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Weird Facts About Monkey's
Monkeys mostly live in jungles.
Monkeys and apes have relations but are not the same.
Monkeys have tails on their bodies. They also have snouts and are less intelligent. Apes do not have tails and are more intelligent. Additionally, apes are not found in North America and Europe.
The male mandrill is the largest monkey in the world.
These monkeys grow up to 1 meter long. They also weigh around 35kg on average. This primate is also a member of the Old World family.
There is only one wild monkey found in Europe.
This is the tailless Barbary macaque. They are normally found in parts of Northern Africa and the British territory of Gibraltar. These monkeys are also known as the Barbary ape or maggot.
The chacma baboons live in Africa’s Namib desert.
Male mandrills have much brighter faces than females do
The ancient Egyptians considered the Hamadryas Baboon to be sacred. One of their gods, Thoth was regularly drawn as a man with the head of this baboon.
The monkey is the 9th animal in the Chinese zodiac. People born in a year of the monkey are supposedly intelligent, lively, and creative, but might also be selfish and impatient.
The capuchin monkey is the most common and the most intelligent of the New World monkeys.
The spider monkey is the most acrobatic of the New World monkeys, and it has been know to leap across gaps as large as 35 feet.
Monkeys are found almost everywhere on Earth, except for Australia and Antarctica.
The Diana monkey was named for the Roman goddess of hunting because the stripe on its forehead resembles Diana bow.
One of the monkey species is called a spider monkey. Want to know why? Well this is because it has a really long tail and spidery limbs.
Imagine a monkey looking like a spider! They can walk on two legs across the tree tops. Cool! Their tail also helps them to swing, just like Tarzan!
The monkeys with the longest noses are called proboscis.
They are only found on the south of the continent of Australia and the island of Borneo.
Monkeys are very sneaky sometimes! In cities like Bangkok they like to steal food from wherever they can find it. Watch out if you’re ever there!
At the tip of a monkey's tail is a patch of bare skin that acts similar to a human's fingertips. It is sensitive to touch and also has tiny ridges that gives the tail a better grip.
In Hindu, Hanuman ("disfigured jaw") is a human-like monkey god who commanded a monkey army. Interestingly, women were not allowed to worship the monkey god.
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.- Malcolm de Chazal
Monkeys that live in Central and South America are called "New World monkeys." Monkeys that live in Africa and Asia are called "Old World monkeys."
Contrary to popular opinion, humans did not come from monkeys. Rather, humans and monkeys share a common ancestor 25-30 million years ago and then evolved from this animal in various different ways.