What amazes me is that when traveling, a woman with a small child can't take a sippy cup through security..but a man can hide a monkey in his ponytail from Lima, Peru -- change airplanes in the U.S. -- and get on an international flight to New York City without getting caught? Is this not obsurd?
During the flight, people around the man noticed that the marmoset, which normally lives in forests and eats fruit and insects, had emerged from underneath his hat,
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at 08:10 on January 29th, 2008
Pygmy Marmoset
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Callithrix
Subgenus: Cebuella
Species: C. pygmaea
Binomial name
Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea
Spix, 1823
The Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea) is a monkey native
to the rainforest canopies of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia,
eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru. It is one of the smallest primates,
with its body length ranging from 14-16 cm (excluding the 15-20 cm
tail) and the smallest monkey. Males weigh around 140 g (5 ounces), and
females only 120 g (4.2 ounces).
Despite its name, the Pygmy Marmoset is somewhat different from the
typical marmosets classified in genus Callithrix. As such, it is
accorded its own subgenus, which was formerly recognized as its own
genus, Cebuella.
The Pygmy Marmoset has a tawny coat, and ringed tails that are as long
as their bodies. Their claws are specially adapted for climbing trees,
a trait unique to the species. They are omnivorous, feeding on fruit,
leaves, insects, and sometimes even small reptiles. Much of their diet,
however, comes from tapping trees for sap. Up to two-thirds of their
time is spent gouging tree bark to reach the gummy sap. The Pygmy
Marmoset has specialized incisors for gouging holes in bark.
Unfortunately, because of its small size, and its swift movements, it
is very hard to observe in the wild.
In captivity, the Pygmy Marmoset can live up to 11 years.
There are two subspecies of the Pygmy Marmoset:
* Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea pygmaea
* Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea niveiventris
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_Marmoset