Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Lemar, a very socialable primate















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What is the policy on owning or buying and selling them in the US?
It is aloud in the U.S to sell and own them.

What were your observations of the lemarsLemar's and their babies, what did you discover about their socailsocial behaviour? Some observations I made at the place I went, was the lemurs were very socaiablesociable, and as I could tell sorta liked us. They showed off their cute babies by putting them on their back. At one time the mother tried carringcarrying both of her two babbiesbabies, the father seeing she was haveinghaving trouble came and took one of the babies on his back. This little family I found out was going to be departed because in septemberSeptember the two little lemurs were going to be sold! This made me so sad :( This adorable family was going to be separated, the toughtthought that this family was almost more of a family then a human family,baffled me. When I left their home I couldnt help but feel bad for the mother and father.
Why might owning an exotic pet be good or bad-
GOOD-It's good because the pet lives longer and may like human companushipcompanionship.

BAD- It's bad because the animal is not in its natural habitatehabitat and its a wild animal and at any moment could do something violent.
I think it should become harder to get exotic animals and someone should come to the place where the animal is going to stay to make sure the animal is safe and happier.

Where are they from? Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands.

What do they eat? Eating fruits and leaves, particularly those of the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica), known natively as kily.

Are they indangeredendangered? Near threatened



What Primate? The Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most vocal primates.

What is a primate?A primate is a member of the biological order PrimatesthePrimates The group that contains prosimians (including lemurs, lorises, galagos and tarsiers ) and simians (monkeys and apes).With the exception of humans, who inhabit every continent on Earth, most primates live in tropical or subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia.

What is there genus? It is the only member of the Lemur genus

What is there social attiatudattitude? The Ring-tailed Lemur is highly social, living in groups of up to 30 individuals. live 16 ytoto 19 years but uypup to 26 in capitivitycaptivity.

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