Can she save the monkeys?
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A young muriqui swings from a tree in Brazil. Muriquis eat leaves, seeds, and fruit. (Leonardo Mercon/VWPics via AP Images) -
Dr. Karen Strier looks for muriqui monkeys with her binoculars. (JOAO MARCOS ROSA / NITRO) -
A muriqui monkey jumps from a tree in Brazil. (AP/Bruna Prado) -
A muriqui eats a banana at a protected forest in Brazil. (AP/Bruna Prado) -
Biologist Clariane Caroline de Araujo climbs onto a platform. She feeds muriqui monkeys in a protected forest in Brazil. (AP/Bruna Prado)
Dr. S. saw monkeys. People cut down trees. The monkeys lost their homes. Few monkeys were left.
Now the monkeys spread seeds. Trees grow. More and more monkeys are born.
Pray: Thank God for “every beast of the forest.” He designed and made them all.
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Meet the muriqui (MOOR-ih-kee) monkeys. They almost died out. A primate expert named Dr. Karen Strier has spent much of her life saving the muriqui in Brazil. The monkeys are peaceful. They don’t fight. They wait or avoid one another when there is trouble. They even hug! Muriquis are “forest gardeners.” They eat fruits from high trees that many other animals cannot reach. Those seeds spread through muriqui feces onto the forest floor. Dr. Strier has watched the monkeys for 40 years!
“Every beast of the forest is mine.” (Psalm 50:10)
