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What is the connection between kiwi and macaques?

Kiwi fruit is named after macaques love to eat it.

Kiwi fruit (Actinidia chinensis? Planch), also known as kiwi fruit, fox peach, vine pear, sheep peach, muzi, hairy tree fruit, hemp fruit, etc., the fruit shape is generally oval, and the early appearance is Green-brown, reddish-brown when mature, the skin is covered with dense velvet and is inedible. Inside is bright green pulp and a row of black or red seeds. Because macaques like to eat, it is named kiwi fruit; it is also said that it is named because the peel is covered with hair and looks like a macaque. It is a fruit with fresh quality, rich nutrition and delicious flavor.

Macaque (scientific name: Macaca mulatta): body length 51-63 cm. It is a typical macaque animal. Its main characteristics are short tail and cheek pouches. The body is stout, with an average body length of about 50 centimeters. Their forelimbs are about the same length as their hind limbs. Their thumbs can be opposite to the other four fingers. They can grasp things flexibly. Their foreheads are low and have a raised edge. The head is brown, the back is brown-gray or brown, the lower part is orange-yellow or orange-red, and the ventral surface is light gray-yellow.