Captured pygmy marmosets can cling onto the finger of a person the way a koala might hang on a tree. I had never seen one before, and the notion of a wee, gum-eating monkey seemed far-fetched.

But the monkey was transferred to ... Related: Zoo Marmosets Get Hold of a Phone and Total Cuteness Ensues The tiny, finger-sized creature looks bedraggled but overall unharmed from its ordeal, ...

Jonas Wahlstrom, head of the Skansen Zoo, said he had received a call from Riyadh Zoo saying that Saudi authorities would not grant entry to the pygmy marmosets. "They didn't want the monkeys ...