Photo credit: Yerkes NPRC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTaught to Share<\/h2>\n
Interestingly enough, it is believed that the Sooty Mangabey is responsible for passing along a strain of the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) to humans, which became known as the HIV-2 virus. Sure the common Chimpanzee gets all the credit for passing along the HIV-1 strain but nobody knows about the poor Sooty Mangabey who was thoughtful enough to share their virus with us. Besides HIV, this particular monkey is also susceptible to contracting leprosy so you have to wonder what else these little Mangabey’s are capable of contracting. I think I might keep my distance during our trip to Western Africa.<\/p>\n
Watch Your Back!<\/h2>\n
When the Sooty Mangabey isn’t worrying about which disease they are going to catch, they need to be on the lookout for a variety of predators including leopards, eagles, snakes, humans and even the common chimpanzee. I have a tough time picturing a cute little chimp causing problems for their sooty cousins but I guess all is fair in love and survival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Welcome back to another fun and exciting Wild Fact. Today we are all in for a real treat as we are heading to the forests of Western Africa (between Senegal and Ghana) to look for a spectacular creature known as the Sooty Mangabey. They also have a few other names including White-Crowned Mangabey, White-Naped Mangabey and of course White-Collared Mangabey. For some reason, people like to name this Old World monkey by their white coloration around their head. Regardless of their name, this endangered species definitely deserves its very own Wild Fact, so let’s see what we can learn about <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,2879,306,1936,4025,2876,2877,2878],"yoast_head":"\n
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