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Boabeng – Fiema Monkey Sanctuary
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The Boabeng Monkey Sanctuary is situated on the way to the Mole National Park and is Ghana’s most famous example of African conservation.
It is home to over160 Geoffroys Pied Colobus and 350 Campbell’s Mona Monkeys. |
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For over 150 years the people of the area between Boabeng and Fiema have considered the monkeys sacred and traditional beliefs prohibit harm coming to the monkeys.
The monkeys are forest monkeys. As they live so close to humans they can be seen many a time serving themselves from local kitchens.
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The Campbell’s Monkeys are brown in colors and eat leaves, stems, flowers, fruits and insects. The Geoffroy’s Pied Monkeys are black and white and live off leaves, stems and mineralized earth.
Here man and animal live in harmony |
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