The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom
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Steve has been illustrating children’s books for almost 30 years and writing his own stories for slightly less. Red-Butt Baboons Male baboons have red butts that primatologists believe help to attract females and warn off predators.
As he walks, taking in the drab colors of all the other animals around him, monkey comes upon a paintbox and brushes. The new monkey was first sighted by scientists in 2007, when boffins found one being kept as a pet in the town of Opala in the Democratic Republic of Congo. So, there you have it – in the blue butt monkey vs red butt monkey scenario, you decide on the winner.Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.
In fact they are really quite irked, so they decide to get their own back, and teach that cheeky monkey a lesson.However the discovering scientists caution that it could be soon, as it is hunted for its meat by local people. The lesula, which is the first new monkey found in Africa for 28 years, is remarkable in particular for its vibrant colouring. It has a pink face, golden throat, massive whiskers and a vertical white stripe up its nose, which gives it some resemblance to the already well known owl-faced monkey.
Read by Justin Fletcher (CBeebies Mr Tumble) and actress Sophie Thompson, this funny story is sure to delight toddlers everywhere.Some primatologists speculate that this primate’s blue bottom is also valuable for attracting mates. When the mischievous monkey discovers a paintbox, he has a brilliant idea, but things don't go quite as Monkey has planned .
It's a fun story, but to be on the safe side I'd keep it as a display book for storytime, not as one to read alound (though it would be good for that for a family or group who are alright with the butt talk). It's the beginning of time and fascinated with the colorful birds flying in the air, monkey's jealousy gets the best of him; it's not fair they are so pretty. In addition, male vervet monkeys have blue scrotum and nether regions that turn pale blue, turquoise, or white in adulthood. In fact, there are several different species of monkeys with red or blue butts, and they live all over the world.However, on normal days, female Celebes crested macaques butts look paler than their male counterparts. And if we’re finding new species of primates, then who knows how many new species of small mammals or lizards or insects, just to name a few, might be out there. This is a rhyming story about a monkey who looks at the beautiful colors of the birds and then at all the animals who are all the color of "elephant poo" and decides to paint them while they are sleeping.
- Fruugo ID: 258392218-563234582
- EAN: 764486781913
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