Monkeys: An Amazing Animal Family

8.0/10201650mEnded1 Season · 6 Episodes

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Patrick Aryee takes us on a journey through time, to retrace the primate family’s astonishing rise to power through the twists and turns of its family tree. Travelling to wild locations in Central and South America, Africa and Asia, he gets eye to eye with some of the planet’s most charismatic and mischievous monkeys.

Released: Mar 3, 2016

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