These monkeys use a series of different calls to express themselves. Males use calls to communicate territoriality and fighting, females to display group cohesion, and alertness, and subadults to display submissiveness, and to stimulate mobbing behavior. They also communicate using visual expressions. Diet Golden monkeys eat about 20 to 30 plant species. They mostly rely on leaves, fruits, and invertebrates, but their main preference is bamboo. Caring for the Young Golden Monkeys breed seasonally and have a gestation period of 5 months.
In ancient Mayan culture, the Quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. In modern Guatemala, the Quetzals are also known as the Guatemalan currency. Coins were issued in denominations of 1, 5, and 10 centavos, and Â¼, Â½ and 1 Quetzal.
The ancient Maya used -- or may have used -- rejolladas as a source of topsoil for growing plants elsewhere. They also farmed -- or may have farmed -- in them. In fact, these sinkholes may have let the ancient Maya grow plants such as cacao, which is a plant that farmers need lots of water to grow. Tools