Photo by Alexandre Buisse (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIf you are visiting South America and hope to catch a glimpse of the Goeldi Monkey then you may want to look up into the trees. The long tails provide this primate with the balance required to swing around in the trees. In fact, they spend a good chunk of their time zipping through the forest looking for fruit. Interestingly enough, they usually have the company of other Marmoset or Tamarin species, which just goes to show that everyone likes a good road trip, regardless of species.<\/p>\n
Goeldi Monkey Fast Fact – <\/strong>\u00a0Although the length of this primate is less than 30 cm (1 foot), they are capable of horizontally jumping a whopping 4 m (13 feet). Let’s see if we can put this into perspective. If you were around 6′ tall then you would be able to jump about 78′, which would probably get you a gold medal or two in the long jump.<\/p>\nThanks for reading today’s Wild Fact. Enjoy the rest of your day and I will see you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Anybody in the mood to learn about a little monkey? Well, I hope so since we are taking a trip to South America to learn about a New World Monkey called the Goeldi Monkey, which is also known as the Goeldi Marmoset. This little primate holds the honour of being one of the last New World Monkey’s to ever be discovered. I know this doesn’t sound like that much of an honour but try telling that to Swiss Naturalist, Emilo Goeldi who found this furry little monkey in 1904. How about we take the time right now to retrace the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,2406,2405,2407,306,1617,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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