The display board read, "According to the locals, the golden hair monkey will sneeze when it rains because the rainwater falls into their noses, and so say that during rain, the monkeys will hide their heads between their knees to avoid the rain. What do you think?"
Next to the display board was a handle!
Instead of directly providing an answer, it invited visitors to think for themselves. Pulling the handle would reveal a board printed with the answer.
Liu Wei confidently proclaid, "I could figure it out with my toes that rainwater couldn't flow in!"
Gao Kaijin hesitated, "But isn't that what the locals say?"
Wu Jiancong appeared lost in thought, "I also believe it couldn't be the case, otherwise evolution would be too foolish, wouldn't it? If it rains for a good few days, or even one or two weeks, what then? They won't go out for food? They'd kick the bucket."
When they pulled open the board, everyone gathered around to look.
"According to primate experts who have observed in wet and snowy weather multiple tis, they have not found this to be the case.
The experts pointed out that the golden hair monkey's forehead protrudes and their upper hair is also more abundant, which might help deflect rainwater entering their nostrils; and during heavy rain, the monkeys would take shelter under dense tree canopies."
Liu Wei chuckled, "Nice! My guess was spot-on."
Little Precious was at play at this ti!
Running toward a rather low tree trunk, it vaulted over with an arm push.
The entire monkey rolled on the ground, then clambered back up.
Next, it hugged the legs of the perch at the bottom, jumped twice, stepped on the platform, and then hopped onto a young sapling.
Hanging from a branch with one hand, it swung back and forth. Discover hidden stories at My Virtual Library Empire
Then it inverted its body, grasping the branch with its feet instead, hanging for two seconds before swooping down and landing back on the grass.
Despite being only one year old, Little Precious could already perform various climbing and jumping actions with proficiency, displaying agility and liveliness, and was extrely sprightly!
Big Treasure watched Little Precious stretch an arm out, and tugged Little Precious's tail to bring it closer.
Co, baby, co to daddy!
Little Precious seed very uncomfortable and let out a sharp cry!
Dad, don't grab the tail, ow! Mom! Mom! Daddy's pulling my tail!
This caused Leelee and Yaya to turn their heads and look.
The onlookers found it amusing, "Is this how fathers look after kids?"
"Look how happy the child is."
"Dangerous places are safest with dad, safe places are most dangerous with dad!"
"Mothers caring for kids ask if they're cold, if they're hungry, with fathers, as long as they're alive, it's good!"
Gao Kaijin's face twisted in distress as if recalling so painful experience, "When I was in elentary school, my dad took to the amusent park, damn, he just brought to the drop tower, even lied saying it was fun.
I still rember the confusion of suddenly dropping, and that sensation of my heart stopping!
After getting off, I even forgot to cry, ended up having a fear of heights ever since."
Wu Jiancong looked at him, "It's not nice to say, but I really want to laugh! Hahahahahahaha!"
He burst into laughter, slapping his thigh.
Liu Wei, understandingly, patted Gao Kaijin's shoulder, "Brother, your dad must have been pretty happy having such a toy like you!"
Big Treasure cradled Little Precious and hopped onto the perch, rubbing against it a couple of tis, as if to soothe, "There, there, it's all good, don't cry, will you play with daddy for a bit?"
But Little Precious remained reluctant, trying to break free and started to cry out loudly.
Big Treasure turned his head and saw Yaya approaching, panicked, opened his mouth wide, looking back and forth between Little Precious and Yaya!
Yaya had her back to the visitors, but probably didn't look too pleased at that mont!
What are you doing? The baby is crying out in pain!
Big Treasure: Wife, listen to explain, I was just playing with the kid! Look, everything's fine, not missing an arm or a leg.
Little Precious: Wuuuuuu!
Yaya: What's there to explain? Just give back my child imdiately!
She stood up, reached out, and snatched Little Precious from Big Treasure's embrace.
Holding Little Precious in her arms, it finally cald down and stopped making shrill, noisy cries.
Yaya crouched down, in the stance of soone drawing a circle in the corner to curse you, clutching Little Precious tightly, appearing very angry, "You just can't take care of a child properly!"
Big Treasure jumped down from the perch!
He also crouched on the ground, sliding his arms under Yaya's armpits, wrapping her with his broad chest as if to apologize and beg for forgiveness, "Wife, I was wrong! Please forgive !"
Everyone watching was stunned!
No one expected the golden hair monkey to act so human-like.
Yaya's sulking appearance, with Big Treasure's comforting embrace, how was this any different from a human couple quarreling?
The animal keepers were also surprised by the scene as they had only learned about the monkeys' behaviors from the materials provided by the zoo since the golden hair monkeys were new.
Many interactions between the monkeys were novel to him as well.
Amidst his surprise, he did not forget his duty to explain, "Look at the golden snub-nosed monkey's embracing action, doesn't it look very human?
Their way of kissing is to kiss the back, not the face.
The various behaviors of golden hair monkeys indeed share many similarities with us humans!
For instance, when the baby monkeys are weaning, they would snuggle into their mother's chest. The mother monkey would cover her Mimi with her arm or simply turn her head away. At this ti, the infant would cry woefully, which is very pitiable.
If the mother monkey gives in once, but decisively refuses the next ti, and the infant sees that acting cute doesn't work, it'll throw a tantrum, crying and tossing its head to make the mother's heart waver.
Isn't this very similar to our human babies' crying fits?"
"Wow~"
The crowd exclaid in surprise.
Big Treasure hugged Yaya for a while, but it seed she hadn't forgiven him.
Hmph!
She walked away slowly, on all fours.
Seeing Yaya leave, Big Treasure faithfully followed behind her.
Yang Yue curiously said, "Hey, where's the little monkey?"
Jiang Lan pointed, "The little monkey is hanging under the mother monkey's belly!"
"Oh, I see it now!"
As Big Treasure and Yaya walked away, the crowd's attention shifted to Leelee, who was pulling up grass to eat. Liu Wei asked puzzledly, "Speaking of which, why were those two mother monkeys sitting on the ground pulling up grass to eat just now? Is the food we're feeding them not enough?"
The animal keeper explained, "Generally, don't we all think monkeys like to eat fruit? But that's not the case with golden hair monkeys. They live in the mountains where there aren't many fruit trees, and due to the stark seasonal changes, fruit is only available in autumn.
So, the main diet of the golden hair monkeys includes lichen, bark, and tender leaf buds.
These foods are high in cellulose, and their stomachs have evolved to be different from those of other primates, more similar to that of a cow, with compartnts in the stomach, one of which is used to cultivate microorganisms that fernt and break down the hard-to-digest cellulose.
That is why golden hair monkeys have a 'beer belly' because their 'stomach is as big as a cow's'!"
"No wonder their bellies look so round and chubby!"
The animal keeper said, "So, it's quite normal for golden hair monkeys to eat grass, and it's not because we haven't fed them enough.
Also, a reminder to everyone, please don't feed the golden hair monkeys. Their diet can't withstand the sa disturbances as other omnivorous primates.
Once at the capital city zoo, a golden hair monkey was curled up in a corner, listless and belching non-stop with a sour odor, then it started to vomit frequently, and eventually died of heart failure despite rescue efforts. When they opened the stomach during the autopsy, it was full of bread and carrots fed by visitors.
It was because of eating these things that it died from bloating, increased abdominal pressure compressing the heart and lungs."
So people felt heavy-hearted, while others were indignant!
They all declared that they would never feed the monkeys, and if they saw soone else feeding them, they would surely intervene.
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