- OK, are you ready?
- [Cameraman Mark] Let's go.
- We are about to
get into an enclosure
with the Common Marmoset.
Alright, I'll go first.
(door clanks open)
(suspenseful music)
You can't see them, they're
hiding in the leaves.
(marmosets squeek)
No sudden movements.
(suspenseful music)
- Oh!
- Oh, Mark, it's on your leg.
(upbeat music)
(jungle music)
Today the crew and I are
visiting a wildlife sanctuary
called "Kids Saving
the Rainforest."
This location is home
to many rescued animals
that are being rehabilitated
so that they can
ultimately be released
back into the wild.
However, there's one
resident species that cannot
be released because it's native
to the jungles of Brazil.
But that wasn't going
to stop me or the crew
from getting the
cameras up close.
Get ready to meet the Marmoset.
Oh, I see one.
And we are locked in.
There they are.
That's the Common Marmoset,
one of the smallest,
new world monkey
species in the world.
Hello there.
How are you?
Only thing smaller than
this is the Pygmy Marmoset.
The goal here is
gonna be to have them
get comfortable enough to
actually walk on my shoulders
and on my hands and
hopefully I'm not bitten
because they have a very
impressive set of chompers.
The mouth almost looks like
the mouth of a piranha.
Their teeth are all
(Coyote imitates a roar)
sprawled out everywhere.
And the teeth are,
oh, here we go,
got one coming right here.
The teeth are very
important for this monkey
because they actually use
it, they're very specialized.
They can dig into
the bark of trees
and one of their favorite
things to eat is tree sap;
they love sweets.
There you are, watch this.
I'm going to bring out
the marshmallows, OK.
- [Cameraman Mark] This
is the secret treat?
- This is the secret treat.
And
I'm gonna just, to start,
put my thumb out
on this branch here
and see if one will come close.
- [Cameraman Mark]
Do you have a call
that you use for these or?
- Yeah I do, watch this.
Little Marmoset, I
got your marshmallows.
(kissing sounds)
Where did they go?
- [Cameraman Mark] I don't know.
- It's a little
eerie in here knowing
that they're hiding
somewhere in the leaves.
Hello?
(monkeys screech)
There's one, down there.
Nope, there's one right there
by my foot look at that.
- What a stealth.
- Didn't even see it.
OK, look at this, watch,
watch, watch, look.
Oh!
Here he comes.
Up here!
(Coyote tuts)
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Building trust, just
building trust right now.
Ooh!
Oh, I felt those teeth.
Those teeth are definitely
sharp, look at that, OK.
Hi, how are you?
That is a marmoset, OK.
Lemme see if I can
kinda crouch down.
- Oh.
- Oh, Mark, it's on your leg.
- I can see that.
- [Coyote] You've got
a marmoset on you.
Ooh, he likes the camera.
How about this camera? Why
don't you focus on this camera?
And this is what it looks
like when the cameramen
get closer to the animal
than the host does.
- Hey buddy.
- [Coyote] No sudden
movements here, let me see
if I can get him
onto my hand here.
Hey, here we go.
- Oh there we go, there we go.
- There we go.
OK, now it is on my shoulder.
Oh boy, this is,
this is close, OK.
Just a little tiny piece.
Mmm,
marshmallow.
OK, there we go.
- Yum, yum, yum, yum.
- That's the good stuff, huh?
Wow, look at those front feet.
The dexterity in those fingers
and those wrists is incredible.
Now, that makes him a
little more primitive
than some new world
monkey species is the fact
that they have claws
and not fingernails.
And look at the tufts
on the side of the head.
I see you, can you
hang out for just,
oh, there you are,
up on my shoulder.
I love those tufts, you know
what it makes them look like?
Gizmo, from the movie Gremlins.
As long as we don't
feed you after midnight,
hopefully you won't
turn into a gremlin.
Look at that.
Wouldn't it be awesome
to just have one of these
on your shoulder all the time?
You can see because
they're so cute,
they're oftentimes
found in the pet trade.
Unfortunately, though, this
does not make a good pet.
Hi.
At one point in time,
these marmosets were found
roaming in the nearby
rainforest and because they
are non-native species,
specialists safely captured
and brought them to
the sanctuary where
they will live a happy
and healthy life.
It is necessary for us to
stay within the confines
of their enclosure to ensure
that they don't escape
back into the wild,
where they would compete
with the native wildlife.
This is an arboreal species
and they are found high up
in the trees where they are
searching for they favorite food
of berries and seeds.
But, like I said, they do
specialize in eating tree sap.
That's one grippy,
little tongue.
Look at that face.
- [Cameraman Mark] Is the
tongue rough or smooth?
- [Coyote] It's rough
just like a cat's tongue.
And you can see why they
would need a rough tongue
to be able to lick up sap.
It's a long tongue
that this guy's got.
- [Cameraman Mark]
They have long tails.
- They do!
- For their body.
- Now that tail
is not prehensile
which a lot of new world
monkeys have a prehensile tail,
which allows them to use
it almost like a fifth hand
where they can hang upside
down from a tree branch.
The tail of the marmoset
is just used for balance
when they're running around
in the tree branches.
And they don't even run,
it's more kinda like
this bouncing stride.
- [Cameraman Mark] Almost
like a kangaroo rat.
- Yeah, where did my friend go?
There we go.
Hmm, look at that.
Hi, how are you?
Two little, tiny
shoulder buddies.
OK, I feel much more
comfortable with the marmoset
than I did the squirrel monkey.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
(squirrel monkey screeching)
I'm sorry!
Hi there, oh, you found
my pocket, I see that.
Well, how cool is this;
spending our afternoon
hanging out with
the common marmoset.
I'm Coyote Peterson.
Be brave.
Stay wild.
We'll see you on
the next location!
If you thought the
marmoset was cute,
make sure to go back and
watch me get up-close
with B-Rad, the world's
most adorable baby sloth.
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(bear roars)
(eagle cries)
