Is this not the coolest little fella you ever saw?

[Elidor]

[HEyHEY]

1. Is that the "Little lion" monkey?

[EstimatedProphet]

2. That is a very small monkey

[madison2000]

6. or a very BIG hand

[EstimatedProphet]

12. Quite true.

there may be someone out there with a 6' long thumb.

[Spinzonner]

3. I assume he's a herbivore

otherwise he's grasping one hell of a meal of finger food.

[hickman1937]

4. Opposible thumbs on the hands and feet.

How the hell did we get ahead of them in evolution?

[tk2kewl]

5. Cool! Here is one a bit bigger...

Took the pick last week


What kind of monkey is that little one?

Mine is a white-faced monkey from Costa Rica. More here...
http://www.yellowfinmusic.com/tico

And monkey videos here...
http://www.yellowfinmusic.com/images/tico

[Elidor]

8. Wow, cool pic!

The little one is identified as a "finger monkey" whatever that is.

[tk2kewl]

9. where are finger monkeys from?

[tk2kewl]

10. here is an ugly finger monkey i googled up

[Elidor]

13. Too cool!

[nutsnberries]

7. or- IT'S THE HUGEST THUMB I EVER SAW!

[barb162]

11. what a cutie

[DELUSIONAL]

14. Pygmy Marmosets

http://www.spfdbus.com/JessZoo/maroset/AlubmIndex1.html

The one in the photo is a baby.

[Elidor]

15. Thank you. I wondered what they were.

They are cuter than kittens, if such a thing is possible.

[Acryliccalico]

16. How sweet!

:)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. I used to observe these guys

as part of a reintroduction project:

[Elidor]

18. Tell us more

Sounds trés cool.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. They're golden lion tamarins

and they're native to the coastal rainforest of Brazil. GLTs are an endangered species, primarily due to habitat destruction and the exotic pet trade. In US zoos, they're bred and raised with as little human contact as possible, so they can learn to be wild.

In the summer at the National Zoo, a family is released into a free-range exhibit where they can forage and learn to move about in the trees as they would in the rainforest. Volunteers observe and note any unusual activity and record the animals' positions at various intervals of time. They also explain the project to the public and keep visitors from getting too close to the animals.