Protecting the Brown Spider Monkey
~ Meet the Brown Spider Monkey ~ The brown spider monkey, or Ateles hybridus, is an endangered species of monkey found only in one region of the world. They are rather small, typically weighing in from 6.5 to 8.5 kilograms, however they have relatively long limbs. Thanks to their very long tail, they can easily swing between branches. You'll need to head to the northwestern-most portions of South America to find a brown spider monkey. More specifically, in northeastern Colombia's middle Magdalena River basin, in the Perija Mountains, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta's southeastern areas, and lastly across the Andes, bringing you into the western portion of Venezuela. Ripe, fleshy fruits are crucial to the brown spider monkey, making up roughly 80% of the monkey's diet. While they mostly eat fruits, they'll also eat young flowers, leaves, seeds, aerial roots, and decaying wood, especially during times of fruit shortages. They also disperse l...