Sunday, July 5, 2009

Monkeys (Gabby)


Monkeys are one of the very first things people want to see upon coming to the jungle and one of the neatest things about the Los Amigos Station is the high occurence of the emperor tamarin. As you will see in the picture above this particular species has a very cute moustache. They are small and they are very fast at hopping around in the trees. They are often hanging around the station during the day and can be seen eating fruit from the ground. This tamarin was a bit more cooperative then some of its relatives. There are also squirrel monkeys, saki monkeys, and capuchins nearby. The howler monkeys have been making a racket but we have yet to see them. The capuchins actually try to pee on you sometimes and are quite agressive about throwing things from the trees.
- Gabby