Animals on the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

The White-throated Capuchin Monkeys live in groups of 5 to 24. They are extremely curious, agile and aggressive, defending their territory by threatening with their sharp teeth and shaking on trees.
Apart from fruits and leaves they eat also birds and their eggs.

The sounds of Howler Monkeys sound terrifying for new visitors in Costa Rica but the animals are the most peaceful vegetarians. Howler monkeys never touch the ground, they travel trough the canopy.

Construction development with clearing of forests has cut off many of their travel routes so that in the last 15 years Costa Rica's howler monkey population has declined by 50%. Many monkeys have been killed by power lines, when they tried to use them instead of tree branches.