Photo from birdphotos.com (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEven if you never get to see the Night Monkey, I am sure you will have plenty of opportunities to hear them.\u00a0 These monkeys may be small but they sure are loud.\u00a0 In fact they have a variety of noises that they can make.\u00a0 Some of the sounds in their vast repertoire include grunts, screams, moans, shrills and even gulps and hoots. \u00a0 Why is it always the nocturnal animals that make such loud noises?\u00a0 Is this nature’s cruel joke so we can’t get any sleep?<\/p>\n
Night Monkey Fast Fact – <\/strong>The Night Monkeys are one of the few New World Monkeys that are not able to see colour.\u00a0 In reality, it probably wouldn’t be much of a benefit to see colour if you are only active at night.\u00a0 Other monkeys may be able to see the vibrant colours of the world but the Owl Monkey has higher spatial resolution at night which allows them to catch insects and move about in the dark of the night.\u00a0 Personally, I wouldn’t give up my seeing colours for better night vision but then again, I am not a Night Monkey.<\/p>\nWell that does it for Monkey Monday.\u00a0 I hope today’s fact started your week off just right.\u00a0 If it didn’t then I suggest looking at the second picture of the monkeys again.\u00a0 See, even they are smiling because it’s Monday.\u00a0 Enjoy the rest of your day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In order to get the week of Wild Facts started off on a the right foot, I figured we would do another Monkey Monday.\u00a0 For some reason, talking about monkeys always makes me laugh and puts me into a great mood.\u00a0 Let’s face it, we could all use an uplifting Wild Fact to start the week off.\u00a0 The monkey that has the task of turning a plain ol’ Monday into a barrel of laughs is the Night Monkey, also known as the Owl Monkey.\u00a0 These little monkeys are widely distributed throughout the forests of Central and South America.\u00a0 It sure <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,305,306,1617,1613,1615,4025,1614,1616],"yoast_head":"\n
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