MAGNIFICENT BOOK OF MONKEYS AND APES

Designed for ages eight to adult, this beautifully illustrated large book will take you deep into rainforests, across grassy plains and up snowy mountains to meet the extraordinary monkeys and apes that live there. From the tiny pygmy marmoset to the huge Western lowland gorilla, we meet the acrobatic siamang gibbon, the multi-coloured drill and the clever orangutan that makes its own tools. The golden lion tamarin has a magnificent lion-like mane of bright orange fur and is found in southeastern Brazil. For each species there is a fact file with where it lives, habitat such as coastal rainforests, head and body length, weight, lifespan, and diet including fruit, flowers, plant sap, birds' eggs, insects, lizards and frogs. We meet the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) whose songs include trills, chuckles, whistles and growls and who have powerful bodies and strong leg muscles and faces that look almost human surrounded with thick white or black fur. The Hanuman langur is one of the tamest monkeys in the world, a sacred animal in the Hindu religion, excellent climbers with their super long curly tails to help them balance on branches, cliffs and rooftops. They can leap 10-15 metres in one bound and communicate with a variety of barks, coughs, grunts and whoops which can be heard over one mile away. And the capuchin, bonobo, Japanese macaque with its bright red face, the huge colourful artworks are a joy in themselves. With map, colour throughout. 80 large pages 24 x 31cm.