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The Barbary Apes
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The Barbary Apes
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Statistics:
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Diet:
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Body length: 38-76cm, Tail length: vestigial, Weight:
5-13kg
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This species feeds on leaves, roots, sprouts, fruit
and invertebrates.
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Apes are in fact a tail-less breed
of monkey, (Macaca Silvanus) whose natural habitat is in the mountains
of Morocco and Algeria. They were most probably first brought here by
the British in the early eighteenth century. The earliest written record
of the apes in Gibraltar dates back to 1740. Legend has it that the
apes are a symbol of British sovereignty and if they go the British
will leave Gibraltar.
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