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brachiation

  • Gibbons, like the one pictured above, brachiate, or swing from branch to branch, more than other monkeys. ( JJ Harrison, Wikimedia Commons )
    Brachiation
    Sara Loy
    Today’s A Moment of Science examines brachiation, which is how apes and monkeys swing through the trees. Orangutans, spider monkeys, and chimpanzees can brachiate, but gibbons do it most often.