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Red-handed Tamarin, Epe Zoo

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    This beautiful Tamarin is on the rise because one of its cousins is nearing extinction, making room in a way. That cousin is the Pied Tamarin. I have been very lucky to capture one of those cousins in the Amazon:

    Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor) The night before this shot was taken, our guide spoke of a mystical "bat monkey", half monkey, half bat. As he was drinking, I thought he was kidding, but I decided to push my luck anyway and got up real early the next morning to visit an area of fruit trees, where there'd be a tiny chance to spot them. <br /> <br /> There was no need for that though. A troup of five was right above me as I got out of our lodge. They were travelling across the high tree tops very fast and I got frustrated for only shooting blurry photos and the leafs and trees blocking a good view.<br /> <br /> Until I got lucky, almost out of sight, for a split second one of them turned around to look back at me. Here it is, the bat monkey, or Pied Tamarin. Extremely rare and almost extinct. Furry, a bat's face and claws and a long tail. Zoom in to see its bizarre face. Amazon,Brazil,Geotagged,Monkeys,Pied Tamarin,Saguinus bicolor


    Yet still this story of the Red-handed Tamarin may have a sad ending. The Epe Zoo in which I captured the above Tamarin was robbed one year after this photo, with the thieves targeting their "dwarf" monkey collection. Many of them have been stolen, their whereabouts unknown. How sad is it that even caged they are not safe?     Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago

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The Red-handed tamarin

The red-handed tamarin, also known as the golden-handed tamarin or Midas tamarin, is a New World monkey named for the contrasting reddish-orange hair on its feet and hands. It is native to wooded areas north of the Amazon River in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and possibly Venezuela.

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Uploaded Apr 29, 2014. Captured Jul 28, 2012 11:16 in Achterste Molenweg 17, 8162 RC Epe, The Netherlands.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO2800
  • 500mm
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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.