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23 Mind-Blowing Monkey Facts Your Kids Will Love (2022)

Monkeys sleep while sitting in trees, often upright!
Do you have a child who absolutely loves monkeys? It’s understandable! Monkeys are close relatives to humans, and they are very intelligent animals, making it easy for kids to relate to them.

As a general rule, kids loves watching monkeys play, eat, swing through the branches, and care for their young.

When a child is really interested in a topic, you can help support them in their interest by sharing fun facts with them.

Here are 50 mind-blowing Monkey Facts your kids will find fascinating:

There are over 264 different species of monkeys around the world. (Source: KonnectHQ Nature & Science)
2. Monkeys have opposable thumbs, which enables them to use tools and play games. Do you think you could beat a monkey in a video game? (Source: livescience.com)


3. There are two main types of monkeys: New World monkeys live in the Americas (North America, Central America, and South America). Old World monkeys live in Asia and Africa. One difference between the two types is that Old World monkeys don’t have prehensile (gripping) tails; New World monkeys do. (Source: livescience.com)

4. Old-world monkeys fill their cheek pouches with food. They swallow it later when they find a safe place to rest.

5. Monkeys eat nuts, fruits, seeds, and flowers. Some monkeys also eat meat like bird eggs, small animals like lizards, small insects and spiders. (Source: livescience.com)


Monkeys eat plant-based foods, and also meat in the form of bird eggs, small insects, and lizards.
6. Howler monkeys are the loudest monkeys (and the loudest land animal) and can be heard from up to 3 miles away. (Source: National Geographic)

7. A Howler Monkey has an extremely long tail that is five times as long as its body.


A howler monkey can be heard up to three miles away. That’s a pretty loud animal!
8. The Pygmy Marmoset is the world’s smallest known monkey. It’s about the size of a banana. That’s about 4 – 4 ½ inches. (Source: National Geographic & KonnectHQ Nature & Science)

9. The Pygmy Marmoset monkey (the smallest monkey) has teeth that allow it to gouge into the trunks of trees to get sap. That’s one way to get syrup for your pancakes! (Source: livescience.com)


The Pygmy Marmoset monkey is the smallest monkey. It’s about as big as a banana!
10. The nose of male Proboscis Monkeys can exceed 3.9 inches (10 centimeters), and is thought to woo females. That means the bigger the nose, the more the ladies like ’em! (Source: livescience.com)

11. Squirrel Monkeys have more than 25 different calls. These calls can sound like barks, purrs, screams, peeps, and squawks. You’re lucky there isn’t a Squirrel Monkey outside your bedroom window, or you’d never sleep! (brittanica.com)

12. The Lesula Monkey was discovered in June 2007 in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Source: journals.plos.org)


The nose of male proboscis monkeys can exceed 3.9 inches (10 centimeters), and is thought to woo females.
13. Adult monkeys can live between 10 and 50 years. (Source: KonnectHQ Nature & Science)

14. Monkeys have tails, but apes don’t. Now you know! (Source: KonnectHQ Nature & Science)

15. Every monkey has a unique fingerprint, just like humans. Do you think they use their fingerprint to unlock their iPhone? (Source: KonnectHQ Nature & Science)

16. Antarctica is the only continent with no monkeys. Can you think of the other six continents? (Source: KonnectHQ Nature & Science)

17. The furriest monkeys are Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys who live in the cold snowy mountains of China. (Source: National Geographic)


Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys need a lot of fur because they live in the mountains of China!
18. Patas are the fastest monkeys (and the fastest primates!). They can run up to 35 miles per hour, or as fast as a race horse. They can sprint from zero to 33 miles an hour in just three seconds. (Source: National Geographic)

19. Patas live in groups divided by sex. That means a male Patas monkey lives only with other males and females live only with other females. (Sourse: livescience.com)


Patas are the fastest monkey and can run up to 35 miles per hour!
20. Capuchin Monkeys are sometimes kept as pets, but they are not domesticated. Wildlife experts strongly advise against keeping Capuchin Monkeys as pets. (Source: National Geographic)

21. White-throated Capuchin Monkeys spend most of their lives in trees. (Source: National Geographic)

22. Capuchins Monkeys actually use tools. For example, they smash nuts with rocks and use large branches to club snakes. (Source: livescience.com)

23. White-faced Capuchin Monkeys say hello by sticking their finger up each other’s noses. Yep, it’s true. (Source: National Georgraphic)

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