Monkey Facts

• Monkeys and gorillas are part of the primate family.
• Monkeys don't talk about Monkey Club.
• Monkey was a great TV programme...FACT!
• Gorillas walk on their nuckles so all the body weight wont go on their hands.  
• Monkeys and gorillas are usually found in groups or down the pub.
• They swing on trees to stay away from predetors.
• Monkeys do not like to be touched (unless instructed to do so by a Monkey)
• Do not make direct eye contact with Monkey for more than 4 seconds
• Monkeys have an IQ of 174 ....same as George W Bush.
• Monkeys have no patience.
• Monkeys love to be massaged, however, do not rub Monkeys the wrong way.
• Monkeys can and will exhibit outbursts of sudden and deadly rage if provoked.
• Most monkeys are very dangerous and some are not.  
• Monkeys can weigh up to 100 pounds or 45 kgs.. Their tails can be as long as 3 feet. They have opposable thumbs....just like me mate Dave.  
• Monkeys can live in trees, grasslands, mountains , forests or on high plains.
• Monkeys eat fruit, grass, leaves, eggs, insects and spiders, not Snickers. 
• Hawks, people and eagles are predators of monkeys.
• A group of monkeys is called a troop.
• The loudest monkey is the Howler Monkey.
• There are about 125 species of monkeys.
• Monkeys don't go to school.