Spiders remind us of two things: flimsy cobwebs, and little dangling legs that hang upside down on patterned threads.
The spider monkeys do the same! They can hang upside down by their tails that hold on to the branch and let their arms and legs dangle in the air!
The spider monkey is a New World monkey and dwells in the upper layers of the Central and South American rainforest canopies.
Its long and skinny limbs are disproportionate and add to its overall largeness in size. The highly dexterous prehensile (gripping) tails function as body balancers while shifting from one branch to another and aids in picking up small objects.
These tree-dwellers are social and diurnal and spend most of the day foraging on fruits, leaves, nuts, and sometimes insects and bird eggs.
The spider monkeys are sold for large amounts of money at the bushmeat market. Massive hunting, coupled with widespread logging, has deprived and driven them off from their natural habitat.
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