We’ve all been there – talking excitedly about our favourite animals with our friends, giddily sharing facts and bits of infomation…no? Just me, then.
Okay, while not all of us are as vocal as the next guy when it comes to chattering about our favourite animals, one thing I can say we’ve all been guilty of is mixing up what is and isn’t a monkey. While apes and monkeys are both primates, often hanging out in trees and just being generally cool, there are actually a huge amount of differences between these two types of animal and their specific species. It’s with this that The Great Projects wants to share with you all the ways in which our favourite fuzzy friends are set apart. Hey, if it saves one of us from embarrassing ourselves in next week’s pub quiz…
Want to learn more about monkeys? Or have you been left awe-inspired by the apes? Get to know your distant relatives on one of our projects. These animals are becoming increasingly endangered in today's world, so we must do our part to keep them around for generations to come.
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