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There is growing attention on incidents involving monkeys in Brazil, including aggression toward a monkey at an ecological park and a separate attack on a child by a monkey.

Recent news from Brazil highlights disturbing incidents related to monkeys. A video circulated showing a capuchin monkey being hit by a park visitor in a Santa Catarina ecological park, prompting environmental police investigations and a formal complaint by a biologist. Separately, there was coverage of a five-year-old boy who required transfer for medical care after being attacked by a monkey in Monte Alegre.