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The survival secrets of our incredible animal family.

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Gibbons have the longest arms relative to body size of any primate

The F1 drivers of the canopy world; they can swing over distances of 10m or more.

  • Mandrill males use facial expressions like this one to indicate submission in a fight
  • A single mandrill male dominates a harem of females and fathers 75% of infants born into the troop
  • Philippine tarsier eyeballs are bigger than their stomach which helps them seek out insect prey
  • Red-shanked doucs live in groups with an average size of 4 to 15, but groups of up to 50 have been recorded
  • Japanese macaques are often referred to as snow monkeys
  • Chacma baboons live on savannah scrubland and are one of the few primate species known to sleep in caves
  • Gibbons have the longest arms relative to body size of any primate
  • Bornean orangutans are acrobats of the treetop world and feed mostly on fruit
  • Orangutans have one of the longest childhoods of any animal - young stay with their mothers for up to 10 years
  • Howler monkeys can call at up to 90 decibels – that’s loud enough to damage your hearing

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