In matter, salt is a very important substance for both humans and animals, and different animals have different ways of obtaining salt. Recently, in a zoo in Guiyang, Guizhou, it was filmed: a monkey caught a sparrow, this monkey is not to eat this sparrow, but to find salt from the sparrow, but the sparrow is in the hands of the monkey, can only be teased, can not escape, a helpless face.
At the beginning of the discovery of this monkey to catch the sparrow, they all think that the monkey should be ready to eat the bird, will not easily let go of the bird, after all, in the food chain, the monkey's food source is also relatively extensive, usually eat plant fruits, etc., but will also catch insects and other small animals for food, will also steal bird eggs and so on, monkeys are omnivorous animals, occasionally also carnivores.
But this monkey is not interested in sparrow meat, but constantly combing and sorting out bird feathers for sparrows, etc., in fact, monkeys are looking for salt particles that are produced on the wings of sparrows, etc., which can supplement the physiological balance of animals, maintain normal osmotic pressure such as body fluids, etc. Has a very important role, so the monkey is crazy to find salt on the sparrow, and the sparrow is helpless, and also gives up the struggle to escape, allowing the monkey to dispose of it.
In monkeys, monkeys are always seen sorting hair for the same kind, or grooming the hair of small animals such as cats, which seem to be catching lice, very friendly, but actually because the sweat of the animal contains salt, when the sweat volatilizes, these salts are combined with the dirt on the skin and hair roots into salt particles, which is also one of the sources of salt obtained by monkeys.
In the monkey population, monkeys are social animals, they also have a very strict hierarchy, a monkey group, often only one monkey king, and the monkey king enjoys a variety of benefits, in the monkey group is often "low status" monkeys, to the "high status" monkey hair, but also in the weak, good, knotted and other meanings. But the Monkey King is not permanent, once successfully challenged by other male monkeys, the old Monkey King will be very miserable, will be expelled, and even the consequences of either death or injury.
In the animal world, monkeys are the collective name of mammalian primates, there are about 200 kinds of monkeys known around the world, the body size is also different, the body weight is tens of kilograms, light monkeys are also very light, for example, pygmy marmosets are only between 48 and 79 grams, monkey food is also different, insectivorous mouse lemurs, crab-eating monkeys, etc., leaf-eating langurs, howler monkeys, etc., the vast majority of monkeys are omnivorous.
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