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Nashville's rapidly expanding zoo grew by two more this month.

Two cotton-top tamarins, small monkeys native to Colombia, were born Nov. 2, the zoo announced Monday.

The babies will stay here for at least two years before going to other zoos for breeding.

Nashville Zoo welcomes baby monkeys

A cotton-top tamarin and its baby on a branch. 

Photo courtesy of the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere

Animals

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