#emperor Tamarins

[antiqueanimals]

Barry Moser. 1996.

[skimblyshanks]

Alright folks, important update re. Dallas Zoo.

The Emperor Tamarins are home, and are reacclimating well!

But with this also came confirmation that the Tamarins that were stolen were the Tamarins from the Lacerte Family Children's Zoo, not the Tamarin Treetops as i previously thought.

So that means enclosures in 3/5 of the park have been compromised.

Zoo North, which houses the Clouded Leopards and Langurs.

Wilds of Africa, which is across the grounds from Zoo North and houses the Lappet-Faced Vultures

Lacerte Family Children's Zoo, which houses this pair of tamarins.

The Children's Zoo is linked to Zoo North through a walkway, similar to the way Giants of The Savanna connects to Wilds of Africa.

While there is still a geographic proximity for 3/4 of these incidents, it's less clear cut than initially thought

Dallas Zoo's Update on the Tamarins

[saritawolff]

As reports of other incidents are beginning to come in, I thought I’d make a thread on all the crazy break-ins going on in the zoo world since the beginning of 2023.

On January 13th, Dallas Zoo closed due to a loose clouded leopard. Within hours she was discovered close to her home and safely returned to her enclosure with her sister, who had not left. Her wire mesh fence was discovered to have been intentionally cut open.

The next day, January 14th, it was announced that another cut had been discovered in the Dallas Zoo’s spectacled langur exhibit. However, the monkeys did not leave their enclosure and all were reportedly accounted for and uninjured.

On January 22nd, a highly endangered lappet-faced vulture at the Dallas Zoo was found dead in his enclosure with a “suspicious wound.” The wound appeared to be unnatural and is suspected of being a stab wound.

On January 29th keepers at Zoosiana discovered that 12 of their squirrel monkeys were stolen in the night. The remaining monkeys were uninjured but stressed.

On January 30th, attention was back on the Dallas Zoo as it reported that two of its emperor tamarins were missing after their enclosure had been cut into. As Dallas was in the middle of a freeze, it was doubtful the monkeys would have left their heated enclosure willingly. They were believed to have been taken.

On January 31st, Dallas police released photos and a video of a person of interest who may be connected to the theft of the tamarins.

Later that day, the tamarins were found in an abandoned home following a tip from the owners of the neighboring church. The monkeys were in a closet filled with bird feces and moldy clothes. Police also found cats, cat feces, pigeons, and a water jug containing dead fish in the home.

The tamarins were reportedly very happy to return to their warm home, but had lost weight. The zoo currently has them in quarantine to get their weight back up and monitor them for any illnesses they could have caught from the other animals in the abandoned house.

On February 2nd, 24-year-old Davion Dwight Irvin was arrested after an employee of the Dallas World Aquarium recognized him from the “person of interest” photos. He was reportedly scoping out mesh enclosures at the aquarium and approached the employee to ask questions about the animals’ care.

Apparently there had been unreported thefts in early January of feeder fish and fish supplies as well as training supplies taken from the behind the scenes otter area at the Dallas Zoo.

Meanwhile, also on February 2nd, someone cut open the stainless steel mesh of the Central Park Zoo’s Eurasian eagle owl exhibit. The owl, Flaco, has been under zoo surveillance since he was located on the 3rd and the hope is to lure him back with food once he gets hungry. As of today, February 8th, he has not eaten or drank, as he does not know how to in the wild.

Back to Texas, and despite zoos in the area doubling security, on February 6th keepers found a 4-inch cut in the Houston Zoo’s brown pelican enclosure. The birds are reportedly all accounted for and unharmed.

On February 7th, it was reported that Davion had not only confessed to stealing the Dallas Zoo’s monkeys, but also stated that, if released, he would go right back to stealing animals.

Davion confessed that he had attempted to take Nova, the clouded leopard, but he was only able to pet her before she climbed out of reach. He was also linked to cutting the langurs’ enclosure, but not charged since the langurs did not escape.

It was also revealed that Davion had been a person of interest after staff recognized the zoo regular as someone who often asked a lot of abnormal questions (such as how to shift the tamarins in and out of their various spaces) and had been previously been caught sneaking into staff only areas.

So far the vulture, Pin’s, death is still under investigation. Pin’s enclosure was on the other side of the zoo from the area Davion had been targeting.

As for Zoosiana’s squirrel monkeys, an arrest has been made in connection to the theft. 61-year-old Joseph Randell has been taken in for questioning. The 12 monkeys remain missing.

As it stands, we still have one dead vulture who’s killer may still be at large, 12 missing squirrel monkeys, and an owl in danger of starvation or injury in New York City.

I will reblog with updates to ongoing cases as they become available, or if more zoo sabotage happens (God forbid). Please feel free to correct me if I’ve gotten any dates or information wrong and I will edit or update this post.

(Also, I am on mobile and won’t be able to add a readmore until I can access a computer, sorry) Update: I was finally able to add a readmore and also turned all news links into hyperlinks.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

An emperor tamarin is seen in the Brazilian Amazon. The Dallas Zoo's two emperor tamarins, Bella and Finn, were stolen and later recovered.

PHOTOGRAPH BY CLAUS MEYER, MINDEN PICTURES

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Emperor tamarin By: Unknown photographer From: WWF Threatened Animals 1986

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Bearded emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator subgrisescens)

This tiny, tiny tamarin is found in the wet forests where Brazil and Peru border each other. They eat fruit, flowers, fungus, and tree sap- but they’re apparently too lazy to dig their own holes in trees, so they wait for a different species to do it for them!

[tidenoodle]

Heyyy long time no post! I've been making things, I just got behind on tumblr. DtB is coming up soon and I have a lot to make. Speaking of DtB, that's what these little guys are a preview for! Not for Ecosystem... no, these curious little monkeys are for the tree! They are so excited to climb around the branches and see all the other ornaments.

(Their true ornament versions are the proper 100px, but I like to show my stuff in 150px because it's a bit more detailed.)

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator)

(Photo from Buttonwood Park Zoo)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- South America

Size (Weight/Length)- 453 g; 25 cm

Diet- Fruit; Nectar; Leaves; Insects

Cool Facts- With that ‘stache it’s clear why emperor tamarins are the king of their domain. These tiny monkeys live in small groups led by the oldest individual being either female or male. Extremely chatty, the emperor tamarin can project its voice 150 meters away, that’s pretty small for a 25 centimeter long monkey. While breeding is based on how much food is around, a single female generally has several litters a year. Almost always having twins, the baby tamarins cling to their mother’s back until they are completely weened. Other emperor tamarins in their group will help to carry the babies while the mother feeds and males, often not the father, will actively seek out the babies to carry around.

Rating- 13/10 (Might you twirl your moostache at me, good sir?)

[istandonsnowpiles]

Bearded Emperor Tamarin

[longestdistanceart]

10000 hours in MS paint

[is-the-primate-vid-cute]

I was googling pictures of Emperor Tamarins and I notice in a LOT of them they're sticking out their tongues! And they're LONG! Is there any reason why they do thay?

They're so silly I love them so much X3c

Yes, great observation!

Marmosets and tamarins get a large portion of their diet from nectar and their long tongues help them reach it! They also apparently flick their tongues as a territorial display (which might be why so many photos feature the tongue) which is news to me since I had never worked with them before.

[kingofthemonkel]

Monkey! You have shown me monkey... Mmm... Monkey. [and lemur]

[sitting-on-me-bum]

An emperor tamarin sits a tree branch in Manu National Park, Peru. The South American primates are named for their long white whiskers, which resemble a mustache.

PHOTOGRAPH BY CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

[foxounderscorecube]

I'm not a fan of primates after going to Longleat as a child and the monkeys (don't know what species, it's one of my earliest memories) were really fucking up people's cars, taking off windscreen wipers and peeling bits off, and I thought it was really rude. My mum told me that it's because they don't know what cars are and I said "but cars drive through all the time, they should know what they are by now!"

Anyway, yeah, not my favourite animal group. But! This little guy is just SO cute. The moustache!!! Wonderful!

Autism creature Emperor tamarin for Day 6 of ComplicatedKnots' 7 Days of Crochet! So sad that tomorrow is the last day!

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[foxtronauteart]

I got completely fascinated by Emperor Tamarins recently so I had to draw one of those little guy. I made it blue and orange because those are cool colors! I want to draw more of them in the future cuz they look so cute and friendly.