Children's own library . ender limbs and their method of pro-gressing among the branches. The tail answers thepurpose of a fifth hand; indeed, the Spider Monkeysare said to use this member for hooking out objectswhere a hand could not be inserted. The tail is also ofuse in climbing ; they coil it round the boughs to loweror raise themselves, and often will suspend themselvesentirely by it, and then swing off to some distantbranch. They are sensitive to cold, and when chillywrap their tail about them, so that it answers the pur-pose of a boa as well as a hand. When shot, they willfasten their t
Children's own library . ender limbs and their method of pro-gressing among the branches. The tail answers thepurpose of a fifth hand; indeed, the Spider Monkeysare said to use this member for hooking out objectswhere a hand could not be inserted. The tail is also ofuse in climbing ; they coil it round the boughs to loweror raise themselves, and often will suspend themselvesentirely by it, and then swing off to some distantbranch. They are sensitive to cold, and when chillywrap their tail about them, so that it answers the pur-pose of a boa as well as a hand. When shot, they willfasten their tail so firmly on the branches that theyremain suspended after death. In walking, they casttheir tail upward as high as the shoulders, and thenbend it over so as to form a counterbalance against theweight of the body. In most of the species the thumbis wanting. The Coaita inhabits Surinam and Guinea WOODS NATUKAL HISTORY 15 The Howling Monkeys are larger and not so agile asthe Spider Monkeys, and derive their name from an. MARMOSETS enlargement in the throat which renders their cryexceedingly loud and mournful. They howl in concert, principally at the rising andsetting of the sun ; one monkey begins the cry, which 16 woods natural history <£§ A
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