When danger lurks ahead, high-ranking monkeys hold back while the lowest-ranking female, Portia, forges ahead. Is this because Portia is dispensable?
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Dark Days in Monkey City: Behaving Badly 9
When danger lurks ahead, high-ranking monkeys hold back while the lowest-ranking female, Portia, forges ahead. Is this because Portia is dispensable?
Added: Feb 23, 2009
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Runtime: 01:21
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Behaving Badly 1A low caste female, Portia, must sit by and do nothing as her queen, Gemini, pulls figs from her stuffed cheek pouches. Why is such demoralizing behavior tolerated?
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Coming February 2009Every monkey knows his place... until he's pushed too far. Dark Days in Monkey City, premiering February 10 on Animal Planet.
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