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of wild shell shock. But it still eats Plantain avidly, and takes some milk.(I.E. adults may be very shy, but infants are not.) 

As far as we can tell, this young is in perfect condition.

It utters a lot of WLW's in its box, but nothing else while it is not touched.

COMMENT: I presume that it is normal for frightened adults to leave their infants behind. And for the infants to stay frozen until the adults  come back to pick them up. Of course, we did not see the adults do any actual picking up this morning. But the infant made no move toward the adults, even when they were quite close by, in full sight, and uttering several different kinds of vocalizations.

2:40 p.m. Young is uttering WLW's more and more rapidly now. Presumably slightly recovered from exhaustion (and starvation ?) and very unhappy socially.

Give him some food and drink and he quietens down temporarily. Then starts again Once, when I look at him as he utters WLW, he shuts up, looks at me with "grin", corners of mouth drawn back [[sketch of the mouth]]

3:50 pm. Leave house. Going to look at scrub and forest very nearby

NOTE: Antuco caught & adult [[symbol for male]] and & juv. Pygmy Marmoset this afternoon In hollow tree trunk. With large opening left up. Animals themselves 2 ft higher They were caught ca. 3:00-3:30 pm. I.E. this species retir