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Urban Vervet Project
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The Urban Vervet Project studies the behavioral & cognitive flexibility of an urbanized population of vervet monkeys at the Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa. https://urbanvervetproject.weebly.com/
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Urban Vervet Project @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social · 1d
🚨NEW Pre-print 🚨
Here you can read about our latest findings on Monkey-Dog Interactions.
🐒🦮🐒🐩Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionary new predator biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator
Humans have facilitated contacts between prey and predator species that have originally not co-evolved, reshuffling the prey-predator arms race. How do prey cope with an evolutionarily new predation r...
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Urban Vervet Project @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social · 6d
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

We remember Dr. Jane Goodall (1934–2025), whose work reshaped primatology and inspired generations. At UVP, her legacy guides us in studying curiosity and coexistence with wildlife. Thank you, Jane.
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Sofia Forss @sofiaforss.bsky.social · 9d
🚨In this new Pre-print we present our findings on Monkey-Dog interactions
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Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator
Humans have facilitated contacts between prey and predator species that have originally not co-evolved, reshuffling the prey-predator arms race. How do prey cope with an evolutionarily new predation r...
www.biorxiv.org
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Urban Vervet Project @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social · 9d
The Urban Vervet Project lands on Bluesky! 🐒

We study primate adaptation to urbanisation at Simbithi in South Africa. Follow along for research updates, insights from the field, and news from our team.
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