Howler Monkeys
Howler monkeys are among the largest of the New World monkeys. Fifteen species are currently recognised. Previously classified in the family Cebidae, they are now placed in the family Atelidae. These monkeys are native to South and Central American forests. Threats to howler monkeys include human predation, habitat destruction and being captured for captivity as pets or zoo animals. These monkeys are famous for their loud howls, which can travel three miles through dense forest.
via wikipedia / dangerous minds
Comments (4)
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Daan Hendriks
October 4, 2013Love the sound these animals make. This howler monkey early morning chorus recording by David Michael was one of the most alien things I’d ever heard in my life: ttp://davidmichael.bandcamp.com/track/howler-monkeys
It inspired me to visit the Amazon in Bolivia; I only had a few days there myself and was trying to get close to howler monkeys, but managed to record the following snippet of them: https://soundcloud.com/daan-hendriks/howler-monkeys-bolivia?in=daan-hendriks/sets/bolivia-amazon-sounds
One of the interesting things I learned is that they howl every morning for about 10 minutes, just before dawn, and sometimes (but rarely) during daytime to announce rain (or so I was told).
Definitely want to book another and this time proper trip to the Amazon to record more of these fabulous sounding animals, and the sonic environment of the Amazon “in general”
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Corey Zeimen
October 6, 2013Howler is good song, covered in depth here. Review: http://www.bitcandy.com/posers/howler/giveupamerica
Mikel R. Nieto
October 4, 2013Hi,
Great videos! It’s amazing to see these monkeys singing, which it’s not easy, and more with jazz-music in the background…
mkl