How would the feeding habits of a monkey be affected if it had a large heavy body?
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Answer:
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Explanation:
If a monkey had a larger body (say the double of its size).
It's energy needs would also increase which means that it would have to eat more and more food. The average food consumption of a monkey is
1 to 2.4 kg which would become 2 to 5 kg.
The food eaten by monkeys gives them almost 07 to 6.2 megajoules of energy, which would also double.
Monkeys are omnivores. This means that they eat meat and plant-based foods. Most monkeys eat nuts, fruits, seeds and flowers. Some monkeys also eat meat in the form of bird's eggs, small lizards, insects and spiders. They also eat leaves, flowers, nuts, and insects in the wild. A zoo in England even decided to stop feeding its monkeys bananas, because they're too sugary. Monkeys do enjoy bananas. A study from 1936 even offered monkeys fruits, vegetables, nuts, and bread to see what they would choose to eat more of. But as body size increases so does the preference for juicier foods. Species like Saki monkeys can eat between 45 and 50 species of fruit every day, often consuming their "five a day" in a hour of foraging. Larger animals including Howler monkeys and Woolly Spider monkeys preferred leaves and foliage.