*** Diseases that can spread from monkey to humans include Ebola Reston, B virus, monkey pox, yellow fever, simian immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis, and other diseases that are still hidden
*** The largest monkey in the world is the male mandrill.
*** There are currently 264 known monkey species.
*** The monkey is the 9th animal that appears on the Chinese zodiac, appearing as the zodiac sign in 2016.
*** The smallest monkeys (pygmy marmosets) are about six inches long and weigh four ounces. The largest ones (mandrills) can be up to three feet long and weigh 77 pounds.
*** When a troop of howler monkeys yell, they can be heard for up to three miles.
*** One main difference between apes and monkeys are that moneys usually have tails and apes have no tails.