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Golden Lion Tamarin Adventure

Golden Lion Tamarin Adventure. By Antonio. HOME. Table of Contents. Habitat. Food and Water. Daily Behavior. Family Structures. Bibliography. Interesting Facts. Food and Water. Eat: fruit Insects Spiders Snails small lizards bird eggs frogs flowers Nectar vertebrates

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Golden Lion Tamarin Adventure

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  1. Golden Lion Tamarin Adventure By Antonio HOME

  2. Table of Contents Habitat Food and Water Daily Behavior Family Structures Bibliography Interesting Facts

  3. Food and Water • Eat: • fruit • Insects • Spiders • Snails • small lizards • bird eggs • frogs • flowers • Nectar • vertebrates • Drink milk and water • Most water from juicy leaves • Move through trees to get food • Have long hands and fingers to get food • Stealthy hunters because of lightweight • They jump from tree to tree to hunt • omnivores Home

  4. Habitat • Lives in northeast Brazil, Rio De Janerio • Tropical humid forest • lowland forest • swampy forest • secondary forest • tropical rain forests • Areas with heavy vine and tree holes • Micro habitats • Atlantic coast to Sierra de Mar • South eastern coast of Brazil HOME

  5. Daily Behavior • In the day they eat • Neighboring group meets face off, call loudly chasing each other • Territorial is 100 acres • 12-14 individual is called a troop • 5-6 children • Climb trees • A male is the leader of the troop • Groom each others fur • Play together • Pretend fight • Male take care of babies • Always keep in sight for foxes, coyotes, bobcats HOME

  6. Family Structure • Have one baby at a time • Older monkeys babysit the young • Babies first months stay with the male • They sleep together • Male raises young • The mothers feed the young HOME

  7. Interesting Facts • Rarely any tamarins in the world • Live in herds • Some can weigh more than 100 pounds • Some live for more than forty years • Other monkeys live in swamps • Squirrel sized monkeys • Can grip well • 2 babies at a time HOME

  8. Bibliography • McDaniel, Melissa. Monkeys. New York; Benchmark Books, 2004. HOME

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