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Animal Talk with Pecker - The Mandrill
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:02 pm
Exotic, beautiful, regal, gallant, tempestuous, vibrant, powerful, brutish, intoxicating, erotic, fierce, majestic.
These are just a few of the words that spring to mind when one first casts his eyes upon the Mandrill.
If it looks strangely familiar, that's because it is. The mandrill was once considered a member of the baboon family but, due to its unique characteristics, was assigned its own genus, Mandrillus, as a species of monkey. But this isn't your father's monkey. With nearly 3 inch fangs, powerful shoulders and a weight of up to 130 pounds, this beast is not for the faint of heart. The mandrill is the heaviest species of monkey, packing more muscle and more power than any other member of its family.
Mandrills are found in the tropical rainforests of southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo.
These omnivorous savages will feed on anything from fruits, leaves and insects, to birds, snakes and antelope. Large prey may be killed with a bite to the nape with the mandrill's long canines. These regal ruffians have also been known to engage in violent showdowns with Gaboon vipers, leopards, and Africa's largest snake, the African rock python.
The mandrill is considered vulnerable and is affected by deforestation.
Charles Darwin wrote in The Descent of Man that "no other member in the whole class of mammals is coloured in so extraordinary a manner as the adult male mandrill's."
Join me in celebrating the mandrill.
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Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:04 pm to Pecker
It's the Lion of monkeys
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:05 pm to Pecker
Pew pew pew
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:05 pm to Pecker
Clearly the first openly gay primate
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:06 pm to Pecker
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The mandrill was once considered a member of the baboon family but, due to its unique characteristics, was assigned its own genus, Mandrillus, as a species of monkey.
I, for one, still consider it a member of the baboon family.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:07 pm to Pecker
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Join me in celebrating the mandrill.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:08 pm to Pecker
OKAY
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:08 pm to Pecker
Save the forests, save the Mandrill.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:10 pm to Pecker
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Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:11 pm to Pecker
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Exotic, beautiful, regal, gallant, tempestuous, vibrant, powerful, brutish, intoxicating, erotic, fierce, majestic.
you lost me here
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:11 pm to Bluefin
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:13 pm to Pecker
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:13 pm to Bluefin
that photo is color enhanced, and it is not the only one
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:24 pm to Pecker
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beautiful, intoxicating, erotic,
Sound's like mandrills excite Pecker's pecker.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:24 pm to chinhoyang
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that photo is color enhanced, and it is not the only one
You clearly don't know the natural beauty of the mandrill. I'd say that I expect better from you, but I don't.
The World's Most Colorful Monkeys | Youtube
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:26 pm to Pecker
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powerful
Understatement here.
We got one at the zoo years ago. He wasn't that big but I have no doubt he would annihilate me in about 10 seconds if given the chance.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:48 pm to Pecker
I saw one hold a lion cub up on pride rock when I was a kid.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:49 pm to Blob Fish
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gay primate
Bonobos
Posted on 7/13/17 at 2:00 pm to Pecker
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