Swinging through the branches
Tarzan right to swing through jungle
Spider monkeys swinging through the branches
The Gibbon has evolved a specialized ball in socket joint in the wrist in order to swing while keeping their hands stable on branches. Ultimate.
Swing Through the Trees With Amazing Spider Monkeys
Brachiation or arm swinging, is a form of arboreal locomotion in which primates swing from tree of branches, gibbons can remain suspended for a significant period and use their long arms to reach food in terminal branches more easily.
Description:It is cut off from other forest and chimpanzees due to the progress of humanity and the destruction of the forests for farm land and fuel. The troop now survives because it is in the Queen Elizabeth National Park and is largely protected by the Ugandan Wildlife Authority UWA although human conflict still exists and encroachment into the gorge is a slow but ever present drip, particularly into the Southern end. This troop is beautiful and peaceful but threatened by it's isolation which is already in the region of twenty years. In-breeding appears now into it's second generation and although no apparent birth defects are in evidence there is a disproportionate birth rate of males in comparison to females; a first sign of in-breeding observed in mountain gorillas. The UWA do not currently have any plans top save this troop although they do use them very successfully to bring in tourism and thus a large amount of foreign currency , which is used to protect other areas of the park. Two groups of tourists each day have the chance to visit them and share a breath taking experience with these wonderful characters.
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