Bald Uakari Monkey
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Description
The Bald Uakari Monkey isvery noticeable, it has a bright pink face with no hair, resembling a mask, andlots of light brown fur on the rest of its body. The uakari monkey lives in theamazon river basin, where the climate is rainy and quite hot. Most of the timethey are in the trees, meaning they are arboreal. Most of the year the basin isflooded but when it isn’t they are able to go down and find food. They eat lotsof fruits, seeds, roots, plants and also insects, they forage during the day.The Uakari Monkeys live in quite a safeenvironment, but they still need to be careful of snakes and large birds whomight eat their offspring.  The Uakaris communicate with sounds and theirtails. They can also make their hair stand up if they feel threatened. Likelots of other animals living near it, its habitat has been threatened bylogging, it is also is hunted sometimes. Females of this species can startmating at the age of 3, and the male at the age of 5 or 6.One of its identifying features is its brightred face, the color comes from the blood underneath its face. They live ingroups of about 30, but can have more. The groups help each other find food andtake care of eachother.  The Uakari is quite small, it only weighs around7 pounds and can be up to half a meter long. The name for this animal comesfrom the people who live near it.For wild Suzhou I'm palmtree and thanks forlistening.
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