as you can see, night monkeys look a lot like lemurs...however, aside from their both being primates, lemurs and night monkeys aren't closely related. Night monkeys are in a family of their own among New World Monkeys. They are the only truly nocturnal monkeys in the Americas - so I guess we woke them up today when we met them (bad biologist, bad biologist). It must be said, they were ridiculously, absurdly cute. They have Golem-y little sticky fingers, like lemurs, and they make delightful purring, churring noises to each other. They were really neat.....
this particular vine-covered tree is home to a young pair of them...they pair bond for life and, unlike other New World monkeys, live in small family groups of just 4-6 individuals. 
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Were these monkeys well behaved? Were those poisonous frogs part of your defense against them? Did you bring beer? Did you ever have to run for your lives? I'm dying of curiousity!
Craig
believe it or not, i called these monkeys "funny" just like those ones at Linton - I said it right to their faces! - and they still didn't attack.
maybe they just don't understand English.
anyway these guys top off at 2 pounds, so i don't think they would bring on that much attack....
I'm sure this is a dumb question but what's the difference between a new vs. old world monkey?
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