Capuchin monkeys are the bully boys in these forests and they want the ripe figs for themselves. Figs are one of the few trees that fruit the year round so when other food is scarce, these fruits are always available somewhere or other. Even for leaf eaters, like howler monkeys the ripe figs are just too good to miss. And howlers are too big for the capuchins to chase off. Figs are so popular, that as many as 44 different kinds of bird and monkey have been seen working a shift system on a single tree. Because fruiting trees are so valuable, many monkeys are territorial. And if you live in the treetops there's perhaps no better way of staking your claim to a territory, than this.