One of our concerns in using our stuffed lions
on hyenas, is whether they will “take the bait.” Are the stuffed lions real enough to fool them into behaving
as they would in response to a real lion?
The jury is still out on the hyenas being fooled, but a couple of weeks
ago, we inadvertently tested out another species: The vervet monkey.
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| This is as majestic as vervets are capable looking. |
In the process of unloading the lions from the back of the
truck and putting them away in their tent (yes, the lions have their own tent),
a single male vervet got a good look and immediately started alarm
calling. Keep in mind, we were
carrying the lions at this time.
One would think that might clue the vervet in, but he continued to alarm
call until we got both lions safely locked away into their tent with all of the
windows closed. Luckily, this gave
me a great opportunity to get in close and get a good recording:
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