Teto is a brown capuchin who arrived at Jungle Friends on November 17, 2007, when he was just two and a half years old. Teto had been living as a ‘pet’ in Maryland, where it is not legal to keep a monkey. The ‘owners’ were already worried that Teto might become too aggressive with a new human baby in the house, and they were arranging for Teto’s move to Jungle Friends when Animal Control contacted them. Someone had reported that they were keeping a monkey illegally. If Teto wasn’t heading to a sanctuary ASAP, he would have been confiscated!

At Jungle Friends, Teto was introduced to Mario, another young capuchin who had been picked up by the authorities in Florida a short time earlier. The two boys have a grand time romping and wresting together. Teto loves his new, large habitat. Besides giving him lots of room for playing chase, it has a good supply of his new favorite snack – bamboo shoots.

Teto had been diagnosed with diabetes, and had been getting insulin shots for some time before he came to Jungle Friends, but within a few weeks after arriving at Jungle Friends his condition improved greatly. He was weaned off insulin and has tested negative for glucose ever since. We attribute Teto’s recovery to a good diet and plenty of exercise – compliments of Mario!