You can never get enough marmoset.

Marmosets are of the genus Callithrix of the New World Monkeys. They exhibit primitive features such as claws instead of nails (not very dangerous anyway) and tactile hairs on their wrists. And they don't have wisdom teeth that have to be pulled out. And their brains aren't very good.

Marmosets communicate by high-pitched tones, varying from chirps to loud, shrill whistles and screeches.

Marmosets live in forest canopies and eat the gum inside of tree branches. They are also big fruit eaters.

They also live in small family groups of a pair and their kids... so they are monogamous like we are (hopefully)! And they might be territorial but it's hard to tell because they're so cute. Twins are usually born but there have been triplets too. And the males are good dads usually, carrying the babies on their backs as they move around.

(From Wikipedia.com)

Most marmosets are only 20 inches long.

Marmosets smell, they use their scent glands for communication. This makes it possible to identify themselves to each other.

A marmoset's body temperature can change about 4 Celcius degrees a day.

Marmosets are even included in Shakespeare's "Tempest", when a character is instructed "how to snare the nimble marmoset." This is sad.

Trapping of marmosets from the wild is illegal; all types are considered threatened.

Father marmosets do most of the caring for babies.

Marmosets urinate and defecate on their paws so they have a better grip for climbing. This turns off many new marmoset owners.

Marmosets require a specialized diet and have high vitamin D3 requirements. Many marmoset owners don't know this and the poor monkeys die.

Marmosets will turn away from perceived threatening people or potential enemies, raise the tail and at the same time, raising up on the hind legs, present their genitalia to the object of their display.

Marmosets like to sleep in a box where they feel secure. They prefer to sleep high and like to have towels, blankets, and stuffed animals to snuggle up to. Most go to sleep at sunset.

Exotic Pet Vet offered this advice: "Make sure a room is secure, with no hiding places, because if a callitrichid escapes, it will run behind anything it can, and it may be impossible to extract it. Nets are helpful to catch up a marmoset or tamarin. Gloves may be used, if necessary, but it is safer to handle one with bare hands (for the monkey). Grasping the monkey loosely around the neck, and then restraining the hind legs, works well. Remember that they have very dexterous hands, and may grab at equipment or fingers, pulling them towards their mouth and those sharp teeth."

(http://www.exoticpetvet.net/

primate/callitrichid.html)

The Tvindy blog also added, "He acquired the marmosets by setting traps for them in the forest. In order to domesticate them he put them on leashes, so that they wouldn't run away, and gave them food and water every day. At the end of the week he untied them. Apparently if marmosets are confined to one area for a week, they identify that as their territory and will not run away, at least not permanently."

(http://tvindy.typepad.com)