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THE SMALLEST MONKEYS IN THE WORLD!!!!
WEIGHING IN AT JUST FOUR OUNCES, PYGMY MARMOSETS ARE THE SMALLEST MONKEYS IN THE WORLD, EASILY FITTING IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. THESE CHARISMATIC, INQUISITIVE CREATURES ARE NATIVE TO THE RAINFORESTS OF WESTERN BRAZIL, SOUTHEASTERN COLOMBIA, EASTERN ECUADOR, AND EASTERN PERU. SPENDING MOST OF THEIR LIVES IN THE FOREST CANOPY, PYGMIES ARE OMNIVOROUS, FEEDING ON A VARIETY OF FRUITS, VEGETATION, INSECTS AND EVEN SMALL REPTILES.
NEWQUAY ZOO HAVE A MALE PYGMY MARMOSET CALLED POMPO. AND A NEW FEMALE WITHOUT A NAME. IF YOUR EVER IN THE NEWQUAY TOWN MAKE SURE YOU STOP INTO THE TROPICAL HOUSE AND SAY "HI" TO THESE LITTLE WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
THATS IF YOU CAN STOP SAYING "AAAAHHHHHH, THE'RE SO SMALL AND SO CUTE" FOR MORE THAN FIVE SECONDS.
PYGMY MARMOSETS, THEY MAY BE SMALL BUT 10/10. WE LOVE EM!
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ALL KNEEL AND PRAISE OUR MONKEY RULERS!
This is my good friend Hal. I took this picture on his birthday. I think he likes to be in pictures. |
