- Welcome to "Amazing Animal Facts with Zoogene!"
I'm Zoogene.
On this show, I get surprised by an awesome animal,
and then, I have--
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On this show, I get surprised by an am-
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On this show, I get surprised by an awesome animal.
And-
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And then I share some interesting facts about them,
while I try to keep it together.
Because I prefer animals over humans.
Animals, don't look at me and say,
"Go back to where you came from." (laughs)
- [Producer] Oh my God. (laughs)
- I'm trying to keep this kid friendly.
♪ Amazing Animal Facts with Zoogene ♪
♪ He's gonna meet an animal and learn about it ♪
♪ and try to tell you facts ♪
♪ while he gets distracted ♪
♪ Amazing Animal Facts with Zoogene ♪
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You guys get that reference right?
- Right?
- Oh God, my mind's racing. What could it be?
Did you put a table down?
Is this an animal on a table?
People often ask,
"Eugene, why do you love animals so much?"
I have always preferred animals.
'Cos you know, animals are like,
if God took a paintbrush and was an artist, you know?
He was just like, "Here's a turtle",
and "here's an ostrich."
For people, he just, did lots of drugs
and then just took a big old dump on the canvas.
That's what he did with humans.
He was, he was not in his right mind.
Okay. No big movements.
So, a Zoogene rule is
"No big movements or sounds when we meet an animal."
Oh my God, the anticipation is killing me.
(cheery music)
I can open my eyes?
(cheery music continues)
(gasp)
(monkey squeaks) (laughing)
- [Woman] (whispers) Sit down. Good girl.
- (whispers) Oh my God.
How do you work every day and not just
want to hold and hug this monkey constantly?
- I know her bad side too, so. (laughs)
- I know I'm not supposed to look at her in the eye,
cause it could be a challenge.
(monkey squeaks)
Do you hear-
This whole video could just be listening to this monkey.
(monkey squeaks loudly)
Yes. I agree.
You are very beautiful.
What's her name?
- Her name is Tess
- Hi Tess!
And what's your name?
- My name is Neisseria.
She's a white-faced Capuchin monkey.
Also called a white-throated Capuchin monkey.
- And the monkey that was on friends?
- Uh-huh. - Yes.
Clap, clap clap, clap.
- Can you stop?
Turn around.
I'm gonna come on the same side as you
- Tess is staring at me and I know I'm
not supposed to look at her directly in the eyes.
- She'll get over it.
As long as you ignore her for a little while, she'll stop.
She's just testing you right now to see
if you're gonna challenge her.
- Have you ever been to an
Asian household for the first time?
(Nerissa laughs)
- Just bow?
She sitting like a lady. What is she doing?
- I wouldn't say that.
- Oh.
Well, she's sitting like a lady.
(laughter)
- I thought her tail was her other leg.
I thought she had them crossed.
She had them wide open.
Tess, you are beautiful.
- [Nerissa] Oh no, no, no.
Leave your lump.
They don't want that kind of show.
- She's really sizing me up.
- [Nerissa] Monkeys, or primates in general,
are all about hierarchy and she's a mature monkey.
So, she's either needs to know,
she's gonna be above you or below you.
Right now, they always wanna be above you.
- So I gotta make myself her sub.
- It's all about what they want and
nothing to do with what you want.
- Oh, so I am her sub.
I'm her dirty little sub.
So in this situation, the monkey spanks me. (laughs)
- I hope not.
- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. This is a kid's show.
Should I say, I'll say a fact.
Did you know monkeys are found almost
everywhere on earth except for Australia and Antarctica?
I didn't know they weren't in Australia.
Well, they've got enough animals to deal with. (laughs)
She's so cute.
(Tess loudly squeaking)
She's very vocal!
- She's very vocal.
No, no cereal for you today.
- So you can just tell what her mood is this way.
- Oh Yeah. They express themselves completely outward.
They don't hold any feelings back.
This is her just kind of chattering.
- Yeah.
- When she's upset, it's loud.
Can you stop?
Here's a treat!
- What are those treats?
- That's actually a fruit gummy.
- She eats fruit gummies?
- She would eat all sorts of junk, if I let her.
They like sweets. They're kinda like little kids.
- But a cute kid.
- Cute kid that can bite really badly.
Their teeth are much sharper.
- This type of monkey is diurnal,
which is opposite of nocturnal.
Which means, it finds food during the day,
and sleeps at night.
- Would you offer her that?
- Okay. Do I hold it with an open palm?
- Yeah.
- It's my first time giving a fruit gummy
to a Capuchin monkey.
Tess!
(monkey clicks and squeaks loudly)
- [Nerissa] Good girl.
(monkey noises continue)
(soft music)
- She's like, "Bitch, where's the gummies?"
- [Nerissa] You're doing perfect.
- Oh.
She's like, "Oh, your lifeline is very long.
But your heart line? You really need to work on
not being more open in relationships."
So not all primates are monkeys,
but all monkeys are primates.
That's just like "Not all terrible people are racist,
but all racists are terrible people."
(monkey squeaks loudly)
She agrees.
I feel like I'm on a first date. (laughs)
It's like, "Play cool.
Don't look at her directly yet."
Did you know that monkeys use
grooming to strengthen relationships?
Actually, I do that too.
My best friends are my hair stylists.
She's touching my butt!
(laughter)
Yes, Tess? (loud money noises)
She's waiting for a treat.
- She's kind of half wanting a treat
and half wanting to know if she should like you or not.
She's not sure.
- In Spider and Howler monkeys, the tail is long,
making up a sizable portion of their total body weight.
Capuchins by contrast, that's you Tess,
have an unremarkable tail size.
(laughs) That's fricking rude.
I'm sorry, our amazing researcher did not know our star
today would be a Capuchin.
You are very remarkable, Tess.
That is a big tail.
- [Nerissa] See, she's using her tail right now.
That's prehensile.
- Is this what
being a parent of a newborn human baby is like?
Because I feel so much love for this creature.
- Capuchin monkeys are probably the smartest monkey,
but they're definitely all about their hierarchy. (laughs)
Like I said, it's all about her.
- That is my (producers laugh)
My banana (laughter)
Thank you, Tess.
- [Nerissa] Would you stop holding that?
- It's an easy handle.
Monkeys are omnivorous
and they eat fruit, lizards, nuts, insects, and small birds.
You can eat a small bird, Tess?
- She can catch it out of the air
and then she rips it apart to eat it.
- We just go to KFC.
- [Nerissa] She's gonna climb up on your shoulder.
Are you okay with that?
- (gasp) You wanna come up? Sure.
- [Nerissa] Very likely to push your hat off.
- That's okay.
- [Nerissa] Just so you're ready.
- So Capuchin monkeys got their names
from the Capuchin friars in Italy.
These friars wore a head covering or cowl
that looks a lot like the black fur cap on the head
of this Capuchin monkey.
So you're Catholic.
She's like "I'm Buddhist."
Thank you very much. (laughs)
Excuse me. Ow. (laughter)
Are you finding the gray hairs?
Ow, it's okay. It's okay.
- [Nerissa] You want me to-
- No, it's nothing I haven't...
I've been through much worse.
Oh. Okay. Okay. Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Just gimme a nice little choke right now.
I'm like her doggy.
(thump) There it goes.
Do you want to be on the head?
(gasps) She's grooming me.
What are you finding?
- [Nerissa] Or you just have something good in there.
- Oh, possibly.
My hair is like a nest. It's full of secrets.
- I've raised her since she was two (loud monkey noises)
- It's okay.
- [Nerissa] And she's now 22?
- Finally leaving my fantasy
of being preened for insects by a monkey.
Actually, I'm perfect for monkeys.
What are you finding, Tess?
Anything delicious?
I'm just really enjoying this moment.
- Wanna come over?
- She was like, "Oh, we gotta do something with this hair.
(laughter)
This style isn't working for your face shape."
Oh, another Capuchin fact.
White-faced Capuchins communicate with one another
using chirps, barks, and whistles.
Right, Tess?
(laughs)
- Oh, now she's quiet (laughs)
(upbeat music)
I love that move.
- Making sure to get my germs off of it.
- Very COVID safe.
Howler monkeys have one of the loudest calls
of any land mammal. (loud monkey noises)
Humans can hear a howler monkeys call from a distance
of three miles. (loud money clicks)
Damn.
That's a loud ass monkey.
- [Nerissa] Mm-mm. Mm-mm.
- Aw, she wants to play with me.
- Stop.
- Tess, tell the audience a final departing message.
(loud continuous monkey clicks and squeaks)
Hmm.
Well, this has been incredible.
Thank you so much.
- Absolutely. - For bringing Tess
- My pleasure.
- This amazing dom, gorgeous creature. Right, Tess?
(monkey squeaks)
(uplifting music)
Is she looking at me like I'm stupid? (laughs)
- Yes. Yes, she is.
- She's like, "I know what you're doing."
- [Nerissa] "What are you doing?"
- "Stop mocking me."
Well, until next time.
Be kind to one--
Wait, what was my catch phrase?
♪ Amazing Animal Facts with Zoogene ♪
♪ He met an animal and learned about it. ♪
♪ He told us facts while he got distracted-- ♪
- This has been "Tess's Red Room."
(laughs)