Try this out, Safe
the Rainforest.
We
would like to give a special thanks to those who gave us permission
to use picts and info from their sites, The
Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, BLTC
Primate Info, Sandy
Wiseman and Boa
Constrictor.com. And a huge thanks to Bob Sharp for creating our
stories.cgi Perl script and for troubleshooting it for us until it worked.
Thank you!
- Pygmy
Marmosets
This website has some cute pictures and lots of information
on pygmy marmosets. It tells the habitat, gestation, size,
diet and much more. This is a nice site because you don't
have to be a scientist to understand it. They were also
very nice when we emailed them. They helped us out quite
a bit and said we could use their pictures.
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- ZooGoers:
Pygmy Marmosets
This is a great page to find information on pygmy marmosets.
Although there are not too many pictures, they give wonderful
info.
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- Pygmy
Marmoset
This site has general and specific information on pygmies.
You should check out this site if you want to learn a lot
and see cute pictures.
Atiya's
Page of Pygmy Marmosets
This page has many cute drawings and even a few real pictures
of Pygmy Marmosets. It does not have much information
about real Pygmies but it does have a fictional story
about a group of them.
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- Hand
Rearing of Pygmy Marmosets
This site tells how to hand raise a pygmy marmoset for 53
days.
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- primates.com
: pygmy marmosets : Callithrix pygmaea
This site has photos of pygmy marmosets and other monkeys.
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- Pygmy
Marmoset
This site has info and other links about pygmy marmosets.
Callithrix
pygmaea (Pygmy Marmoset): Narrative
This site has info on pygmy marmosets and their cousins.
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- National
Zoo Pygmy Marmoset
Doesn't have a lot of information, but has some great pictures
of pygmies eating.
Pygmy
Marmoset
A little bit of useful information, especially on behavior
and reproduction.
Marmoset
World
Quite a bit of information on pygmy marmosets, not a lot
of pictures. Needed more information on habitat though.
Marmosets
Not too many facts on the pygmy marmoset, but plenty of
pictures and information about the common marmoset.
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- Primate-Science
Review Copies Received
This site is about different types of Marmosets!
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- Pygmy
Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)
This page has lots of information and pics on Pygmy Marmosets!
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- Marmosets
This page has pics and info on the different types of pygmies
and tamarins.
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- BBC
Nature Wild Animals Wildfacts : Pygmy marmoset
This page has info and pics on all different kinds of animals,
and a special part on pygmy marmosets.
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Chelsea |
- For
Kids Only - Tiny Monkeys
This is a great site to learn about pygmy marmosets and
other tiny monkeys.
marmoset
This site is about the behavior of marmosets.
- Marmosets
and tamarins
This site has some information on marmosets and tamarins.
It has no pictures but the information is good.
Rainforest
Mammals
Here you will find lesson plans and activities about rainforest
mammals. Could be fun.
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- Odour
sensitivity in non-human primates
A short article that talks about the sense of smell in primates,
specifically talks about the pygmy marmoset.
List
of Mammal Photos
Includes photos of monkeys as well as other mammals.
- Pygmy
Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea
This website is the evolution store. Not for the weak, they
sell skulls!
Animal
Fact Sheets
Great info on the Goeldi's Monkey (Callimico).
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Trevor |
La
Vallée des Singes Monkey Park - Pygmy Marmoset
More Pygmy Marmoset info and picts.
Amazon
Flooded Forest
This site describes what happens to the rainforest during
the torrential rains.
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The
Amazon Rainforest
NATIONAL PARKS
IN THE NORTH REGION OF BRAZIL
This site gives information on Brazil's seven national
parks. Brazil has immense national parks to help protect the Rainforest.
Amazonia
Forest Conservation
This site shows all of Brazil's national forests and parks, and they are
huge! Again, this shows that they are taking steps to protect the Amazon
Rainforest.
Forests.org
Go to this page, type McDonalds in the search field,
and you'll a link for a court case.
- NATURE:
Gremlins: Faces in the Forest
I like this site because it has contests and games, plus it
has information on Gremlins, Tamarins and Marmosets.
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- Environment
News Service: Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Shrinking Fast
This webpage doesn't have a lot of information, but it tells
how fast the rainforest is being cut down.
- Environment
News Service: Amazon Rainforest Could be Unsustainable Within
a Decade
This site shows the threats that the rainforests are fighting
against. Logging, mining and farming are told about with pictures
to go along.
- January
2002 -- Amazon Rainforest Threatened by Massive Road & Infrastructure
Development
This is a great site if you want the government of Brazil to
help stop the rainforest destruction.
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- Brazil
Rainforest Conservation News & Information, Most Recent
-- Forest Conservation Portal
This one has links to more Brazil Rainforest sites.
- WWF
- US: World Wildlife Fund - The Amazon
This site has info about animals in the rainforest.
- Integrated
Amazon Rainforest and World Wide Web Unit: Introduction
This site has facts on the Amazon Rainforest.
- Environmental
Defense
This one shows how to stop global climate changes.
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Rania |
- Brazil:
Rainforest Under Seige
A little bit of information on the pygmy marmoset but more information
on how to save the rainforest in which some of the pygmy marmoset
species live(d) in.
- Preserve
the Amazon Rainforest with AIRR
This website is a place for people to donate money to help save
more rainforest. Their goal is 40 acres.
- Help
with Rainforest School Reports
Tons of websites to visit and lots of pictures and information
that we could use or defend or think it was no good and email
them to get a clearer explanation of the info.
- Rainforest
Loads of information and plenty of pictures to help us understand
the point of saving the rainforest and keeping the environment
shiny clean.
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Jessy |
- World
Rainforest Information Portal - Amazon, South America, Asia,
Africa - Rain forest web.org
This website gives info and pics on the rainforests mentioned
above in the link.
- Earth's
Birthday Project | Home
This site has info and pics on different animals around the
world. It's a very good site for finding out what you can do
to learn more about our planet and how to help it.
- Science
News
This has info and pics of the Amazon rainforest. The article
talks about the effects of deforestation. A must read!
- Gallery
of Rainforest Photos - Indigenous Tribes of the Amazon
This has pics of people and things in the rainforest. Pics of
actual people!
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Chelsea |
- BBC
News | SCI/TECH | Amazon forest 'could vanish fast'
Good article that tells how the rainforests could be destroyed
to the point where we will never get them back!
- Yahoo!
Full Coverage - Amazon Rainforest
Here is a site on everything about the Amazon Rainforest.
- Amazon
Interactive
This site is about field research going on in the Amazon.
- The
Rain Forest - Index
This site tells about Amazon life.
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Nick |
- Science
Quest - Return to the Amazon Rainforest "
This site is simple and has everything you need to know about
the Amazon, including several activities.
- Live
From The Rainforest
This is a site that is filled with information about rainforest
life. It's a great site, you should check it out.
- Journey
Into Amazonia
Another awesome site where you can play Amazon Explorer and
everything. Highly recommended.
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Trevor |
- Amazon
Life
This site teaches ecology with the Amazon Rainforest. It's more
for older people.
- Exploring
the Vast Amazon
Great website with tons of information and lots of great pictures.
- Jungle
Photos - Amazon Rainforest Photos And Information
If you want to see pictures of the rainforest, this is the place
to go. Hundreds of photos of all sorts of rainforest stuff.
- United
Nations Environtment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre
This site has links to those species of animals that are threatened
or endangered.
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