Zara W BPS

Apes are  monkeys and they are big, scary and black!

• An ape is one of the tailess monkeys
• They are man like
• If I was to go to a tropical forest  western and central Africa and Southeast Asia I would see an ape.
• Apes Swing from tree to tree
• If I were an ape I would sleep in a tree! 
• Unfortunatly they are endangered by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Some fossils for an ape was found about 36.6 million years ago!!!

Info From: Bratanica 2002 Cd Rome

This is about my monkeys passion project and about the different types of monkeys. This is my first slide show project.

Howler monkeys are a type of monkey. The reason they are called Howler monkeys is because of there loud howls they make they can do it from the start of the day till night time. this monkeys sound can travel 3miles [thats a very long way].
When the males monkey howl they are yelleing to protect there land and turf. When a group of monkeys are together they never make the same pattern when they howl. At the zoo the zoo keepers can record there howls. Monkeys hang out in the tops of trees with very green leaves.If you are in the rainforest and there is flying fruit, thats is how you can tell the monkeys ar ecolse or they are in the trees above.[goodluck if you come across them]

INFO FROM: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/SmallMammals/Exhibits/
HowlerMonkeys/LoudestAnimal/default.cfm

• Monkeys are mammals.
• Monkeys faces are flat and they sort of look like a human face.
• Monkey’s hands and feet are made for gripping.
• A group of monkeys is called a troop
• Monkeys can’t catch a cold
• Monkeys may eat bananas but they don’t eat the skin
• The Marmoset (is a type of monkey) is the smallest monkey.
• A baboon is the biggest type of monkey.
• The male Howler (type of monkey) monkey is the loudest land animal. It can be heard a distance of ten miles.
• There are 125 different species of monkeys
• Monkeys can live up to 45 years.
• Monkeys live in grass lands, trees, forests and high plains.
• They eat leaves, fruit, seeds, nuts, grass, roots, eggs, spiders and small mammals.
• Monkey’s tails are like the third hand.
• Monkeys are divided into two groups, Old World monkeys (from Africa, Asia, and Europe) and New World monkeys (from the Americas)
• Monkeys are all different sizes, 120-140 g, the male Mandrill, almost 1 meter long and weighing 35 kg.
• The word monkey is German.

Facts from:
http://webstudent17.basd.k12.wi.us/monkeys/monkeypage.html
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/monkey
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/wduzan/animal_unit/monkey_p.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys