The monkey is one of the Zodiac signs for 2016.
In the wild, monkeys live in herds led by a male and several females. They are omnivores, and eat a variety of foods including fruits, leaves, seeds, vegetables, bark, insects, flowers, and honey. They may also eat each other and certain mushrooms. In captivity, monkeys are often fed a high-protein diet, which is more like what they would eat in the wild.
Despite their reputation for being destructive, monkeys are actually very gentle creatures. They are social animals that express affection by grooming each other. They use grooming to clean each other of dirt, parasites, and dead skin cells. They also use it to make peace with other members of their troop or group. Monkeys can also communicate with body language, which is a form of speech that includes yawning and head bobbing.
Monkeys are incredibly intelligent and adapt well to their environments, which is why they are so popular in movies and books. They are the inspiration for many fictional characters, such as Curious George, Monsieur Eek, and the winged monkeys from L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
While monkeys are fun and interesting to learn about, they should not be kept as pets. Keeping monkeys as pets is extremely cruel and unnatural for them, as they are usually hunted from their natural habitat and then held in abhorrent conditions until they can be sold on the underground animal trafficking market. In addition, most of the monkey species are endangered due to environmental factors and human encroachment.