Stitfall, a wildlife filmmaker, presenter and photographer known for her work with BBC programs including Springwatch and The One Show, shared the challenge of trying to photograph the monkeys as they moved high above her through thick greenery.
Looking up through the leaves, she had to work around branches, shadows and constantly moving animals.
But the finished images made the effort worth it.
One especially sweet photo shows a tiny baby spider monkey peeking out beneath a much larger adult, its little face almost hidden among the branches.
At first glance, your eyes may go straight to the adult.
Then you notice the baby.
And suddenly that tiny face becomes the whole picture.
Other images show the monkeys stretched across tree limbs, their long arms and tails wrapped securely around branches as they move through the forest canopy.
Spider monkeys are built for exactly that kind of life.
They belong to the Atelidae family of New World monkeys and are highly adapted to living in trees. Like other arboreal monkeys, they use their hands and feet to grip branches, while their flexible prehensile tails can act almost like an extra limb.
The babies have an even easier mode of transportation.
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Young monkeys are largely dependent on their mothers early in life and often cling closely to them while they move through the trees.
That helps explain why the smallest monkey in Stitfall’s photos looks so perfectly tucked against the larger animal.
The moment is especially charming because nothing appears staged.
The monkeys are simply going about their day while Stitfall tries to capture whatever tiny glimpses the forest gives her.
And her own excitement makes the photos even more fun.
Before viewers even get to the finished shots, they see someone clearly thrilled to be in the right place at exactly the right time.