- Title: TURKEY: TWIN PYGMY MARMOSETS BORN IN BOSPHORUS ZOO
- Date: 4th February 2001
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (FEBRUARY 1, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. SLLV EXTEROPR BOSPHORUS ZOO WITH VISITORS ENTERING 0.08 2. MV VISITORS AT THE MONKEY SECTION 0.14 3. SCU PYGMY MARMONET WITH BABY TWINS ON HIS BACK; SCU PYGMY MARMOSETS (6 SHOTS) 1.09 4. MV PR MANAGER FOR THE ZOO AYDAN TEKIN FEEDING THE MARMOSETS; SCU MARMOSETS EATING 4. SCU PR MANAGER FOR THE ZOO AYDAN TEKIN FEEDING THE MARMOSETS; SCU MARMOSETS EATING BUGS (3 SHOTS) 1.37 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) PR MANAGER OF THE ZOO AYDAN TEKIN SAYING "These are the dwarf monkeys known as the pygmy marmosets. They are among the species of the Amazon region threatened with extinction. One male and two female marmosets joined our zoo in 1998 from Switzerland. Since that period we have continued our reproduction programme with the marmosets. This year the monkeys have given birth to twins." 2.15 6. SCU MARMOSETS (2 SHOTS) 2.30 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 19th February 2001 12:00
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- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Reuters ID: LVAIZZ0PFB66O4JOZ2HZHQONOPF
- Story Text: The pygmy marmoset of the Bosphorus Zoo near Istanbul
in Turkey gave birth to twins last week. The week-old baby
pygmy marmosets cling to their father's fur and are nursed by
their mother. Pygmy marmosets, are the
world's smallest monkeys and come from the rainforest of
Brazil originally.
Born a week ago the pygmy marmoset twins, 4 cm (fewer
than 2 inches) long spend all their time on their father's
chest or back.
The world smallest monkeys are the first marmoset babies
born at the Bosphorus Zoo, in Istanbul.
The twins were almost invisible as they clung to the male
adult. but they have attracted a great deal of attention from
the public and those concerned with the conservation of
species threatened with extinction.
Their father is smaller than an apple and tried to keep
the twins away from the prying eyes and the camera lenses
focused on them.
The pygmy marmosets are originally from South America,
the Amazon Region, Brasil, Peru, Equador and Colombia. The 16
cm (6 inches) long marmosets live in groups.
Females usually give birth to twins that she nurses for
3 months. The babies are carried only by their father except
when nursing.
The PR manager of the zoo, Aydan Tekin, explained how it
was important to preserve species threatened with
extinction:"These are the dwarf monkeys known as the pygmy
marmosets. They are among the species of the Amazon region
threatened with extinction. One male and two female marmosets
joined our zoo in 1998 from Switzerland. Since that period we
have continued our reproduction programme with the marmosets.
This year the monkeys have given birth to twins," she said.
Bosphorus Zoo was established in 1991 for the purpose of
protecting and breeding animals who were about to become
extinct.
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