Photo by Mistvan (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNah, of course not.\u00a0 These social monkey’s tend to feed on fruit, insects, small mammals and of course reptiles.\u00a0 Considering the Golden Lion Tamarin\u00a0 is only about 33.5 cm (8″) tall, you don’t have much to worry about.\u00a0 Besides, these animals are far too busy taking care of their family to bother you.\u00a0 Believe it or not, it is the male that is responsible for most of the rearing duties.\u00a0 Wait a minute! Why is that so hard to believe?\u00a0 You will often see the males carrying the little ones on their back.\u00a0 You know what, humans are not that different since I still remember my dad carrying me up the stairs like a “sack of potatoes”.\u00a0 The mother is smart to hand over the rearing duties to “dad” since the Golden Lion Tamarin typically has twins.\u00a0 Nothing better than a 2 for 1 deal.<\/p>\n
Wow!\u00a0 That Wild Fact seemed to go by way to quick.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed a little bit of monkey fun today.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/p>\n
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Well, we have made it to the middle of another week and our reward on this beautiful Wednesday is a look into the life of the Golden Lion Tamarin.\u00a0 I hope you were not expecting money or candy?!? Trust me, today’s Wild Fact will be an awesome treat.\u00a0\u00a0 How can it not when we are learning about a small monkey, which is native to the rainforests of Brazil.\u00a0 Not only do we get to play with monkey’s but we get to go on a sweet road trip.\u00a0 Who is up for a quick trip to South America? Unfortunately, there are <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,245,1696,1698,1697,4025,334,107],"yoast_head":"\n
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