That's one small monkey! 🐒🐵

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Here's something cool I learnt today.

The Pygmy marmoset is the world's smallest monkey.. And by small I mean really, really small!

They usually are just a bit over 100 g with a head to body length ranging from 11 to 15 cm.... Pretty much as big as a dick a finger, which is why they are commonly known as finger monkeys.

Don't know about you, but I think it's really crazy a real monkey can be so small!

Just look how it fares versus a leaf katydid

https://youtube.com/shorts/IhSIf1QZFhM?si=NosAvsTp850hp34u

Damn... Imagine walking next to a bug that is as big as you. I know I wouldn't be as playful or curious as this little guy 😅

There are two pugmy marmoset species:

  • Cebuella pygmaea
  • Cebuella niveiventris

Cebuella pygmaea is the smallest of the two by a small margin, with the average male being 110 g, slightly smaller than the average female at 122 g.

The species is native to South America, occupying a range which intersects borders with Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

In case you are curious what such a small monkey feeds on, it's mainly small insects and fluids from trees like sap and gum.

Anyways, here's another video, my guess is that it isn't a full grown individual cause it's super tiny

https://youtube.com/shorts/nS9WxDD4x0k?si=SJ-w18SQQGdPNFyY

So cute. I'd love to squeeze it 😅

Ok, ok, one last video

Ok, hopefully you enjoyed hearing about this loveable creature ^_^. As always, Wikipedia is a great place to learn more about it!

See you soon with more strange critters 🐒🐵

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You shouldn’t watch those videos, your dick might get jealous…..🤣😂🤣

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Amazing they haven't long since gone extinct being that small...

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Yeah, they are being predated by pretty much everything. But I guess the small size helps them hide well :)

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the small size helps them hide well :)

Projection much ? :P

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Pretty much as big as a dick

You're not wrong tho.

Small one looks cute I mean monkey. Sed we only have big monkeys here In our region.

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Still very cute but would easily get preyed on, never knew they existed. Thanks for sharing

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Well, they have survived for a long time, I guess small size helps them avoid predation successfully :)

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I wonder how people were able to know that this is the smallest monkey in the world
Who knows if they have searched all the money in the world?
Anyways, it looks small indeed

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So tiny. They remind me of a tarsier. They look like forever babies. Hehe.

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squirrels be like: "being small, cute and climbing trees is our job!"

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Yes it is small, well nature offers everything, it is a total perfection and so extensive that even many things in nature will never be discovered.

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