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[[underline]] Ateles [[/underline]] ssp., Jun. 24, 1959, VIII

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a form of Agg B. The fact that only 1 or 2 of these notes are uttered may be a juvenile characteristic - see my earlier notes on the S Black.

[[underline]] Ateles [[/underline]] ssp, I.  June 28, 1959, Barro Colorado

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I have been carrying around the Red [[female symbol]] with me today, in an effort to get her tame. Possibly successful. Most of the time she continued to behave as before; but eventually she settled down quite peacefully in my lap and took little cat-naps. Then when I stroked her, she repeatedly uttered what is obviously a form of MU!! Quite like the Mu of [[underline]] Alouatta [[/underline]], but softer & less "purring" (it is possible that I have not yet heard this Spider [[image - female]] utter complete or high intensity Mu). Occasionally interspersed with brief high pitched notes which were either brief [[Wrtl?]]!  and/or Squ's (if there is any difference between these last two patterns).

[[underline]] Ateles [[/underline]] ssp., I  November 14, 1959  Barro Colorado

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I got a small [[female symbol]] Panama Black Spider Monkey a couple of days ago. [[underlined]] By far [[/underlined]] the smallest baby Spider Monkey I have ever had.

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Her general "grasping - parental" behavior is peculiar. She is either so young that she tries to grasp and hold on to any large animal which might conceivably be her mother, or she has been fixated on human beings already. In any case, she tries to climb on to any human being who comes close to her. (She is also probably frightened of human beings. At least, when she is prevented from climbing on me she goes into a full well-dev

Transcription Notes:
ateles fusciceps - spider monkey