Wildly Weird The world is full of weird wonderful animals Proboscis pruh BAH Suhs monkeys are known for their long noses In fact proboscis means long nose These monkeys live in forests near water in Southeast Asia They have unusually strong swimming skills These features make proboscis monkeys wildly weird Did You Know Only adult male proboscis monkeys have famously large noses An adult female's nose looks like a male's but it is much smaller A young proboscis monkey has an upturned
Proboscis monkeys live in trees They sometimes search for food on the ground But this is
Super Sniffer An adult male proboscis monkey s nose can be more than four inches 10 cm long Scientists believe a male's large nose helps it get a mate They think it helps make a male's Call loud This impresses females And it scares off other
If a male proboscis monkey gets upset its nose may well and turn