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Barbary Macaque

Macaca sylvanus

Photo by hayde
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Description:

It is about 60 cm long and has yellowish brown fur and a bald, pale pink face. Lacking a tail, this macaque has often been incorrectly called an ape. It is the only wild monkey in Europe and may have arrived in medieval times, taken westward during the Muslim Arab territorial expansion. According to legend, British dominion over Gibraltar will end when the Barbary macaque departs.

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well it seems to be remembering something just like a sad incident in it's life
It seems a bit shy, sitting like that. And so human-like!
Pl add this to Primate mission..

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