Tiny Twins: Baby Pygmy Marmosets

These tiny twins are the newest addition to the pygmy marmoset family. You can see them in the rainforest of the Natural Encounters building at the Houston Zoo.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• tiny
• twins
• baby
• pygmy marmoset
• cute
• furry
• animals
• Houston Zoo
• cute zoo animals

[houstonzoo]

@wildman912 The pygmy marmosets are getting a special treat of strawberry yogurt, which is what's on the end of the stick.

[houstonzoo]

While primates (prosimians, monkeys, and apes) are thought of as cute and cuddly, they are inappropriate as pets. They can catch and transmit diseases, they all bite once they become adults, and many are endangered species. The best way to appreciate primates is to avoid encouraging the pet trade: visit them at the zoo or in the wild. Domesticated animals such as dogs and cats make good pets because they have been bred, many for thousands of years, to coexist with humans in a household setting.

[grotemaarten]

Don't feed after midnight,

keep away from water,

and you'll be all right.

[tentacleorgy]

@houstonzoo

Dogs and cats were once innocent wild creatures that were stolen from their natural habitats and forced to conform to human habits.

You can't condemn the domestication of wild animals and then give examples of wild animals that have been domesticated. Stay consistent here.

[williamhale1]

Hour much for one

[Utada379]

SO CUTE!!! but....yeah, they aren't suitable pets. Leave them alone. 

[JuSKallday]

there just like people...... but little

[JuSKallday]

OMFG there so fucking cool

[Trund27]

Woah....Super amazing

[EternalAllureX95]

I am so getting one! Their too cute!

[Quartrez]

@chica476 D: They're cute !!

[MRhydrogen100]

O.o they look like little people