If someone asks what monkeys like to eat? I believe that 99% of people will answer bananas or peaches! Is that really the answer? As we all know, many places on the earth do not produce bananas or peaches, and where there are no bananas and peaches, what do monkeys like to eat? There is also the fact that in Chinese fairy tales monkeys love to eat peaches, and in Western fairy tales monkeys like to eat bananas! Why? Today, Xiaobian will tell you about whether monkeys love to eat bananas, peaches and why people take it for granted that monkeys like to eat bananas or peaches.
Monkeys eat peaches
Let's first understand what the monkey's food is
Zoologists have done a lot of research on different species of monkeys and found that different types of monkeys eat different foods! Most monkey recipes include fruits, plant leaves, seeds, nuts, flowers, insects, spiders, animal eggs and small animals, etc. The researchers also found that most of the monkeys were vegetarians, but some were carnivores! For example, the golden bear monkey and the tarsier, whose diet is mainly a variety of insects, the african baboon eats insects, bird eggs, antelope and lizards in addition to fruit! The marmoset is one of the most special recipes among monkeys, and its favorite food is to bite through the trunk of the tree and eat the sap that flows out.
At present, researchers have not found any direct evidence that monkeys are born to eat "bananas" or "peaches", and researchers have found that foods like bananas and peaches, which are high in sugar, more water, and less fiber, contain a lot of calories and sugar themselves, and sugar is very unfavorable to monkeys' teeth, which may lead to diabetes and other similar diseases, plus bananas and peaches do not have enough protein and fiber to keep monkeys healthy, so "bananas" or "peaches" are not the ideal food for monkeys!
What is the reason why people now think that monkeys love to eat "bananas" or "peaches"?
Curious George
People in Western countries think that the reason why monkeys love to eat bananas is because of a well-known cartoon character in the Western world "Curious George", this cartoon character is a brown chimpanzee who lost his parents from childhood, in the story George is an orangutan who loves to eat bananas, because of the cartoon image, many people regard George as a monkey, it is because of the huge influence of the image of "Curious George", over time, so that people who have seen "Curious George" think that monkeys love to eat bananas!
Trivia: "Curious George" published for more than 70 years, has been translated into more than 20 languages, the cumulative sales of more than 70 million copies, in Europe and the United States, generations of people are watching the story of "Curious George" grew up, this image in the hearts of children in Europe and the United States is like the Chinese children's heart of Sun Wukong!
In traditional Chinese culture, peaches are auspicious, Chinese think that monkeys love to eat peaches because of the novel "Journey to the West", based on this novel, movies, cartoons, TV series, there are monkey king Sun Wukong eating peach pictures and scenes, these film and television works have influenced generations! So much so that we Chinese take it for granted that monkeys love peaches!
This article is the first children's science essay contest in Zhengzhou City
Author: Force Writing Team - Immovable as a mountain
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