Eight canopy bridges in the Amazon enable 15,000 safe animal crossings
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Eight canopy bridges installed on a road near Alta Floresta in Brazil's Mato Grosso state have enabled some 15,000 safe crossings by animals including spider monkeys and marmosets, with no roadkill cases recorded since 2024. More bridges are planned elsewhere. The structures address a deadly problem for Amazon wildlife: biologists still regularly find critically endangered animals killed on roads, such as the buffy-headed marmoset, of which only about 2,500 individuals remain in the wild.
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