Red handed tamarins????? » Mogo Zoo

Danale · 28-02-2008, 02:13 PM

a few years ago on the old old mogo zoo website thay had listed red handed tamarins -??????

can anyone tell me more ???

cheers

patrick · 28-02-2008, 02:24 PM

i think they only had one and it has since died.....only one in australia. i think

Faraji · 02-03-2008, 06:09 PM

Yes, they actually had two - the only ones in Australia- but they both died over the years from old age.

tetrapod · 09-05-2008, 03:52 AM

Mogo's red-handed tamarins were the remnants of a successful breeding group that came from Perth Zoo - last at Perth mid '90s. The original animals (probably a pair, but don't quote me on it) came from Scansen (spelling isn't correct) in Sweden.

Interestingly they proved to be very aggressive towards cotton-tops when mixed in a walk-through enclosure. One of the keepers involved at the time told me that it was akin to 'hunting'.

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28-02-2008, 02:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
patrick Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: melbourne, victoria, australia Posts: 2,543	i think they only had one and it has since died.....only one in australia. i think

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Faraji Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New South Wales, Aust. Posts: 26	Yes, they actually had two - the only ones in Australia- but they both died over the years from old age.

09-05-2008, 03:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
tetrapod Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: sw england Posts: 231	Mogo's red-handed tamarins were the remnants of a successful breeding group that came from Perth Zoo - last at Perth mid '90s. The original animals (probably a pair, but don't quote me on it) came from Scansen (spelling isn't correct) in Sweden. Interestingly they proved to be very aggressive towards cotton-tops when mixed in a walk-through enclosure. One of the keepers involved at the time told me that it was akin to 'hunting'.