A pair of rare orange primates – each barely bigger than a can of beer – has been introduced at Chester Zoo.<\/p>\n
Originally from the forests of Brazil, golden lion tamarins are an endangered species following the expansion of construction, livestock farming and logging in their native habitat.<\/p>\n
Chester Zoo primate keeper James Star said: “A co-ordinated breed-and-release programme was initiated across conservation zoos around the globe… helping to turn it around and bring them back from the brink.”<\/p>\n
Literally pint-sized George and Leaf, who only stand eight inches (20cm) tall, are said by zoo staff to be “getting along brilliantly” with other animals.<\/p>\n
Golden lion tamarins are named after the mane-like ruff around their heads.<\/p>\n
They have long fingers and hands that help them forage for insects in tree crevices.<\/p>\n
Their bright orange coats make them easy to spot when they are jumping from tree to tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of rare orange primates – each barely bigger than a can of beer – has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-87854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}