Primates Facts

The world's heaviest primates are morbidly obese humans, who can weigh over 1,000 pounds. After that come gorillas, the largest non-human primates, with males weighing up to 440 pounds in the wild.

Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do.

A male baboon can kill a leopard.

Bonobos are one of the few species where bisexual behavior is the norm, with nearly all adult females engaging in frequent same-sex sexual interactions!

There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.

In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!

Binti Jua, a gorilla at Brookfield Zoo, was carrying her own 17-month-old baby on her back. A 3-year-old boy fell 24 feet into her enclosure and landed unconscious. She crossed the pit and cradled the boy against her chest. Her infant still on her back, she carried him to the keeper door. Six other gorillas were in the enclosure. The boy made a full recovery.

Lemurs chew toxic millipedes and rub the secretions on their fur to repel mosquitoes, but the side effects accidentally send them to another dimension.