Monkey Facts

- A group of monkeys is called a troop.

- Monkeys have tails, apes don't.

- Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals.

- Sea monkeys are not monkeys, but shrimps.

- In captivity, a pygmy marmoset can live over 11 years.

- Mandrills can live up to 45 years in captivity.

- Albert II became the first monkey in space on June 14, 1949.