I ran across this site dropping entrecards.It is very interesting.I love animal stories.I also love to see where a lot of the folk lore comes from.This site is very informative.Give it a try.

The inspiration for many of the drawings of Sun Wukong by Chinese artists most likely come from the Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) which live in Central China’s forests. The species can be found in the Sichuan, Gansu, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces but mainly around the edges of the Sichuan Basin.

They live together as families but will band together with others in troops, forming anywhere from 20 (wintertime) to 200 (summertime) monkeys. The older the males get, the brighter their hues of orange become.

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