June 19, 2013
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Caretaker Marta Silva places a baby night monkey close to her chest after showing it to a news photographer at a wildlife shelter in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The tiny night monkey is with Silva 24 hours a day, nestled in a wool pouch inside her coat or beside her while she sleeps. Silva works with the neonatal unit of Bogota's Wildlife Reception Center, part of the capital's environment ministry, where she has nurtured species ranging from birds to turtles to primates. Now she is looking after the night monkey of the genus Aotus that lives in the tropical forests of South America, including Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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