Meet the muriqui, whose laid-back lifestyle andrelaxed promiscuity have earned them the reputation as the New World's 'hippy monkeys'.More than 35 years ago, I met Louise in a small forest fragment in south-east Brazil, where I had come to study the northern . muriqui, the largest New World monkey and one of the world's most Critically Endangered primates. Back in 1983, Louise was a bright-eyed, robust adult female, with golden-grey fur that shone in the early morning light. She was the only female not caring for an infant, and her unencumbered condition may have given her the freedom to be curious about me.
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