What does brachiating mean?
Brachiating is a form or arboreal locomotion – a means of travelling in trees. Primates that live in trees, such as monkeys, move from branch to branch as they travel among the trees, instead of climbing down to the ground and then climbing up the next tree.
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The Brown-Headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps robustus) is a primate mammal in the Atelidae family of howler and spider monkeys.
The Brown-Headed Spider Monkey has a brown furry body – with shaggy fur – and a brown head. It has a pinkish to light-brown face with no hair and large brown eyes. It is very long, thin limbs, long thin fingers, and a long, prehensile tail, which makes it look like a long-legged spider.
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