Monkeys

Monkeys are very exciting and playful animals.  There are 150 kinds of species.  Monkeys and relatives like apes, live in social groups.  Some monkeys eat leaves while hanging from trees. Monkeys live together and sometimes sing together.  There are 181 monkey families.  Monkeys will eat things like fruit, flowers, birds, butterflies, bamboo shoots, crabs, eggs, and frogs' legs.

Monkeys have long, strong fingers and toes to get food or to swing from place to place.  Monkeys swing through treetops, but bigger monkeys stay on the ground.  Monkeys sometimes live in families.  Monkeys called baboons have males that are twice the size of females.  The males live on the edges of the troop. Monkeys make faces when they're playing, just like humans. Monkeys called patas live on the plains of Africa.  Hyenas, leopards, and elephants live with the patas.  That is how monkeys are very exciting and playful animals.
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