Monet is a cotton-top tamarin who was born on December 3, 1994 and arrived at Jungle Friends on July 14, 2008 with nine other special-needs tamarins. These monkeys found a home at Jungle Friends when a research laboratory closed its doors.

Originally there were seventy cotton-top tamarins in need of homes. It took a full year of planning, fundraising, building and networking with other sanctuaries and organizations to find placements for all seventy. The ten who arrived here at Jungle Friends are enjoying their new home, discovering the great outdoors for the first time, getting a taste of a new, larger life - and reminding us why we do what we do!

Monet is a sweet little man, much smaller than his companion Xena, and shy in comparison to Xena's outgoing personality. Despite his size, Monet is a champion eater! He is quite the connoisseur and very interested in every morsel of food served. As soon as Monet hears the caregiver coming with his breakfast he makes a mad dash to his outdoor habitat to inspect the fare in the diet bowls.

Monet thoroughly enjoys being able to go outside and he loves to play with little twigs. Monet is not at all independent. He follows Xena's lead - wherever Xena is you will find Monet close by. They are a lovely couple.