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Female putty-nosed monkeys know what to do when they detect a leopard. They chirp out an alarm call to the males, essentially recruiting them to be their “hired guns.” In response, the males approach the group while making “pyow” sounds, demonstrating their commitment to serve as bodyguards, and possibly enhancing their reproductive opportunities, experts say. […]

Close A little friendly help can come in handy when you see yourself faced with a foe, and recent research released in the journal Royal Society of Open Science has discovered that some monkeys call for help too. (Photo : Getty Images) The Study of Wild Putty-Nosed Monkeys  Taking a look at a population of putty-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans), the scientists discovered that females would make use of specific calls to target just the males, who would rush in like "hired guns" to protec...

Researchers studied groups of putty-nosed monkeys in the north of the Congo They exposed the monkeys to a leopard model — a man in a leopard-print sheet The team found that the sexes responded differently to the simulated threat Females summoned males, to mob the intruder, by emitting a general alarm call  The males responded with pyow and kek calls to reassure the female monkeys