Dark Days in Monkey City (Animal Planet)
common sense media says
Docuseries veers more toward frightening than informative.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this isn't a warm, fuzzy Animal Planet series. The featured primates aren't nice, happy little monkeys -- they're seriously mean, and the narration's tendency to give them personalities and motivations makes them seem even meaner. They fight constantly, sometimes to the death -- it's all natural behavior, but it can gert pretty intense (sometimes even bloody). Animated graphics also include blood "splatters." Bottom line? Teens and mature tweens should be able to handle this look at the darker side of nature, but it's too intense and scary for little kids.
Violence:
There's no evil intent here -- all of the fighting is natural behavior for these animals. But they do fight constantly, sometimes to the death (in one episode there were at least three separate shots of dead monkeys, two of them of babies). The violence is emphasized with the use of red "blood" splatter graphics during the opening credits, plus occasional shots of bleeding monkeys.
Sex:
This is the natural world -- there's some mating going on, even if it's not usually seen.
Language:
Not applicable.
Consumerism:
Not applicable.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Not applicable.
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