The spider monkey’s tail is prehensile, which means “capable of grasping.” It is generally longer than the animal’s body and acts as a fifth limb—an adaptation to life in the tree canopy.

The more than 300 children who came to the Four Arts on March 13 got to visit with animals from Animal EDventure and hear farm stories.

Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.