Saraguato monkeys (Alouatta palliata) die amid drought and high temperatures, in Buena Vista
Monkeys are falling dead from trees because of a heat wave in Mexico.
  • Soaring temperatures in Mexico are causing monkeys to fall dead from trees.
  • Dehydration killed the monkeys "within a matter of minutes," biologist Gilberto Pozo told the AP.
  • Research has shown that extreme heat, on average, cost the global economy $16 trillion between 1993 and 2013.

Temperatures are soaring in Mexico, and the scorching heat is causing monkeys to drop dead from trees.