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Body coloration varies geographically from black to grayish or pale yellow.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spider monkey behavior<\/h2>\n\n<p>Son animales de h\u00e1bitos diurnos y arbor\u00edcolas, pasan la mitad de su tiempo aliment\u00e1ndose, y le resto del  tiempo desplaz\u00e1ndose o descansando. Presentan dos picos de actividad en la ma\u00f1ana y antes del atardecer. Son organismos \u00e1giles y se mueven con rapidez entre las ramas.<\/p>\n\n<p>They are gregarious, forming groups of between 10 and 50 individuals, composed of several females and their young and some males, which in turn aggregate in subgroups formed only by adult males, adult females or juveniles.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Spider Monkey Diet<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Like all primates in Costa Rica, the spider monkey is omnivorous; its young feed on mother&#8217;s milk until they are one year old.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>M. 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