interconnected-arm gibbon
animal_ally Chinese folklore single tradition · 1
In Chinese folklore, the interconnected-arm gibbon is a gibbon whose long arms are interconnected at the shoulders. As a result, it can lengthen one arm considerably by pulling in the other. According to Robert van Gulik, this myth "must have been caused by the truly incredible speed with which a gibbon reaches out with one arm while keeping the other close to its body."
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Interconnected-Arm Immortal
- sibling of
- Intelligent Stone Monkey, Red-Buttock Baboon, Six-Eared Macaque
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Sources
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