The marmosets are eating a Guava, the scientific name is Inga — but I don´t know which subspecies. In the back of the picture one also can see a little banana.
One marmoset was released on Friday. Several wild marmosets coming near the cage where we had put the little (well, not so little anymore) one. She was always going near the wire and seemed to want to go with them. So on Friday midday, when the wild marmosets had come again, we opened the cagedoor.
The funny thing was that two wild marmosets went inside and the little one jumped away at first, but then she let herself be checked for the sex (by taking apart her legs — Chavo does the same everytime a new animal arrives at our place) and as it seemed to please them they started grooming her. But when I went in, they became afraid and escaped. We left the door open and a few moments later the little one went out and after them.
She´s not yet adult but is able to find her food and, the most important thing, she found a family.
| February
2, 2005 Everything is going well — the "big" animals are fine, the kinkajou (potos flavus) is getting bigger and bigger and doesn´t sleep (or let us sleep) the whole night. I´m thinking of releasing her soon. Unfortunately one of the pygmy marmosets was caught by a bird when we left them outside, so now we have put the surviving one in a big cage and have to wait until he is a little larger to be able to release him completely. Gudrun
February 14, 2005: 
Great news just in time for Valentine's Day -- we now have a way you can donate to help these beautiful, endangered animals. The Institute for Bioarchaeology has graciously offered to manage donations and to ensure that your donations reaches the Orphanage. No funds will be taken from your donation. Please send your check or money order to: Institute for Bioarchaeology 1714 Stockton Street Suite 100 San Francisco, CA 94133 Please note on your contribution that it is for the Amazon Animal Orphanage. I just came into town and now I found your mails to and from Mr Sarfatti and the marvellous result-that we might really get donations thanks to your work and his help. Thank you so much. The Kinkajou (bottom right) still sleeps in daytime in our house, but after 6 pm she gets up, eats a few fruits, bites all our toes and hands, or whatever she can reach, and then goes out — mostly around and on top of the house where we´ve put several long sticks so she can reach the nearby trees. She comes back once around 1-2 o´clock in the morning for some water or milk, and then disappears until around 5am, when she wants to get under the blankets for a little warming up and to drink or eat something. When we get up, she hides somewhere inside the house and sleeps. Yesterday some people of the village came to offer me a sloth. I told them we don´t buy any wild animals, but I wanted to see what they had brought. When they opened the sack I saw a sloth identical to Angelica, a three-toed sloth we raised and released more than a year ago.  The
people shouted that I should take care, that she would bite and scratch,
but when I put my arms inside to take her out she didn´t harm me at
all. By doing this, I convinced myself and the people, that this was´our´Angelica.
Anyway,I had to give the people a few Soles, for supper (which
would have been the sloth if I didn´t take her).Now I´m looking for some color I can paint Angelica with so everybody can identify her and we will not have to buy her back every now and then. I´m going to ask some vet if they have any ideas. I thought I could dye her hair with something from the hairdresser, but it's all either toxic or complicated to use. Love, Gudrun |
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Pilpintuwasi Butterfly Farm
www.AmazonAnimalOrphanage.org
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Iquitos, Peru