The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins

The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins — page 3
trapped In a small patch of tropical forest a squirrel sized golden lion tamarin stops on a high up branch and listens The young female picks out another tamarin's long call These shrill tweets can be heard over a mile 2 kilometers away It's the way a tamarin signals I'm here Is anybody there The young female is searching for a mate with whom she can start a family group So she goes to investigate This female tamarin is eighteen months old She is ready to mate and have babies