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Spider Monkeys!!! Spider monkeys live in central and south America and some parts of Mexico. They like to eat nuts ,fruits ,leaves bird eggs and insects. They live in groups of 2-3 dozen. They communicate using calls, screeches, barks and other sounds. Spider monkeys are usually golden, red, buff, brown or black.

Orang-utans!!! Orangutans live in Malaysia on the island of Borneo and Sumatra.in the wild orangutans live to 45 years or more. The oldest ever recorded was Guas at philadelphia zoo who lived to 58! They like to eat fruit ,nectar ,bark ,leaves ,insects and fungi .orangutans diet is 90% fruits.females have their first baby at 14-15 years. Pregnancy lasts 8 and a half weeks.

Jaguar Jaguars live in the amazon rainforest. They weigh about 200- 250 pounds. They are 5 and a half -8 feet long. They like living near water and they can swim. Eats anything it catches but prefers peccaries, tapirs, deer and cattle. They are alone and hunt by them self but during mating season they look for a partner. When they have babys they have 1-4 babys in 1 go