It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 83 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, have been found dead in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.
  • guyrocket@kbin.social
    312·
    6 months ago

    I’m torn between feeling bad for monkeys and being glad the little bastards are dead. Monkeys can be a major pain in the ass.

    Sounds like dehydration is at least part of the problem. I assume they can solve that with howler monkey water stations. Maybe those should just be jungle wildlife water stations.

    • GiantChickDicks@beehaw.org
      4·
      6 months ago

      Dehydration is just a symptom of the problem, as the article specifically says these monkeys had heat stroke.

      They’re pains in the asses, though, behaving in irritating ways due to the negative effects from our pollution and encroachment. So fuck 'em, right?

  • ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world
    313·
    6 months ago

    Yet those guys are in long sleeves, long pants, gloves, and face masks, in the middle of the day. How are they not passing out?

    I was referring to the men in the picture that are collecting the bodies of the dead monkeys in the forest: How are THEY not passing out from the heat? 🤦‍♀️

    • SeaJ@lemm.eeOP
      62·
      6 months ago

      Well they are not passing out. They are dying. As for why they normally do not, they are in the reason forest which does not get a ton of sun beating down on them. Their fur also makes it so their skin is not directly closed to the sunlight.

      • Minarble@aussie.zone
        2·
        6 months ago

        They were probably in shelter at the worst time of the day, unlike the monkeys that have no where to go.