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 Buddy
is a Lesser spot nose guenon monkey who is
really cute with a brown body and white
nose. Buddy was a pet monkey raised in a
home with a human family. In order to
protect themselves, from bites, his previous
owners had most of his front teeth
extracted- only leaving a few in the back so
he could chew his food.
Buddy is a very
independent little monkey, but he also
enjoys human contact and interaction. He
will stretch out in all sorts of different
directions to be scratched and tickled. He
lives in a very tall enclosure which allows
him to see all around the chimp farm. Buddy
loves to jump and fly through his enclosure,
one of his favorite pastimes is jumping on
his toys that are attached to bungy rope and
bouncing up and down through the air.
Since Buddy has
come to the sanctuary, we have been able to
take him out for walks, and we also go into
his house to interact with him, replace
broken toys with new ones and deep clean.
His ability to remain calm under these
situations has helped him become an animal
actor in the TV series Second Noah in 1996.
Buddy enjoyed going on these field trips to
Tampa (where the series was filmed) so much
that all we had to do was ask him “Buddy
want to go to Tampa?” And he would jump into
the kennel cage for us and off we would go.
In addition to being in a television
show, Buddy was also an animal ambassador
during some of our summer educational
programs. Buddy was a part of our
educational group of animals that taught an
important lesson to children of ages that is
how to be a responsible pet owner and that
exotic animals do not make good pets. We
are so fortunate to have Buddy as a part of
our family, and want to thank everyone for
choosing him to adopt and for supporting
“Project Rebuild”.
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Buddy loves to make faces at his
visitors! |
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