The Japanese Pocket Stone Monkey is actually a local Japanese Macaque young cubs at The Pets market became the Japanese Pocket Stone Monkey. The adaptability of this kind of monkey is relatively poor, and it is difficult for ordinary people to raise it successfully. In addition, individuals illegally caught in the wild may also carry pathogenic microorganisms. Therefore, please do not trade, buy or raise monkeys without permission.

These young macaques entered the pet market at a young age through illegal hunting and illegal trading from legal breeding units. And because of its so-called "cute" and other characteristics, it is sought after and purchased by some pet lovers. Such purchases further stimulate the illegal hunting and trade of macaques and are detrimental to wildlife conservation.

Chinese name: Japanese Pocket Stone Monkey

Kingdom: Animalia

phylum: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrates Subphylum

Class: Mammalia

Family: Monkey

Genus: Monkey

Distribution area: Japan

The Japanese Pocket Stone Monkey is a petite monkey native to Japan. The appearance is very beautiful and cute, and it can be said to be the species of monkeys that is the closest in appearance and living habits to humans. is up. It is not recommended to buy in illegal trade markets as this monkey is not easy to keep.

The face and body of the Japanese Pocket Stone Monkey are flesh-colored, with golden fur, which turns red as it grows up. food intake). The tail is short. No special body odor and odor. Stone monkeys are docile and clingy. Especially since childhood, most of them will treat their owners as parents, which is very loving.

Although the Japanese Pocket Stone Monkey is small, it looks very cute and lovable, but in During estrus, their aggressiveness will be somewhat aggressive. May cause damage to breeders during estrus. Of course, the more important thing is that raising the monkey requires a certain environment. So what are the requirements for the living environment of the Japanese Pocket Stone Monkey?

Raising the Japanese Pocket Stone Monkey in the breeding environment is beyond what ordinary families can provide. Monkey cubs have poor adaptability and high mortality, and family feeding can easily cause cubs to die. In addition, individuals illegally caught in the wild may also carry pathogenic microorganisms. Therefore, please do not trade, buy or raise monkeys without permission.

Most of the people who keep monkeys are caring. They will take care of the monkey with all their hearts, cry for the monkey's departure, and lend a helping hand to stray cats and dogs. But in fact, good intentions do bad things, because keeping monkeys at home is itself a form of abuse.

Macaques are social animals. A normal Japanese macaque lives in a group of 40 companions, moves in a forest of 3.7 square kilometers, and walks an average of 1 to 2 kilometers per day. They have complex social networks, brothers and sisters, and lovers and confidants. They spend 10 to 15 percent of their day grooming each other—grooming isn't just a way to cleanse, it's a means of socializing.

This is something no family can achieve. Moreover, most families are tempted to buy monkeys because they are coaxed and coaxed by merchants. After raising it for a period of time, especially when the monkey is in adolescence, they will find that it is difficult to guarantee its basic survival. When the monkey gets bigger and stronger, the normal cage can't hold it. Also, maybe it likes to wreak havoc, maybe there are children in the house, but it can no longer be released as easily as when it was first bought. But their lifespan is several decades, so what to do with the rest of the day?

And monkey young have poor adaptability and high mortality. This is also the real reason for the seller's claim that "the largest is no larger than a large Coke bottle".

Japanese Pocket Stone Monkeys are very lively, they are omnivores, they like fruits and bread , sugary foods. There are many unscrupulous merchants selling pocket stone monkeys through the Internet and other channels. In fact, the monkeys are not suitable for domestication. The specific reasons are described below.

In addition to rabies, the Japanese pocket stone monkey may also transmit other zoonotic diseases. Some pocket stone monkeys carry a unique B virus (also known as monkey herpes virus), which can be fatal if it infects people.

This is the most dangerous thing about private pets monkeys ——Bacteria are contagious between humans and monkeys.

When a virus spreads across species, an ordinary virus can become lethal because the new host lacks long-evolved resistance mechanisms. Bird flu, SARS, and HIV are all transmitted from wild animals to humans. A new study shows that 75% of the world's new viruses come from human contact with wild animals. In 1997, Emory University researcher Elizabeth Griffin died 48 hours after being bombarded with urine from pocket stone monkeys.

The most terrifying thing is that the pocket stone monkey has a virus that is extremely lethal to people-Herpes B. This virus is unique to pocket stone monkeys and is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids, causing serious damage to the nervous system and death in severe cases. If you die, the mortality rate is as high as 80%! And this virus has a slight effect on pocket stone monkeys, and monkeys with no abnormal appearance may also carry the virus. Conversely, common viruses in humans can be deadly to other primates. For example, Loraya Bonobo Paradise in Congo, Africa (an orangutan orphanage), when the flu is prevalent in the city, the orangutans in the park must fall ill within two or three days, and several orangutans die every year. So, keeping monkeys can be a deadly threat to your family and the monkeys themselves.