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Alouatta palliata
4 month old rescued howler monkey. It is about 1' long. owler monkeys have short snouts and wide-set, round nostrils. They range in size from 56 to 92 cm (22 to 36 in), excluding their tails, which can be equally as long. Like many New World monkeys, they have prehensile tails.
tropical forest's in the Americas
Spotted on Jul 26, 2012
Submitted on Jul 27, 2012
9 Comments
When I went to pick this little guy up he was being held in a small bird cage and, as you can imagine, he had a pretty traumatic morning. He bit my hand five times. Luckily their teeth aren't so sharp. In any case, within 15 minutes he was on my shoulders and beginning to become attached emotionally. He rejected my daughters efforts to hold him by climbing onto my head. I wore him as a hat for two consective hours. All the young monkeys become attached almost immediately. I think it stems from feeling your heatbeat and the warmth of your body. I am glad that you enjoyed this Maria!
what a cutie!
Gracias Yuriana. Thanks Neil, Lars and Karen! I am glad you all enjoyed this spotting!!!
There he is, our buddy! So cute.
Thanks again, Larry, for your efforts to save this species.
Such an expressive little face! Great work Larry!
Thanks for sharing this spotting with us Larry. I appreciate and admire the work you do for the Howler Monkeys!
sweet <3
gracias!!
Nice!! bb::