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Gibbons are adapted for life in the forest canopy.
Gibbons have long limbs as well as specialized muscle, hand, and wrist structures. Having a long reach helps gibbons swing from tree to tree and exploit food on the ends of branches that small-bodied primates cannot reach.
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