Brazil's Amazing Animal Facts

You can tell the hierarchy of a monkey within its band by the amount of time it spends grooming or being groomed. The higher-ranking monkeys are groomed more by lower ranking monkeys.

Squirrel Monkeys live to be twenty-five years old.

Twenty-four percent of Squirrel Monkeys have tested positive for Malaria.

Squirrel Monkeys are captured and used for medical studies.

Outside of mating season, female Squirrel Monkeys are dominant and the males tend to ignore them.

Squirrel Monkeys communicate in twenty-six different calls.

Natives hunt Squirrel Monkeys for food.

Native South American tribes hunt Howler Monkeys for food.

Howler Monkeys are easy to find because of their very noisy howling.

Habitat destruction has isolated groups of Howler Monkeys, causing great problems from inbreeding.

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