Critically endangered twin cotton-top tamarin monkeys the size of chicken eggs were born at Disney World.
A pair of tiny monkey twins have made their debut at Florida's Walt Disney World, marking the first time in more than 20 years that critically endangered cotton-top tamarin monkeys have been born at the Orlando theme park. The baby animals, born at Animal Kingdom, are now two of just a few thousand members of their species left in the world.
"These pint-sized newborns cling tightly to their parents as both mom and dad acrobatically leap from branch to brain in their habitat on Discovery Island," said Mark Penning, the vice president of Disney Parks' Animals, Science and Environment division. They are the first cotton-top tamarins to be born at the park since 2001.
But even though the animals themselves are rare, their ability to have twins is not, Penning said. In fact, it's"quite typical." ," according to a description on Disney's website, and they can jump 15 feet from a branch and use at least 38"distinct calls" to communicate with each other. Twin cotton-top tamarin monkeys were recently born at Florida's Walt Disney World, marking the first time in more than two decades the critically endangered species has been born at the park."Though small in stature, these twins will play a big role in the continuation of one of the most endangered primate species," Penning said, adding that they are part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Plan, which works to help responsibly breed threatened species.
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