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"Roads through Brazil’s forests divide primate habitat and sometimes force
animals that normally remain in the canopy onto the ground. Researchers in the
Amazon are testing rope bridges that allow them to cross above traffic.
Eight bridges were installed in 2024 in Alta Floresta, in northern Mato Grosso
state, reports contributor Suzana Camargo for
Mongabay. Camera traps recorded
15,000 crossings by arboreal animals over the next 15 months. No roadkill was
reported at the monitored sites. Six primate species used the structures, among
them black-faced black spider monkeys (
Ateles chamek), Schneider’s marmosets
(
Mico schneideri), and the critically endangered Alta Floresta titi monkey
(
Plecturocebus grovesi).
The bridges contain several layers of rope for species with different forms of
movement. Some walk across them, while others swing by their arms or use their
prehensile tails. Cameras record successful crossings as well as animals that
approach and retreat. The footage suggests that some species need time to
become accustomed to the structures. Tufted capuchins took seven months to use
one of the bridges."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
