ANTA01H3 Lecture 4: Lecture 4.pdf
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Grasping hands to grab branches; gives away character; unlike cat. Lemurs scent mark areas; helps to track and mark path, madagascar: cannot walk on all fours; disproportionate arms and legs impossible, colour blind, well-developed voice, difficult to see far, scent hard to track. Because larger monkeys tend to win in terms of mating = bigger monkeys. Agile vegetarians, best fruit @ ends of branches, dull sense of smell. Selects food by colour: monkeys are the most vividly colourful of all mammals, day monkeys small eyes in contrast to nocturnal monkeys big eyes, different methods to control territory. Most resourceful & adaptable, lives as far north as japan, all over asia: japanese macak; do not hibernate; some move to hot spring areas for warmth, one pop. Love sweet potatoes; clean food before eat them. W/ rice, grab it w mud drop it water sand sinks, rice floats. Babies stay on mother"s back & in process learn the ways of the parents.
