Why We Love Monkeys: So why do we love monkeys? Because they have faces like us, swing through the world like it"s one big jungle gym, and can have the personality of a clown. It"s time to monkey around! Who"s A Monkey? Are apes monkeys? Well, with over 200 species of monkeys in the world and just a handful of apes, it"s easy to tell them apart. Come see if you can! Do you know where monkeys live? We are going to climb through the trees to meet monkeys on both sides of the globe. You"ve never seen so many amazing faces!