Photo from Wikicommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMuch like other monkey species the Pied Tamarin is an omnivore that will feed on fruits, green plants but also likes the taste of insects, reptiles, eggs and even tree sap.\u00a0 Yummmy…. insects and syrup.\u00a0 Since this monkey is not very large it puts them a little lower on the food chain.\u00a0 As a result they have to constantly be looking out for wild cats, dogs, snakes, birds of prey and of course humans.\u00a0\u00a0 I am surprised they leave the protection of the tree tops at all during the day.\u00a0 I think my strategy would be to hide among the trees while I outsource my food gathering to other monkey’s.<\/p>\n
That does it for funny looking monkey Tuesday.\u00a0 Make sure you come back tomorrow for another interesting Wild Fact.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy Tuesday everyone.\u00a0 Today we are going to look at our third Tamarin species, the Pied Tamarin.\u00a0 If you remember we also discussed the Emperor and the Cotton-Top Tamarin.\u00a0 The Pied Tamarin is actually one of the larger tamarin species found in South America.\u00a0 With that said, they usually only grow to about 30 cm (12″) so that shows you just how small the other primates are.\u00a0\u00a0 Well lets grab our outdoor gear and head to the beautiful Amazon Rainforest to learn more about this little monkey. The Pied Tamarin is an endangered species and can be found living in <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1116,332,4025,1347,333,334,1117],"yoast_head":"\n
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