SQUIRREL MONKEY
Saimiri Sciureus
This cute little guy was everywhere all at once in his enclosure at the Oakland Zoo. He was very curious about everything. Almost at lightning speed. And then there was that mesh fencing that you could hardly focus through and it was shaded under the tree where he settled for about 10 seconds. I used a flash which caused a picture-covering glare, but when I worked on the image I was able to remove the glare to find this prize of a photo.
Squirrel monkeys hail from Bolivia, South America, which you could probably figure out from the scientific name. They form large troops with various sub-groups, more so than any other primate in the New World. They follow other monkeys to feed on bugs stirred up by their passing.
Now if you were curious to find out more about these colorful little critters, then just click here and read on: Squirrel Monkey
More of my photos:
|Squirrel Monkey 1
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