Spider Monkey

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Spider Monkey
CHEYANNE Year 4
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Characteristics

• The male spider monkey normally weighs 10.8kg
  and the female 9.66kg. Their tails can be up to
  89cm. When the monkey walks its arm touches the
  ground.

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Where spider monkeys live

• Spider monkeys live in Central and South
  America. They live in rainforests of Brazil,
  Peru, and Central Mexico.

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Spider Monkeys and their babies

• Female spider monkeys give birth every 2 to 5
  years
• Young monkeys depend completely on their mothers
  for about ten weeks, but after that time they
  begin to explore on their own and play amongst
  themselves.
• Mothers continue to care for their young for the
  first year of their lives, and often move about
  with their offspring clinging to their backs.

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What they eat

• The spider monkey eats fruit and nuts most of
  the time. They also eat young leaves, flowers,
  roots sometimes wood as well as honey. Sometimes
  they eat Insects, Insects larvae, and bird eggs.
  In the zoo the are fed celery, bananas, raisins,
  apples, oranges and carrots.

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Different Types Of Spider Monkeys

• There are many different types of spider
  monkeys. Some are red-faced spider monkey,
  white-front spider monkey, Peruvian spider
  monkey, brown spider monkey, white-cheeked spider
  monkey, black-headed spider monkey, brown-headed
  spider monkey, Columbian spider monkey,
  Geoffroy's spider monkey, Yucatan spider monkey,
  Mexican spider monkey, ornate spider monkey, and
  hooded spider monkey.