Photos: Tamarin monkey twins Lara and Lucy at the Denver Zoo. They were orphaned at the age of 3 weeks, when their mother died of cancer
Posted by kluciole at 8/21/2009 11:48 PM 
Categories: Animal Rights, Science, National, Photography, Hope
Categories: Animal Rights, Science, National, Photography, Hope
Thu Aug 20, 8:52 PM ET
In this August 2009 handout photograph provided by The Denver Zoo, emperor tamarin monkey twins Lara and Lucy look on from their home in the zoo's nursery. The twins are being cared for by zookeepers after they were orphaned on July 30 when their mother died from cancer, three weeks after giving birth to the pair.
(AP Photo/HO, The Denver Zoo, Dave Parsons)
In this August 2009 handout photograph provided by The Denver Zoo, one of the emperor tamarin monkey twins is groomed with a toothbrush by a handler. The tamarin twins named Lara and Lucy were orphaned on July 30 when their mother died of cancer, three weeks after giving birth. As a result, zookeepers are feeding the monkeys by hand.
(AP Photo/HO, The Denver Zoo, Dave Parsons)
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