11/19/2004: Emperor tamarin monkey

Undertoad · 11-19-2004, 12:44 PM

This image is from the Zurich zoo. Says here the bearded Emperor tamarins live in tropical forests of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. They're endangered.

The most fascinating item about these buggers: they have taken to mixing in troops with another kind of monkey, the saddleback tamarin, for the purpose of hunting. The emperors seem to be better at detecting aerial predators, while saddlebacks are better at looking for terrestrial ones. Co-operation in effect. It would be really funny if the saddlebacks had goatees, but no:

So I guess they send these trolls along the ground, while the wise mustachioed monkeys take tree duty. That's good thinking.

Cochese · 11-19-2004, 01:24 PM

It would also be worthy if the Emperors rode the Saddlebacks around like horses.

Griff · 11-19-2004, 05:25 PM

What was the Lorax?
Any why was it there?
And why was it lifted and taken somewhere
from the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows?
The old Once-ler still lives here.
Ask him. He knows.

Cyber Wolf · 11-19-2004, 11:14 PM

Now that's a mustache that'd make some men downright jealous.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2004, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

Now that's a mustache that'd make some men downright jealous.

Some men.

capnhowdy · 11-20-2004, 08:16 AM

This monkey resembles yours truly when I neglect my "proper grooming routine" quote: my old lady.
Excuse me. I think I'll trim my mustache.
Quote: "and those who say we come descended from monkeys":Quote Homer Stokes in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"

11-19-2004, 12:44 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/19/2004: Emperor tamarin monkey This image is from the Zurich zoo. Says here the bearded Emperor tamarins live in tropical forests of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. They're endangered. The most fascinating item about these buggers: they have taken to mixing in troops with another kind of monkey, the saddleback tamarin, for the purpose of hunting. The emperors seem to be better at detecting aerial predators, while saddlebacks are better at looking for terrestrial ones. Co-operation in effect. It would be really funny if the saddlebacks had goatees, but no: So I guess they send these trolls along the ground, while the wise mustachioed monkeys take tree duty. That's good thinking.

11-19-2004, 05:25 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What was the Lorax? Any why was it there? And why was it lifted and taken somewhere from the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows? The old Once-ler still lives here. Ask him. He knows. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-19-2004, 11:14 PM	#4
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Now that's a mustache that'd make some men downright jealous. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

11-20-2004, 08:16 AM	#6
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	This monkey resembles yours truly when I neglect my "proper grooming routine" quote: my old lady. Excuse me. I think I'll trim my mustache. Quote: "and those who say we come descended from monkeys":Quote Homer Stokes in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-19-2004, 01:24 PM	#2
Cochese Disorderly Orderly Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 54	It would also be worthy if the Emperors rode the Saddlebacks around like horses.

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