys, it’s just more fuss. In fact I’ve told a certain ex-co-blogger of mine, on many occasions that I’m the world’s last monkey fan.

That sort of changed the other night. 

We don’t have cable and we only semi-get one channel on our TV, PBS. Anyhow, the other night, around 2am, I was sick of working, so I turned on our one channel and the Nature special, Clever Monkeys was on. I got so into it, I couldn’t go to bed, and trust me I was tired.

Here’s the show description: 

“Love, language, guilt, envy, generosity, secrets, lies, and sophisticated society are not unique to humans. We share all those complex concepts with our relatives – the monkeys! Learn about monkey culture, how and what monkeys teach their young, and how they communicate with one another. Monkeys around the world rely on that knowledge to adapt to the remarkable variety of environments they now call home. Who are the cleverest monkeys? And how much of our human experience do they really share?”

Now these were some seriously clever monkeys. I swear I watched with my mouth hanging open in amazement half the time. I really don’t know what to say, except for that I have SADLY underestimated monkeys in my life, until now. These monkeys had learned to make their own medicine, attack wild cats, and more, it was astounding.

Also, this show was so entertaining that I’m actually thinking of buying the darn DVD -unheard of for me – I do not buy nature shows about animals.

You and your family must check this show out. Visit PBS to see your local programing guide and to watch a great preview, or buy the DVD at the Nature shop.

Did your family see this show? Tell me what you thought.

[image via PBS]