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Leaving the red panda exhibit, under the teacher's guidance, we arrived at Primate Paradise!

In the macaque exhibition area, hundreds of monkeys were chattering "chee-wah," creating quite a racket.

Here you had to raise your voice to be heard, or the monkeys' calls would drown you out.

When the macaques first came together, they fought relentlessly every day for the position of Monkey King, and it took several animal keepers to keep watch constantly, or else it was easy for them to fight to the death.

After a period of adjustment, the strongest male macaques had all fought each other, and established their social hierarchy based on strength.

Strong Guy, with his robust physique and domineering character, was the most powerful in the group!

Last time, he even beat White Brow to death.

He became the great Monkey King of the troop, and the other monkeys had to bow their heads in respect whenever they saw him.

The rest of the monkeys, including "Stone," who had a robust build but a less combative nature, settled down after finding a pretty and gentle female monkey as a wife, became the second Monkey King of the group!

Then there was Torn Nose, who in the heat of battle had a big chunk of his nose torn off. With his fierce, relentless fighting style, he earned the position of third Monkey King.

The three Monkey Kings, recognized for their strength by the troop, ruled jointly over the group!

It's not that the monkeys stopped fighting after the Monkey King was decided; they still fought daily over food and mates, but it wasn't as intense as before, and things were much more harmonious.

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Among the few Monkey Kings, no monkey dared to challenge Strong Guy.

Stone and Torn Nose occasionally had monkeys who believed they were strong enough to try and take their places.

Black Claws at first dared to challenge Strong Guy, but after being caught and severely beaten by Strong Guy, he repeatedly begged for mercy.

Admitting to himself that he wasn't strong enough, he prepared to bide his time and build up his energy, waiting until next year when he was stronger to try competing for the position of the Monkey King again.

Endurance!

The kids still liked the macaques quite a lot; they were the most vivacious animals in the zoo.

And now that autumn was here, their fur had become much smoother and softer, subtly shimmering gold in the sunlight and quite lovely to look at.

At this moment in the park, the macaques were frolicking in the trees and water, with individuals swinging back and forth on the treetops and perches, the swaying branches and ropes no different from solid ground to them.

Some macaques were lying down while their companions groomed their fur. The groomers were diligent and attentive while the ones being groomed squinted their eyes in utter contentment.

About five or six macaques were lying by the river edge, bodies flat like toads, their faces dipping into the clear water, guzzling loudly.

Wang Haoran even saw one macaque jump onto a stone in the water, hook its feet around the edge of the stone, and dangle its body upside down to drink water in this difficult position, looking relaxed and carefree, prompting him to exclaim "wow."

"These monkeys are so impressive!"

"They swung over there so easily from such a distance."

The children's eyes were wide open as they watched, unable to look away, and they exclaimed in amazement from time to time.

Lü Jiamu introduced to the children, "Macaques are social animals. Just as a country has its laws and a family has its rules, macaques have their own rules too!

In the monkey troop, it's usually the strongest monkey that becomes the Monkey King, with many benefits. For example, when we toss a fruit in there, the Monkey King gets to eat first; other monkeys have to bow when they see the Monkey King, to show respect. They can't keep staring at it, or it will be considered a provocation and the Monkey King will beat them up."

"The Monkey King is so fierce, it even fights its own!"

"The teacher said that classmates should get along with each other and not bully others."

Lü Jiamu smiled, "While the Monkey King enjoys various privileges, of course, it also has its own responsibilities."

"There are battles among wild monkey troops, and the Monkey King, being the strongest, is also responsible for driving off invaders, guarding the territory, ensuring there is enough food, and protecting the weaker members of the troop, so that his own troop can survive and thrive."

"Which one is the Monkey King, then?"

Lü Jiamu said, "Let me teach you how to distinguish. The one with its tail raised is the Monkey King. You can try looking for it!"

The children immediately started to search seriously!

Wang Haoran said uncertainly, "Eh, is it that one over there?"

Yang Sibo shook his head, "I think it's this one, this one looks even more formidable!"

After the children had searched for a while, Lü Jiamu pointed at a monkey sitting regally on a large rock, surrounded by several female monkeys enjoying a grooming session, and laughed, "Hehe, it's that one! Its name is Strong Guy, Strong Guy does wonders. It's really a formidable monkey..."

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Leaving the macaque exhibition area, they arrived at ring-tailed lemur island!

In the vast waters surrounding the island, the decorative lotus leaves had disappeared, not to return until next summer.

The walls around the ring-tailed lemur exhibit were painted with beautiful murals, depicting the lemurs frolicking in the mountains and forests, giving it a fairytale scroll vibe.

Through the indoor exhibit windows, ring-tailed lemurs on all fours were dashing swiftly on tree trunks connecting to the island, their thin and long tails held high in the air like antennas.

As the wind blew, they swayed their tails, adjusting their balance!

They quickly ran onto the island.

The sun hung high in the sky, the blue sky and white clouds looked very refreshing, and the golden sunlight warmly sprinkled down, illuminating the island's alluaudia, resembling giant cacti, and some low shrubs.

At this time, the lemurs had finished sunbathing; a few who woke up late from oversleeping were still lounging on the open sand or near trees, treating sunbathing as a recreational activity.

Most were chasing and playing, grooming each other, and looking for food that the animal keepers had hidden.

Compared to macaques, which prefer staying in trees, ring-tailed lemurs run more on the ground and leap from rock to rock.

Some birds also rested on the trees of Lemur Island, chirping away, making the island incredibly lively.

Animal keeper Yang gave a simple science talk, introducing the interesting habit of lemurs liking to sunbathe and various uses for their tails!

"The tails of ring-tailed lemurs are very important, and they can use them to maintain balance..."

Male lemurs, in order to win the hearts of females, will also fight each other. However, they do so by scent fighting, rubbing their tails on scent glands and then fanning them towards each other, like waving stinky socks. Whoever can't stand it and runs away, loses!

"Look, over there two are competing!"

Watching two enthusiastic lemurs waving their tails at each other, the little boys burst into "haha" laughter.

Boys, when they are young, should be a bit braver, catching flies, sticking boogers under the table, and chairs are all par for the course.

The little girls, on the other hand, frowned and looked away, disgusted, "Ew, that's gross!"

After the explanation, some children watched from afar at the edge of the island, and others came to the indoor exhibit, observing the ring-tailed lemurs up close through the glass wall!

Wang Haoran's gaze was curious as he locked eyes with a ring-tailed lemur through the glass; the lemur's orange eyes stared back intently at him.

What a magical animal!

After gazing at him for a while, upon hearing the shouts of his peers, it quickly turned its head and leaped a great distance away.

A few others were walking leisurely on the crisscrossing ropes in the indoor exhibit.

"Gather up, gather up, Class Three students assemble! It's time for lunch!" the teacher then called out.