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What are the characteristics of the crab-eating macaque species of monkey?
what are the characteristics of the crab-eating macaque species of monkey?
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Crab eaters are used as laboratory animals because they are common, cheap, and easily obtained. They have long, arching, whiplike tails, whitish fur on the chest, and cream-colored fur on the back. The crab eater is a type of macaque (pronounced ma-KACK). It is sometimes called a long-tailed macaque. The monkey has a protrusive, doglike snout with flaring nostrils and exceedingly sharp canine teeth, able to rip flesh as easily as a honed knife. The skin is pinkish gray, close to the color of a white person. The hand looks quite human, with a thumb and delicate fingers with fingernails. The females have two breasts on the upper chest that look startlingly human, with pale nipples. Crab eaters do not like humans.Source(s)
Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (p. 159). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
