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2019.09.30 12:52 GMT+8

A monkey forcing itself to eat some greens

Updated 2019.09.30 12:52 GMT+8
By Xing Fangyu

The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey grabs some leaves. /CGTN Photo

It stuffs its mouth with a handful of leaves. /CGTN Photo

The food does not seem very tasty. /CGTN Photo

The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey grabs some leaves again. /CGTN Photo

It stuffs its mouth with a handful of leaves. /CGTN Photo

An "I don't know what I'm eating" face. /CGTN Photo

An "I don't know what I'm eating" face. /CGTN Photo

"Healthy diet done for today!" /CGTN Photo

We all have something we don't like to eat, such as carrots or spinach. But we force ourselves to eat them for health sake. This is the exact way this Yunnan snub-nosed monkey eats green plants.

The diet of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys consists of lichen and seasonal leaves. Scientifically, it's hard to know what they actually don't like to eat. Our interpretation of the pictures is not reliable, but at least we can find some common traits with our closest relative, the primates.  

(All Photos are taken by CGTN's Xing Fangyu, in Shangri-La Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey National Nature Reserve in Weixi County, Yunan Provice.)

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