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Spider monkeys form loose groups, typically with 15 to 25 individuals but sometimes up to 30 or 40. Spider Monkey For Sale During the day, groups break up into subgroups. The size of subgroups and the degree to which they avoid each other during the day depends on food competition and the risk of predication. The average subgroup size is between 2 and 8. The diets of spider monkeys consist of about 70 to 85 percent of fruits and nuts. They can live for long periods on only one or two kinds of fruits and nuts. They eat the fruits of many big forest trees, and because they swallow fruits whole, the seeds are eventually excreted and fertilized by the feces.
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