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... The regal macaque has adapted to a lifestyle unique among primates, and only done twice before with mammals, developing a lifestyle that few other animals have even dared to commit to. In order to better handle the resources of a warmer and wetter world, especially with competition from other monkeys, not to mention various predators, they have taken their social nature to a greater extreme. The regal macaque has become the world’s first eusocial primate, living in large colonies that span over several trees. The nests are typically made up of leaves, branches, twigs, bones, dried grass and whatever else they can find. They are quite elaborate, consisting of chambers where the offspring are raised, surrounded by older working females who will tend to the young and even breast-feed them in times when the queen is occupied with other young. The nest is decorated with pot like grooves in the nest where the food is stored, while in the centre the colony’s queen lies, being fed almost constantly by smaller working females. Holes exist in certain parts of the nest for them to defecate out of to avoid soiling the overall nest, particularly used by the queen and old workers, while the younger workers and males are reserved to outside. The males stand around the nest, either directly or several metres out in fellow trees, working as guards to protect from any external threats. Only the older and more powerful males are capable and allowed to mate, and they will leave for new colonies to do this to prevent the risk of inbreeding, though this still sometimes happens. Macaque colonies usually number in the region of 200 or more, sometimes as much as 500 in the right conditions, with colonies generally being very competitive towards one another....
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So to clarify and before anyone want to ask if I do request, this is a very, very old request made time ago, during 2015 to in relation to his COM (Competence Of Month) entry related to the descendants of invasive Rhesus Macaques on North America. Just reposting because I left it forgotten for a while.

You can look at the whole entry here www.tapatalk.com/groups/concep…

Concept of creature belongs to :iconForbiddenParadise64:

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... The regal macaque has adapted to a lifestyle unique among primates, and only done twice before with mammals, developing a lifestyle that few other animals have even dared to commit to. In order to better handle the resources of a warmer and wetter world, especially with competition from other monkeys, not to mention various predators, they have taken their social nature to a greater extreme. The regal macaque has become the world’s first eusocial primate, living in large colonies that span over several trees. The nests are typically made up of leaves, branches, twigs, bones, dried grass and whatever else they can find. They are quite elaborate, consisting of chambers where the offspring are raised, surrounded by older working females who will tend to the young and even breast-feed them in times when the queen is occupied with other young. The nest is decorated with pot like grooves in the nest where the food is stored, while in the centre the colony’s queen lies, being fed almost constantly by smaller working females. Holes exist in certain parts of the nest for them to defecate out of to avoid soiling the overall nest, particularly used by the queen and old workers, while the younger workers and males are reserved to outside. The males stand around the nest, either directly or several metres out in fellow trees, working as guards to protect from any external threats. Only the older and more powerful males are capable and allowed to mate, and they will leave for new colonies to do this to prevent the risk of inbreeding, though this still sometimes happens. Macaque colonies usually number in the region of 200 or more, sometimes as much as 500 in the right conditions, with colonies generally being very competitive towards one another....
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So to clarify and before anyone want to ask if I do request, this is a very, very old request made time ago, during 2015 to in relation to his COM (Competence Of Month) entry related to the descendants of invasive Rhesus Macaques on North America. Just reposting because I left it forgotten for a while.

You can look at the whole entry here www.tapatalk.com/groups/concep…

Concept of creature belongs to :iconForbiddenParadise64: