Illustration of vervet
- green monkey or vervet
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Back at camp, vervet monkeys had heard word of a new kitchen in town and were keen to join us for breakfast.
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Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
Guests can tee off beside a centuries-old windmill on the Robert Trent Jones II golf course, sip rare Caribbean rums at a beachfront bar, or take a tour to see the island’s famous green vervet monkeys.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
Because vervets are non-native, state law does not protect them.
—Samantha Dee, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
However, the vervet population faces significant challenges.
—Samantha Dee, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
Guests can tee off beside a centuries-old windmill on the Robert Trent Jones II golf course, sip rare Caribbean rums at a beachfront bar, or take a tour to see the island’s famous green vervet monkeys.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
Because vervets are non-native, state law does not protect them.
—Samantha Dee, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
However, the vervet population faces significant challenges.
—Samantha Dee, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Vervet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vervet. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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