The Johannesburg Zoo celebrated Father’s Day on June 18 by giving their animals treats in the form of fruits and vegetables.
Here are quick facts about Mandrill baboons:
- The mandrill is a large Old World monkey native to west-central Africa. It is one of the most colourful mammals in the world, with red and blue skin on its face and posterior.
- The species is sexually dimorphic, as males have a larger body, longer canine teeth and brighter colouring.
- Mandrills feed on fruit, roots, insects, and small reptiles and amphibians.
- They live in troops consisting of a male and several (occasionally up to 20) females along with their young.
Information obtained from Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/animal/mandrill
Quick facts about the Colobus monkey:
- Black-and-white colobuses are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. They are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of the genus Piliocolobus.
- There are five species of this monkey, and at least eight subspecies.
- They are herbivores
- The species weigh four to 14 kilograms (11 TO 30 POUNDS)
- Their lifespan is 20 years in the wild
- Their gestation is four to six months
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