Blue+monkey

As shocking as it sounds... the blue monkey is in fact not blue!! The blue monkeys face has very little hair (fur) which can give the illusion of a "blue" face. Their bodies are actually a greenish (olive) color with little patches of black and white. The tops of their heads are the darkest shade on their whole body. During the year, the olive color will change to a grayish color that will better fit them to their surroundings. The blue monkey is a subspecies of the monkey. They are found more in the older parts of Africa, such as the Congo.

Living in the older parts like the Congo, they enjoy the evergreen forests. This is their favorite environment to be in. As long as they can find food resources in the trees, they will not bother coming down to the ground and will stay in the trees. They also enjoy living in hot, humid weather, because this will offer a lot of canopy (shade) covers.

Mature females will come into estrus, when there is plenty of food resources, during the rainy season. After mating, the young are born five months later and are not born immediately one after the other like most animals have thier young. Instead, the babies births will be spread out through a period of 3-4 days. Blue monkey groups usually contain about 40 members. The females take care of all of the young, not just their own. If a mother loses her young, she will become very aggressive.

Blue monkeys have a certain diet that would mainly be classified as herbivore, but they eat insects as well. Because of this, they are most commonly referred to as omnivores. Omnivores eat both meat and plants. The insects are their meat (protein) intake, and the plants are fruits and figs. They mainly consume fruits and figs, making them seem like more of herbivores. They only eat insects when grooming each others fur. If these items are not readily available to them, or cannot be found in their territory, they will also eat leaves, twigs, and flowers. If they can't find enough food to consume, they will start to eat the bark off of the trees.