Baby Capuchins With Feelings

Toby (right) comforts Angelique (left).

There is a video online showing two capuchin monkeys, Toby and Angelica. Angelica was put in timeout (yes, parents who are familiar with the concept) for pulling on the leg of a puppy, and looks rather forlorn. Toby, her brother comforts her, patting her on her head as she whimpers and cries. It's very touching and, yes, indeed, shows that our friends in the animal kingdom have feelings. And also, these animals closely related to humans, have another feature common to us, empathy.

EMPATHY is that ability to identify with some other soul or being. It is being able to put oneself in that other being's experience and feel what they feel. It isn't just limited to people. Obviously, when you look at this video, you can see Toby demonstrating this concept. While, this video doesn't really qualify as research, in other words, it doesn't prove the existence of empathy in capuchins, this one video does give that appearance and we can draw our own conclusions, as anyone else who watches the video can also do similarly.



Now, something about these two adorable creatures and where they live. Toby and Angelica both live at a wonderful organization, the ZOOLOGICAL WILDLIFE FOUNDATION (ZWF) in Miami. This organization seeks to engage in conservation of their animals and offers hands-on interactions and education with their animals. You can see the wide variety of species that they house on the website. The 5-acre preserve was founded by Maria and Mario Tabraue, who are passionate about animals and wanted to share their love with members of the public.

After ZWF posted this video on their Instagram account, various news media picked it up and broadcast it. Univision's Primer Impacto team came to ZWF, to track down the founding couple and the story of ZWF and then broadcast the results.

If you happen to be in the Miami area, ZWF would be worth a visit. You can take a tour of their facilities, check out the petting zoo for close encounters with some of the animals, or have one-to-one encounters with the animals. This isn't a place you can tour on a whim. You must arrange an appointment to see their work. Definitely check out the website to plan your trip, or even bookmark it to keep track of all the latest news.

Thanks to Good News Planet for the longer video and information: http://goodnewsplanet.com/feel-monkeys/, and to NWF's wonderful website.

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