The living habits of Rhesus Monkey

Macaques inhabit tropical, subtropical and warm temperate broad-leaved forests, from low hills to 3000~4000 meters above sea level, in secluded and foraging environments. They are one of the species with lower requirements for habitat conditions among existing primates. Like to live in the forest and shrub areas of rocky mountains, especially those rugged rocks, cliffs and mixed with streams and valleys, climbing vines and green trees, are often the most ideal living places for monkeys.

Habits of macaques

Macaques often live in groups of dozens or hundreds, led by Monkey King, living in forests, often like climbing vines and trees, like to find cliffs and caves, and their range of activities is very large. Monkey group in collective action, there will be a "sentinel" standing high sentry, if abnormal conditions are found, that will send a signal, call monkey group to move quickly. If the situation is urgent, macaques will soon disappear without a trace, relying on their proficiency in climbing dangerous cliffs. The size of the monkey colony varies with the habitat environment, and there are usually dozens or dozens of monkeys. Breeding and lack of food season, often cluster larger, so the range of activities is also larger. Good at climbing and jumping, swimming and imitating human movements, there are emotions performance. He likes to throw stones at people when he is restless.

Breeding of macaques

Macaca monkeys generally come into estrus from November to December, give birth from March to June of the following year, or give birth to two babies every three years, each baby gives birth to one baby, the average gestation period is about 5 months, and the lactation period is about 4 months. Female monkeys are sexually mature at 2.5~3 years old, male monkeys are sexually mature at 4~5 years old, but they participate in mating as early as 6~7 years old, and their life span is as long as 25~30 years under breeding conditions.

Food habits of macaques

Macaque leaves, twigs, vegetables and other food, but also eat birds, eggs, all kinds of insects, even earthworms, ants. Wild fruits are greedy for competition, while picking and throwing away, eating only sweet ripe fruits, immature fruits are discarded, so monkeys often break branches and abandon fruits everywhere, so the utilization of wild fruits is relatively low, it is necessary to expand the foraging range, and the activity time is often longer.

Rhesus monkeys fight for king

In real life, every group of monkeys has a monkey king. Monkey King is selected from among many excellent male monkeys. Therefore, the monkey king's tail is often raised high to show its noble status, while other monkeys dare not raise their tails casually. Like the US presidential election, Monkey King also has a "transition" every four years and can also be re-elected.

2, the monkey throne is between the strong through intense struggle, fighting and produced. When the term of each Monkey King was about to expire, those male monkeys who felt that they had the strength to compete would be eager to challenge Monkey King in front of Monkey King. Then, they would fight Monkey King. If Monkey King was defeated, they would compete with other challengers. After a life-and-death battle, the final winner would be the new Monkey King. Those monkeys who lost the battle were all bloodied and crippled. The Monkey King who was ousted would often be expelled from the monkey group and become a lone monkey wandering around. From this, we can see the cruelty of the competition among Monkey Kings.

The reason why the monkeys fought for the throne was because the monkey king enjoyed privileges among the monkeys. Monkey King was very awe-inspiring during his reign. All monkeys must obey Monkey King and must not disobey him. If there was something delicious, Monkey King must eat it first. Monkey king not only eat more than accounted for, but also enjoy the "polygamy" privilege, most adult female monkeys are its "princess", so monkey king is "three palaces and six courtyards, wives and concubines in groups".