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Female Patas Monkey. Photo by Rasfaya <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Luckily the internet in the Yukon is back up and running.\u00a0 I was seriously pulling my hair out trying to post yesterday’s Wild Fact from my Blackberry. I wanted to end the week with a fun and entertaining Wild Fact.\u00a0 And let’s face it, what is more fun and entertaining than a monkey? So today we are going to the Savannah’s of Africa to learn about the Patas Monkey.\u00a0 What are you waiting for? Grab your running shoes and let’s hit the semi-arid areas of Western Africa (and a portion of East Africa \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n

I really hope you brought your good running shoes for this trip because you will definitely need them.\u00a0 The Patas Monkey can reach speeds up to 55 km\/hr (34 mph) which makes them the fastest primate around.\u00a0 Yes, that is even faster than Usain Bolt who’s top speed was around 44 km\/hr (27 mph).\u00a0 So why are we not entering Patas Monkey’s into the summer Olympics? Oh right, they are monkeys.\u00a0 As you may have guessed by now these are not your typical branch swinging, tree living monkey’s that we are use to.\u00a0 Nope they prefer to live on the ground in more open areas.\u00a0 Obviously this allows them to escape predators by running away without the fear of hitting 28 trees on their escape route.<\/p>\n

Although they don’t hang out in the trees, the Patas Monkey does share the social life of other monkey species.\u00a0 Usually the Patas can be found living in a troop of about 10 individuals.\u00a0 The troop will consist of one male with the remainder of the family being females and their young.\u00a0 Normally when a male reaches 5 years of age he will leave home and find a new troop.\u00a0 I wonder if they get the same feeling that you had as you drove away from your sons college campus.\u00a0 You know the one, right?\u00a0 The dad is grinning ear to ear while the mother is crying all the way home.<\/p>\n

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Infant Patas Monkey - Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Patas Monkey likes to be different so unlike other monkey troops the female is the leader of their troop.\u00a0 Let’s face it, she probably is in the other monkey troops as well but just let’s the male think he is leading.\u00a0 The females in the Patas troop are often seen fighting with other troop leaders while the male just hangs back without a care in the world.\u00a0 Like a good husband though he will spring to life when a predator is on the scene.\u00a0 He will put down his beer and stop watching the football game long enough to try and intimidate the oncoming attacker.\u00a0 He does this be making loud sounds as he slowly walks away from the rest of his troop.\u00a0 Once the predator follows him the female and babies will run away closely followed by the brave male (which is probably closely followed by a cheetah or a hyena).<\/p>\n

Patas Monkey Fast Fact – <\/strong>The Patas Monkey just happens to be the one of the worlds most thriving primate species.\u00a0 I am guessing that humans are also on the list of thriving primates but who knows.\u00a0 The Patas are able to thrive since they live in open grasslands so they don’t have to worry about habitat destruction as much as their tree loving friends.<\/p>\n

Before you head out to enjoy your weekend I recommend you check out the short video clip on the Patas Monkey.\u00a0 It is a pretty interesting video although it does have a very short mating scene towards the end so get ready to cover the young ones eyes.\u00a0 Have a great weekend folks!<\/p>\n

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