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At the primate exhibit at the zoo, you notice a slew of monkeys dangling from branches by their tails. The information plaque notes that they are colobus, macaques, and baboons. When you read this, you immediately seek out the zookeeper to complain there is an error. What is wrong with the plaque?

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none of those monkeys have prehensile tails.

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Answer:

none of those monkeys have prehensile tails.

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Tail preensil the type of tail that clings to some structure, such as that of some primates, that allows them to attach themselves to trees. The seahorse has this feature. Although some primates have a prehensile tail, the primates exposed in the above question do not have such a tail, so the caregiver should prevent them from hanging on the trees by their tails to avoid injury.

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