The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom

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The mandrill's preferred fruits include those of the cashew species Pseudospondias microcarpa, the coffee species Nauclea diderrichii and the wort species Psorospermum febrifugum. [40] Mandrills consume more seeds than many other primate species. [38] Adult male mandrills are one of the few primates capable of biting through the hard shell of Detarium microcarpum seeds. [39] For vegetation, they mostly eat the young leaves, shoots and piths of monocot plants. [38] In particular, mandrills consume leaves from the arrowroots Haumania liebrechtsiana and Trachyphrynium braunianum, as well as the piths of ginger plants like Renealmia macrocolia and species in the genus Aframomum. [40] They are also known to consume mushrooms. [38] The blue part of a mandrill’s butt is skin, not fur. The skin is covered in tiny ridges and bumps, each containing a cluster of pigment cells. As a result, the skin looks like a mosaic of blue, purple, and pink tiles when viewed up close. Underneath the skin, there are blood vessels that help to regulate the monkey’s body temperature. Lesula Red bottoms in female monkeys signal to the males that they are ready to mate. In some species of monkeys, such as the mandrill, males have colorful butts that indicate their social status. Why are baboon’s butt red? And if we’re finding new species of primates, then who knows how many new species of small mammals or lizards or insects, just to name a few, might be out there. There’s certainly a lot of undiscovered biodiversity in this region.”

Steve Smallman lives in Staffordshire with his wife, two dogs and two cats. He has four children and a grandchild. Steve has been illustrating children’s books for almost 30 years and writing his own stories for slightly less. He also teaches illustration workshops in schools, including mural-painting. Steve is the author of Smelly Peter the Great Pea Eater (Winner of the Sheffield Children's Book Award 2009) and The Lamb Who Came for Dinner (Shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award and read by Meatloaf on CITV's Bookaboo). When he’s not working, Steve enjoys films, television, gardening and walking in the countryside.

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I've worked in children's television, specifically in character development and most notably in the 'Raggy Doll' series in the mid to late 1980's. I have also done a certain amount of licensed work, illustrating characters such as Postman Pat, Bill and Ben and Sesame Street. Darwin, Charles (1871). The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. John Murray. p. 292. OCLC 39301709. Baynes, Thomas Spencer (1833). The Encyclopaedia Britannica A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature: Volume 15. University of Michigan. pp.476–477. You can think of a photon as a drunk person walking through a forest. The drunk person enters the forest and walks into a tree, D’oh!, changes direction (scatters) and walks another short distance and into another tree, D’oh! D’oh! D’oh! D’oh! …. and before you know it the drunk person exits the forest in a random place going a random direction.

The latter were conducted at the Peabody by Sargis and co-author Chris Gilbert, a former Yale postdoctoral fellow who is now a professor at Hunter College-CUNY. At the edge of the forest lives one grumpy mouse. He’s the GRUMBLIEST and GROUCHIEST mouse for miles around. Until he meets a little lost badger, who desperately needs his help. A heartwarming tale about the happiness that comes from making friends. Dirks, W.; Lemmers, S. A. M.; Ngoubangoye, B.; Herbert, A.; Setchell, J. M. (2020). "Odontochronologies in male and female mandrills ( Mandrillus sphinx) and the development of dental sexual dimorphism". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 172 (4): 528–544. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24094. PMID 32510604. S2CID 219539657. So one day, when all the animals were sleeping, what did the cheeky monkey do? What would you be tempted to do, if you were armed with a paint box full of bright colours?The Lesula ( Cercopithecus lomamiensis) seems to have escaped previous scientific notice because of its remote habitat, which was largely unexplored by professional biologists until recently.