Monkeys don't natively live in areas where those types of winter adaptations are necessary.
They evolved to live in tropical areas of the earth.
2007-02-08 16:23:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Although most monkeys live in warm climates, some do survive in extreme environments. The Japanese macaque manages to survive the winter cold on the Japanese island of Honshū—the only nonhuman primate to survive that far north. A few tropical monkeys survive on high mountains well above the snow line, some at elevations as high as 4,000 m (13,000 ft). These high-altitude species include the Asian snub-nosed langurs, the African vervet, and several species of macaques. Monkeys can also survive in extreme deserts. In southwest Africa, for example, a troop of yellow baboons lives in the Namib Desert, where rainfall averages just a few inches a year.
Snow monkeys belong to a group of primates called macaques, short-tailed monkeys that inhabit mountain and rocky regions in Asia and North Africa. About 60,000 macaques live in Japan's hilly forests, where the winters are cold and the snow is deep.
One troupe of Japan's macaques, however, learned a unique way to cope with these conditions. Monkeys in the Nagano prefecture watched local people bathing in outdoor tubs and, on frigid winter days, joined them.
This became so common that in 1967, using rocks and natural hot springs, people built the monkeys a pool of their own. Today the area is a popular park, hosting about 250 snow monkeys.
Some monkeys fur grows thicker during winter which helps keep them warm. They will also move deeper into the forests where the winter wind is less chilling. They will dig for shrubs and food. Some breeds of monkey will turn to eating meat during winter such as, insects, worms, small rodants etc.
Other breeds of monkeys will in so many words "FEAST" in Autum. They will consumme large numbers of fallen berries, leaves and shrubs and then when winter falls they will remain in the trees and live it out. These monkeys will eat snow from branches inplace of water to drink.
2007-02-09 03:40:26
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answered by Mystic Magic 5
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SERIOUSLY? You should already know this.. YOU are at best only 95% genetically removed from said Lesser monkey (at best)
(this is a serious genetic and biological answer BTW)
You havent read yer school books have you.. even the lying BS ones have Chimps at 97% DNA match (But not the closest Kiddies.. they lied there is another thats closer 99.7%)
So what do you do ??? talking monkey that asked this question? Yer so fracking smart.. you tell us.. we already know the answer...
(sorry but someone had to point ot the ***** somewhere along the line.. tag yer teacher.. they deserve it if they are even asking this question.. Teachers are often .. Umm IDIOTS?) Which is why they really cant get a really GOOD JOB..
worst place to get an education is in a school.. School isnt education its PROGRAMMING..
2007-02-08 17:05:53
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answered by darchangel_3 5
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I'm not positive, but I'm not sure that monkeys (wild monkeys) live where there is "winter". Aren't they native to warm climates?
2007-02-08 16:20:52
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answered by Laura C 3
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Adapt, but they typically live in tropical climates, so there's very little adapting to be done.
2007-02-08 16:20:48
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answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7
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monkeys mainly just eat bananas until they feel so sick they cant even feel the cold .
so i think they adapt .
2014-01-14 10:07:23
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answered by Pie 1
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what kind of monkey?
2007-02-08 16:19:02
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answered by LabGrrl 7
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None! They just go bananas!!
2007-02-08 16:19:03
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answered by Anonymous
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