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Crab-eating macaque

"I live close to water and sometimes eat crab too!"

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Crab-eating macaqueMacaca fascicularis

  • Food

    crab, insects, fruit, leaves and mushrooms

  • Lifetime

    about 33 years

  • Weight

    3 to 7 pounds

  • Wear time

    5.5 months on average

  • Number of youngsters

    1 juvenile

  • IUCN Status

    safe

  • EEP?

    no

33

years, that's how old I can get

7

kilo is my maximum weight

Crazy hairstyles

Lots of hair, little hair, sideburns, hancock, beard, mustache, ... just like people, we are all a little bit different from each other. Also, we all have our own character.

Krabl lovers

I am called Crab-eating macaque, I live on the Indonesian island of Java, but there are other countries in Southeast Asia where I live in nature. Another name for me is "crab-eating macaque. I live close to water and sometimes eat crab! But actually I like everything: fruits, insects, leaves and mushrooms.

Medicine

Because we are so similar to humans, scientists have often used Crab-eating macaque to create better medicines for humans.

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