Deep in the Amazon Jungle lives creatures, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, that spend their days high up in the rain forests, and nights in hollow tree trunks. These beautiful “simian-like cats similar to small lions”, are recognizably called golden lion tamarins (Peterson 15). Similar to the golden lion tamarins in the jungle, lives a pair of tamarins at the Sequoia Park Zoo, who after much time observing, spends much of its time doing similar activities to those not in captivity. These activities that I chose to observe consisted of eating, communicating amongst others, sleeping, grooming and cleaning, and playing alone or together.

The male golden lion tamerion (Leontopithecus rosalia rosalis) that I steadily observed for the past few weeks was born on March 19, 1987, which makes him almost thirteen. Life expectancy (in captivity) is about 8 years for animals that survive past the infant stage(“lion haired tamarin”). The zoo has named him Vern. I could identify Vern from his mate because he is a bit larger than his female partner, and has more hair on his bottom end and tail. The cage was a room with glass windows, that had been created to im

facts). This explains why Vern’s partner often moved to where she was over to Vern to get a piece of food from him when he was snacking.

Though all the activities that Vern, the Sequoia Zoo lion haired tamarin, accumulated during my study weren't as active as the tamarins in the wild, Vern still shares similar habits and abilities as those in the wild.

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