Monkeys DO get aggressive. I have two capuchins now and one that passed on.

Don't get me wrong I adore the two of them but if you are a sucker to pain I wouldn't suggest a monkey. Aaron (2) has bitten, scratched, and yanked my hair out. Aliyah (6) is fully matured now and I'm sure sometimes she would love to rip me too shreds.

Monkeys get aggressive because it's what they do in the wild to gain "rank" and will test you. Not a damn thing people can do about changing that. I've seen some of the weirdest things people have done to their monkeys trying to make them stay the sweet little babies.

Sadly TV makes people believe that monkeys are sweet natured and devoted.
Shows like Friends were the worst. First off that monkey was a baby and trained for the show. After that show came out people were buying those monkeys left and right.

I'm sure some of you have seen a Pet Story featuring Mugwhy the capuchin right? Again Mugwhy was still a young monkey. For another the woman who owned her is well known in the pet primate community...as a theif, an animal abuser, and doing unlicensed surgery on primates.

A lot of people ask me if this makes me a non-supporter of the primate trade. Well I guess. There are things I don't like about it now that I didn't care about when I first got Abby such as pulling the babies off their mothers when they are days old.

If you do think monkeys still make great pets I suggest you check out these websites.
http://www.monkey-island.net/wantmonkey.html
http://www.oregonprimaterescue.com/pets.html
http://www.junglefriends.org/why.shtml
http://www.junglefriends.org/booklet/bkpage11.shtml
http://www.junglefriends.org/surrogate.shtml