
Our regent biologist Olivier Castro Morales visited a few days after the monkeys arrived, and Chiquito introduced himself by wrapping his arms around Olivier’s head and offering him a pectoral sniff...within seconds of Olivier entering the cage.
Olivier handled it well.
NOTE: If you're among the unfortunate majority who have never sniffed a spider monkey's pecs, the monkey wraps his (or her) arms around your head and pulls it toward the scent gland on his chest. There is no discernible odor to mere humans...but it's the thought that counts!