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Photo in the News: Albino Pygmy Monkey Twins Born
National Geographic ^ | September 1, 2006 | Ted Chamberlain

Posted on 09/14/2006 6:33:44 PM PDT by annie laurie

September 1, 2006—Looks like someone's been makin' Wookiee.

Resembling nothing so much as Chewbacca's children, two of the world's tiniest monkeys debuted recently at the Frösö Zoo in Ostersund, Sweden.

Shown here shortly after their birth, these pygmy marmosets are exceedingly rare. It's not because they're twins though—pygmy marmosets are typically born in pairs—but because they're albinos, deficient in pigment.

The world's smallest species of monkey, this tree-dwelling marmoset makes big noise, contributing clicks, whistles, and squeals to the cacophony of their home habitat, the western Amazon rain forest of South America. Adults grow to about 5 inches (13 centimeters) in length and weigh about 6 ounces (170 grams).

Sadly, one of the twins didn't get any bigger than it was in the photo.

"We were so sorry when the twin died," zoo owner Ake Netterstrom told London's Daily Mail. "We put in all available resources to save him, but that did not help.

"It is likely he had a lower immune defense because he was albino."


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: albino; awww; clickme; cute; monkey; pygmy
This is a couple of weeks old, but I just saw it today.

I won't steal NG's bandwidth to post the pic (and I don't know about copyright issues if I were to host it on tinypic), but it's worth the click-through to see them.

Super cute! And unbelievably tiny!

1 posted on 09/14/2006 6:33:46 PM PDT by annie laurie
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To: annie laurie

Ahhhh, how cute.


2 posted on 09/14/2006 6:36:52 PM PDT by tioga
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To: annie laurie
One of the workers on one of my crews in Bolivia had long hair.
He owned one and it would ride on his head.
you would look twice because you could see its beady eyes peering around.
3 posted on 09/14/2006 6:39:08 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Ha! I can just picture it :)


4 posted on 09/14/2006 6:45:33 PM PDT by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: annie laurie
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5 posted on 09/14/2006 6:51:18 PM PDT by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: annie laurie

That would make a good name for a rock band - Albino Pigmy Monkey Twins... yep, I could see it.


6 posted on 09/14/2006 6:55:05 PM PDT by irishtenor (We survived Clinton in the 80s... we can survive her even when her husband is gone.)
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To: irishtenor

LOL, indeed :)


7 posted on 09/14/2006 6:57:43 PM PDT by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: lesser_satan; dead

A propos of nothing.

8 posted on 09/14/2006 10:23:23 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: annie laurie

They are cute. If I had to pick a primate for a pet-


9 posted on 09/16/2006 9:14:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Saturday, September 16, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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