Can A Monkey Have A Pet? - Defector
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Can A Monkey Have A Pet? - Defector

Source:Defector.com
Author:Sabrina Imbler

In the spring of 2004, researchers monitoring a population of wild bearded capuchins in a Brazilian woodland saw an infant clinging to Chiquinha, one of the adult female monkeys. The baby was not a capuchin but a marmoset—a much smaller monkey species. The re…