The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins
For my wonderful critique group Teddie Aggeles Susan Banghart Melissa Buhler Janet McLaughlin and Augusta Scattergood
TABLE OF CONTENTS Trapped 4 Almost Gone Forever 10 Back to the Wild 18 Halfway Home 20 Turning Point 24 Good News Bad News 26 The Escape Plan 28 A Way Out 30 Home at Last 32 A Golden Future 34 Author's Note 35 Did You Know 36 Timeline 37 Glossary 38 Find Out More 39 Index 40
trapped In a small patch of tropical forest a squirrel sized golden lion tamarin stops on a high up branch and listens The young female picks out another tamarin's long call These shrill tweets can be heard over a mile 2 kilometers away It's the way a tamarin signals I'm here Is anybody there The young female is searching for a mate with whom she can start a family group So she goes to investigate This female tamarin is eighteen months old She is ready to mate and have babies
She finds two family groups together The youngsters are playing while the mothers nurse their babies The males chatter and chase one another Their noises help to claim their family's home territory the part of the forest where they find food and safe sleeping places As the young female moves closer the families stop get quiet and stare Sometimes a young adult joins a neighbor's family group
