What kind of animal is a monkey and what kind of animal is a water monkey?

A mammal of the primate monkey family.

Monkey is an umbrella term. Many of the primates are called monkeys.

Primates are one order of mammals, the highest group of the animal kingdom, with a well-developed brain; orbits facing anteriorly, orbital spacing narrow; The toes (fingers) of the hands and feet are separated, and the thumbs are flexible, and most of them can be held opposite to the other toes (fingers). He is also one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

Water monkeys are otters. The scientific name of the water monkey is otter, which is an animal of the family Weaselidae and the genus Otter.

The otter is also very intelligent, small in size, but very strong, can make a big splash underwater, can also dive underwater for a long time, or dive for a long distance, and will sleep on the water, in the water can be described as elusive, and they can bite off the shore of the teacup thick tree, and drag the tree in the water, people only look to see the big tree, it is difficult to see it in the water, so its various deeds are often mistaken for "water ghosts" are doing tricks.

Habitat of otters:Otters live mainly in rivers and lakes, and especially in wooded streams and rivers on both sides. Large areas of marshland, low-lying waters, ponds, and mountainous areas where fish farming is abundant, are also common for otters.

Otters inhabit coastal areas where brackish and freshwater meet, and often go fishing in the sea. As a result, some of the smaller islands near the coast also have otter distributions.

According to the research of scientists, in fact, the water monkey that everyone says is very likely to be an "otter", because the otter has many characteristics, which are very similar to the water monkeys that people say, the otters are secretive, they are very flexible in the water, but the otters who go ashore are more clumsy, so many scientists think that the water ghosts are otters.

Water monkeys take advantage of the fact that people are not paying attention, sneaking to the side of humans and dragging people who fall into the water to the bottom of the water, so many people will push the reason on the water monkeys after drowning, although many people have heard of water monkeys, in fact, they have never seen water monkeys, so there is no scientific basis to prove that there are really water monkeys in the world.

Legend Description:

The "water monkeys" are "water ghosts" and live naturally where there is water. In large rivers and remote mountain ponds and reservoirs, "water monkeys" sometimes "breathe" on the shore.

They generally live in the water, but sometimes they come ashore, and are mostly found in wild water sources such as mountain ponds and reservoirs. Water monkeys are dependent on water, and their limbs are weak after ten minutes of being out of water. In the water, the water monkey is several times more powerful than humans, so if it is held in the water, it is life-threatening.

Folklore has it that water monkeys have great and mysterious power in the water, and can dig under the water to shuttle through different ponds and rivers, catch the person who falls into the water and drag them to the bottom of the water, and cover the victim's seven orifices with silt, causing them to suffocate to death, and even legend has it that the water monkey sucks human blood, eats human nails and eyeballs.

The water monkey is a creature that is said to live in the water, and resembles an ape.

Water monkeys are commonly known as "water ghosts" in folklore, and are also called "water lion ghosts" and "water ghouls". The "water monkeys" are "water ghosts" and live naturally where there is water. In large rivers and remote mountain ponds and reservoirs, "water monkeys" sometimes "breathe" on the shore.

The fetish said

However, the legendary water monkey has its more mysterious characteristics.

1) Water monkeys will drag people or animals on the shore into the water;

2) Water monkeys are extremely powerful in the water, and it is difficult to get ashore once they are dragged into the water;

3) mainly active at night;

4) Once ashore, it loses its magical powers;

Apparently these characteristics are unexplained by otter theory, and otters can only attack smaller creatures. And the legendary water monkey can drag a large creature like a cow into the water. As a result, some people believe that the water monkey is another mysterious creature that has not yet been discovered by humans, unlike otters.

1. Gibbons

Gibbons are the smallest and most agile of the four species of apes (orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and gibbons) in existence. Named for the length of her forearms, the gibbon has flexible wrist joints that allow her to move like a swing through the woods. Gibbons are found only in the tropical rainforests, monsoon forests and evergreen broad-leaved forests of Southeast Asia and southern China, and are one of Asia's most precious natural heritages.

2. Orangutans

Orangutans are also tropical animals of our Asia. They are found in the forests of Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia. Orangutans are large animals with many, dense fur and a reddish-brown color.

Males are larger than females. Males can reach a height of meters and weigh up to 85 kilograms. The arms are very long, and the two arms can reach meters, which is more than twice as long as a person.

3. Chimpanzees

Chimpanzee is a tropical African forest animal, also known as black ape, it has black body hair, prominent eyebrow ridges, long face and protruding jaws. The chimpanzee's ears are so large that they distinguish it from the other three species of apes. Male chimpanzees weigh 56-80 kg, females weigh 45-68 kg; Standing upright with a height of meters, they have lived near the Earth's equator for generations.

4. Gorillas

Gorillas are also forest animals of tropical Africa. Scientists divide gorillas into three subspecies: western lowland gorillas, mountain gorillas, and eastern lowland gorillas, according to their different habitats and differences between individuals. This is the largest ape in existence, so it is called a gorilla.

Adult male gorillas, very tall and burly, generally weigh more than 200 kilograms, according to records, the largest can reach 300 kilograms, the body height is more than meters, and the arms can reach meters.

Features:

The vast majority of primates live in some form of arboreal or semi-arboreal life, with the exception of ring-tailed lemurs, baboons and macaques that live terrestrial or in rocky areas. They usually move in small family groups but also in large groups.

Most are able to walk upright, but not for long. They are mostly active during the day, and those who are active at night include finger monkeys, some large lemurs, night monkeys, etc. The great lemur and the lemur take a few to several weeks of summer sleep during the hot and dry season.

There are many types of monkeys, including macaques, slow loris, spider monkeys, colobus monkeys, langurs, red-faced monkeys, baboons, mandrills, golden snub-nosed monkeys, black langurs, etc. Macaques live in tropical forests in Asia and Africa, and are also produced in Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang and other places in China. Most of them live in dense forests near rivers, camp trees, live in groups, and their bodies are densely covered with yellow fine hairs except for their faces, ears, palms, feet, and arms, and their eyes are facing forward, and their nostrils are very close.

Macaques can hold things with their hands and feet, which is suitable for the life of climbing and jumping on trees, often walking on all fours after getting off the ground, and sometimes they can walk upright on their hind legs, the shape and number of teeth are similar to people, eating fruits and seeds, but also eating bird eggs and insects, there is a sac on each cheek on both sides of the mouth, and the food eaten into the mouth, if it is too late to chew for a while, it is temporarily stored in the cheek pouch, and then chewed and swallowed when it is free, the brain of the macaque is very developed, the brain is not only large, but also covers the rest of the brain, And there are many grooves on the surface, so the surface area of the brain increases a lot, because the brain is developed, so the behavior of macaques is complex, memory and imitation are very strong, and the circus often trains macaques to perform various movements. Monkeys are primates, many of their movements are similar to those of humans, and their intelligence is second only to that of humans and apes. Its brain structure is also very similar to that of humans.

There are more than 100 species of monkeys, and the smallest monkey in the world lives in Ecuador, Brazil and Peru and is called the "marmoset". These monkeys are only 30 centimeters including their tails, and their tails take up half of them, and they eat flies, mosquitoes, spiders, and moths, so they are also called insectivorous monkeys. The largest monkey in the world is the African baboon, which is 90 centimeters to one meter tall and weighs more than 50 kilograms.

The most precious monkey in the world is the Chinese golden snub-nosed monkey, which has a blue face, a nostril facing the sky, and a shiny golden hair on its shoulders. Wild monkeys like to live in groups, with a strong male monkey as the "monkey king" and the other male monkeys as "guards" to protect the mother and baby monkeys. For example, when baboons search for food and water, they act in groups, and the strongest and bravest males form a "vanguard" to lead the way.

If they encounter lions or other predators, the "vanguard" rushes up to fight, and the baboons in the surrounding trees shout loudly to help them fight. The monkeys of Mount Emei also "block the road and rob", making tourists cry and laugh. Monkeys are trained to perform monkey shows, acrobatics, and help people.

Malaysian trained monkeys can climb coconut trees more than 20 meters high to pick coconuts, and a monkey can pick more than 1,000 in a day. The British trained monkeys to ride dogs to herd sheep. Veterinarians in Japan use monkeys as assistants to help doctors operate on animals.

Americans train monkeys to work as nannies for quadriplegics.

Monkey is a general term for mammalian primates, omnivorous, fruit-based, and does not let go of readily available meat, and is a member of three species of ape primates. It is widely distributed all over the world, and can be divided into three categories: low, medium and high in terms of evolution.

Compared to other mammals, primates have much larger brains, and primates rely more on stereo vision, and their sense of smell is not as good as that of most animals.

The primates develop later and mature later than other animals with a similar body size, but they also have a longer lifespan.

Primates are found in the warm regions of Asia, Africa and the Americas, and are the highest taxa in the animal kingdom.