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Marmoset - Ouistiti
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Most marmosets are about 20 cm in length. Relative to other monkeys, they show a number of apparently primitive features: they have claws rather than nails, and tactile hairs on their wrists. They lack wisdom teeth, and their brain layout seems to be relatively primitive. Their body temperature is unusually variable, showing as much as 4 Celsius degrees (7 Fahrenheit degrees) change in a day.
Marmosets are highly active, living in the upper canopy of forest trees, and feeding on insects, fruit and leaves. They have long lower incisors, which enable them to chew holes in the trunks or branches of trees so as to harvest the gum inside; some species are specialised feeders on gum.
Marmosets live in small family groups consisting of a mated pair and their offspring, thus making marmosets (along with gibbons) some of the few monogamous primates. They are thought to be territorial. In most species, twins are usually born, though triplets are not unknown. A high degree of paternal care is shown, and the male usually carries the infants on his back as the family group moves around. |
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Hello Jeremy , This shot is very nice ,well taken shot good details compositie colours bg , tfs Greetings Teunie .
salut jeremy
EN PASSANT par la lorraine...........? JE DECOUVRE CETTE SUPER PHOTO DE CE PETIT SINGE BELLE COULEURS BONNE NETTETE
dommage qu'il ne soit pas suffisamment au milieu.
mais super quand même bravo
edith
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