Mexiko ist so heiß, Affen stürzen von Bäumen und sterben

By Geraldine Castro

Brown howler monkeys are dropping dead by the dozens in southern Mexico. Between May 4 and May 21, at least 138 died, with deaths occurring in places where temperatures have been abnormally high, exceeding 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit).

“The feeling of the work team is tragic, it is painful,” says Gilberto Pozo, a wildlife biologist at the Institute of Ecology in Xalapa. He was one of the first to witness and document the current catastrophe. “It hurts because all the efforts we have been making for years are going down the drain,” Pozo says, referring to recent efforts to protect the species.

Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources [has said](https://www.gob.mx/semarnat/prensa/se-coordinan-autoridades-para-determinar-la-causa-de-muerte-de-ejemplares-de-vida-silvestre-en-tabasco-y-chiapas?idiom=es) that for now, it is investigating various hypotheses about what killed the monkeys: heat stroke and dehydration of course, but also “malnutrition or fumigation, or spraying of crops with toxic agrochemicals.” 

Full story here: [https://www.wired.com/story/mexico-is-so-hot-monkeys-are-falling-to-their-death-from-trees/](https://www.wired.com/story/mexico-is-so-hot-monkeys-are-falling-to-their-death-from-trees/)

Hot monkeys are dropping from trees in your area

(sorry couldn’t resist)