Lethal attraction: Plantations are deadly for infant primates
Prolonged exposure to plantation environments tripled the likelihood of mortality among the infant primates
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Palm oil plantations change the social behavior of macaques
E-Mail Credit: Photo: Anna Holzner Due to the extensive clearing of their habitat, these primates sometimes turn to palm oil monocultures while foraging. This often leads to conflicts with farmers. The macaques do not damage the palm oil fruits to any great extent. On the contrary, they can even benefit palm oil cultivation, as they are excellent hunters of the masses of rats found on plantations, the main pest found there. As a new study has now been able to prove, however, regularly visiting the plantations has a significant impact on macaques' social behaviour. This was shown by research...
Source: eurekalert.org