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12) Sap is a high energy food important to these small animals. But only a few trees in a forest produce sap at any one time.

Close up of buffy-headed marmoset feeding.

Notes:Close up of buffy-headed marmoset feeding.
These monkeys gouge holes in the tree bark using their front teeth.
Photo © by: Luis Claudio Marigo

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