- Like did you know an ape isn't considered a monkey at all?
These monkey fun facts may surprise you! What do you already know about monkeys?
- The Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys are the furriest and they live in the cold snowy mountains of China.
- The loudest monkeys are Howler monkeys, they are also the loudest land animal with howls so loud they are heard up to three miles away.
- Patas are the fastest monkeys and the fastest primates. They can hit speeds of up to 35 miles per hour which is as fast as a race horse! It takes patas just three seconds to go from zero to full sprint, or 33 miles an hour!
- The brighter the colors are on a Mandrill’s face, the more excited they are! This is one of the best of the monkey fun facts.
- Spider monkeys don’t have thumbs but they do have prehensile tails that help them grip the branch. This helps them to move from branch to branch.
- If you’re a White-faced Capuchin Monkeys and you want to say hello to another monkey, you do so by sticking a finger up their nose.
- Monkeys show their love and affection and apologies by grooming one another.
- Monkeys have tails but apes don’t have tails.
- Monkeys each have a unique fingerprint, just like humans.
- Monkeys sit in trees to sleep. They balance on the branches, resting on their bottoms and usually upright. This is security for monkeys to keep them away from predators.
- Titi monkeys mate for life and show love by intertwining their tales, along with holding hands and cuddling. Aww, this is the cutest of the monkey fun facts.
- Spider Monkeys are social monkeys and like to be in a group of up to 36 others. At night, they will split into smaller groups of about six to find a place to sleep.
- Monkeys can live between 10 and 50 years.
- The tail of a Howler Monkey is crazy long, about five times as long as its body.
- Many monkeys are endangered already or even at risk of dying out completely. People have monkeys as pets and even hunt them for their meat and fur.
- There was a new monkey found in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007 and it was the Lesula Monkey.
- Hindu religion has a human-like monkey god called Hanuman. He is known for courage, strength and longevity to the person who thinks of him.
- A Rhesus Monkey named Albert I was the first living creature in space and he even made it there before humans ever did. He launched up into space from White Sands New Mexico on June 11th, 1948. This is one of the craziest of the monkey fun facts.
- In parts of the world like Africa, South Asia and China, people eat monkey brains.
- The smallest monkey in the world is the Pygmy Marmoset and it’s about the size of a mini banana or about 4-4½ inches.
- Pygmy Marmoset monkeys have teeth that pierce the trunks of trees to get sap.
- A male Proboscis monkey’s nose can be longer than 3.9 inches and woo females.
- Night monkeys from South Africa sleep 17 hours a day.
- Depending on the species of monkey, come can see colors while others may only see in black and white.
- There is only one continent without any monkeys and that’s Antarctica.
- Monkeys like to eat plants but also meat like bird eggs, small insects and lizards.
- There are more than 25 calls that come out of a Squirrel Monkeys mouth. They can sound like peeps, screams, barks, squawks or even purrs.
- New World monkeys live in North, Central and South America whereas Old World Monkeys are in Asia and Africa.
- Monkeys are sold as “bushmeat” in Africa, bushmeat meaning the meat of wild animals.
Which of these monkey fun facts are your favorite? Tell me about it in the comments!