There are many animals in the world that are not afraid of poison, such as badgers have a certain ability to resist poison in the long-term survival and evolution; even if the flat-headed honey badger is poisoned by snakes, it can sleep for an hour or two and be resurrected with blood. But do you know what the most poisonous animal in the world is? Of course, it is a white-faced rough-tailed ape, this guy is the "king of anti-poison" in nature, and the local natives believe that this magical animal is the "god" in the Amazon jungle, and usually any poisonous insects, poisonous fruits, and venom can be eaten as snacks and drinks.
White-faced rough-tailed apes are about 25-35 cm long, but their faces are extremely ugly, and the males' faces are white and wide, and the rest of the body is black. The female has a black or brown face like hair, but her eyes are rounded, her nose is high, and her face is only half the size of the male's. This also makes them not look like a family at all, but more like a black bear and monkey together.
Looking at the face of this ape, it looks very similar to the faceless man in Miyazaki's "Spirited Away". However, some people say that like an old monk who sees through the world, everything is light and breezy, and he is called a "white-faced monk monkey". No matter what it looks like, the whole body is black except for the face that is white, and it is often scary to see it at night.
The earliest record of the white-faced thick-tailed ape dates back to 1848, when a British explorer named Davyo discovered that the "monster" was covered in long black hair like human hair and dragged a tail that was almost as thick as its body. It had a face as pale as a monk's, like wearing a mask. This strange animal aroused the curiosity of European scientists at the time, but it was not until the mid-20th century that scientists named them white-faced rough-tailed apes.
The white-faced rough-tailed apes that live in the rainforests of the Amazon are not bad at all, agile and mysterious, and are often mistaken for jungle "trapezes" by travelers and even explorers. They are also very good at climbing trees, relying on a thick and long tail, able to travel through the rainforest at a very fast speed, and even leap over branches with a span of about 10 meters.
The most amazing thing is that the white-faced rough-tailed monkey has a fierce and powerful digestive function, they feed on fruits and insects, and they do not pick any fruits, nuts and insects that can be picked in the Amazon rainforest, and eat whatever they see. However, many fruits and insects in the places where they live are poisonous, so it is inevitable that they will eat some poisonous food.
However, the nickname of "the king of the world's anti-poison" is not blown, and almost all creatures are afraid of venom, and even drink all kinds of venom as drinks. So why is the white-faced rough-tailed ape invincible?
Because these fruits and bugs are quickly neutralized by the chemicals in their bodies after they are eaten by them, losing their toxicity. After the subsequent digestion process, the original poisonous food will be converted into beneficial substances suitable for their absorption, so that the originally harmful food will become their delicacy.
However, with the continuous deterioration of the environment, jungle logging, etc., more and more white-faced rough-tailed apes have lost their habitat, and now this species is on the verge of extinction. According to statistics, in 2000, the number of white-faced rough-tailed apes was less than 10,000, and the sex ratio has been in a serious imbalance: the ratio of males and females is about 3:5.
The most poisonous animal in the world wears a "white mask" and looks like Miyazaki's faceless man. Hopefully, people will take this creature seriously and make them better able to survive.