Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 7, Part 1

PPS PRIMATES in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet Little Bea

Little Bea is a White-tufted Eared Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). She was born at Pacific Primate Sanctuary in August 2005, to Blanche and Ernesto. Little Bea’s mother, Blanche came from a research laboratory.

Blanche began to give birth during the day, which was unusual, as the marmosets typically have their babies at night. Over the rest of the day and evening Sanctuary volunteers watched as Blanche delivered her babies. Ernesto, the new father, nervously inspected his young. Hidden in the nest box were the two babies, Little Bea and Emilio, and as Ernesto peered in to investigate, he was suddenly latched on to by one of the babies. Instantly stunned and surprised, Ernesto then became the clinging post of two very new marmosets. Sadly, Blanche, passed away shortly after giving birth, leaving Little Bea without a mother. Ernesto quickly became “Super Dad” caring for Little Bea and her brother with the utmost attention. Sanctuary volunteers lent him a helping hand, providing the infants with the nourishment they needed.

Little Bea is now an adult, and has found a wonderful friend in Oona, another White-tufted Eared Marmoset. The two are currently living indoors, but will be moved into an outdoor enclosure as soon as the new Extension is complete!

NOTABLE NEWS

Xylophone enjoys the summer sun

Summer is officially here, and the rainy days are few and far between. The monkeys at Pacific Primate Sanctuary have been taking advantage of their outdoor enclosures to soak up the sunshine, and feel the gentle breeze on their fur. The beautiful weather has provided them with many opportunities for grooming in the sunlight, a favorite activity of many families! Fern and Xylophone, a pair of Cotton Top Tamarins given refuge last year from a college research laboratory, have particularly been enjoying their first summer out of doors. The warm weather has also been wonderful for Juas, an elderly Cotton Top Tamarin with poor mobility. His energy has increased, and he has been climbing on the mesh and branches with much greater agility this past month!


The Volunteers have been very creative in providing enrichment for the monkeys this month. Deidre and Daisy, a pair of Black-tufted Eared Marmosets, enjoyed foraging for treats that had been scattered throughout their enclosure. On another day, various feeders were stuffed leaves, and then treats were tucked inside. All the monkeys enjoyed digging through the feeders to find the goodies within.

Feeders filled with leaves                  Olivia, Lucian and Bianca foraging for treats

MEET MORE MONKEYS

Jason and Ira, a pair of Cotton Top Tamarin brothers, peer out from their soft sleeping house.

A White-Tufted Eared Marmoset hangs from a branch investigating an enrichment feeder in which special treats have been hidden in the leaves.

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