Rare pair of cotton-top tamarin monkeys born at Walt Disney World

Two cotton-top tamarin monkeys are seen with their newborn twins at Walt Disney World.

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Two cotton-top tamarin monkeys are seen with their newborn twins at Walt Disney World.

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Walt Disney World is celebrating the birth of two rare cotton-top tamarin monkeys that arrived last week. This is the first new birth of this species at a Florida destination since 2001.

For now, workers are unsure if the gray-haired twins, born June 12, are male or female, and have yet to be named.

Newborn twins weigh the same as a chicken egg, but grow to be about the size of a squirrel.

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But four-inch-long newborn monkeys at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park have already been seen clinging to fathers and mothers who will carry their babies on their backs for up to 14 weeks.

Cotton-top tamarins live in the tropical forests of northwest Colombia, and park officials say fewer than 7,500 remain in the wild.

An adult cottontop tamarin walks around with a baby on its back for as long as 14 weeks.

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According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, The species is in serious danger of extinction Their numbers are declining due to factors such as habitat loss and the illegal pet trade.

But the addition of the endangered species was welcomed, as newborn twins weigh about the size of a “regular chicken egg” and grow to be the size of a squirrel.

Cotton-top tamarins forage for fruit and insects in the forest canopy where they live, and use at least 38 different vocalizations to communicate with each other, according to the park.

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Two cotton-top tamarin monkeys are seen with their newborn twins at Walt Disney World.

Aaron Wockenfuss/Walt Disney World

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Two cotton-top tamarin monkeys are seen with their newborn twins at Walt Disney World.

Aaron Wockenfuss/Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World is celebrating the birth of two rare cotton-top tamarin monkeys that arrived last week. This is the first new birth of this species at a Florida destination since 2001. For now, workers are unsure if the gray-haired twins, born June 12, are male or female, and have yet to be named.

Newborn twins weigh the same as a chicken egg, but grow to be about the size of a squirrel.

Aaron Wockenfuss/Walt Disney World

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Aaron Wockenfuss/Walt Disney World

But four-inch-long newborn monkeys at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park have already been seen clinging to fathers and mothers who will carry their babies on their backs for up to 14 weeks. Cotton-top tamarins live in the tropical forests of northwest Colombia, and park officials say fewer than 7,500 remain in the wild.

An adult cottontop tamarin walks around with a baby on its back for as long as 14 weeks.

Aaron Wockenfuss/Walt Disney World

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Aaron Wockenfuss/Walt Disney World

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, The species is in serious danger of extinction Their numbers are declining due to factors such as habitat loss and the illegal pet trade. But the addition of the endangered species was welcomed, as newborn twins weigh about the size of a “regular chicken egg” and grow to be the size of a squirrel.

Cotton-top tamarins forage for fruit and insects in the forest canopy where they live, and use at least 38 different vocalizations to communicate with each other, according to the park.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/20/1183213601/pair-of-rare-cotton-top-tamarin-monkeys-born-walt-disney-world Rare pair of cotton-top tamarin monkeys born at Walt Disney World

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