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Visitors to the wild animal park Wild Animal Park may refer to:
  • San Diego Wild Animal Park, in San Diego, California, United States
  • Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, in Bedfordshire, England
  • South Lakes Wild Animal Park, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England (UK)
See also
  • Zoo
 in Shenzhen, China, last spring saw a smartly dressed rhesus monkey rhesus monkey: see macaque.
rhesus monkey

Sand-coloured macaque (Macaca mulatta), widespread in South and Southeast Asian forests. Rhesus monkeys are 17–25 in. (43–64 cm) long, excluding the furry 8–12-in.
 pick lice from the feathers of a parrot. Turns out, the 10 kilogram kilogram, abbr. kg, fundamental unit of mass in the metric system, defined as the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept at Sèvres, France, near Paris.  (22 pound) primate is an expert groomer. It has opposable thumbs opposable thumb  

A thumb that can be placed opposite the fingers of the same hand. Opposable thumbs allow the digits to grasp and handle objects and are characteristic of primates.
 that can be placed opposite of the fingers, giving the monkey a good grasp of the tiny parasites nestling in the bird's feathers. In the wild, female rhesus monkeys groom other females, their infants. and possible mates Besides keeping the family clean, grooming strengthens the monkey's social bonds. So this monkey and the parrot must be pals.
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Title Annotation:animal grooming
Publication:Science World
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:9CHIN
Date:Oct 3, 2005
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