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gelada monkey
fact fileGelada monkeys grow to 1.6 feet high to 2.4 feet high and can grow to 3.4 feet long and can weigh up to 26.8 lbs to 42 lbs. Geladas are known for having extremely large teeth mostly for fighting over turf and troops and they are also very strong and they also are very fast and can reach speeds of 30 mph and even faster. They are omnivores but usually eat vegetation. Geladas are very good at living in mountain environments and like most monkeys they live in large troops and they will defend the troops violently from other dominant geladas and as a threat they will flick their lip above their nose and will bare their large teeth. Dominant geladas have a much bigger chest than all the others and it is much redder which also gives them the name red chest monkeys and they also get called lion tailed monkeys because they have a similar tail to lion.
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LocationThey are found in Ethiopia.
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