I have a few predators: Raptors, Cats, Hawks and large Snakes but I manage to out run all of them. 

I'm in the forest going from tree to tree, I'm going vine to vine as I hold on tightly to each one of them and pray I don't get caught by the beast. This rarely happens, how did I let this happen? 

Us Golden Lion Tamarins move around A LOT and minimize the scent we leave behind. My long slender fingers and claw-like nails grab each vine at lightning speed. I turn to look behind me and PHEW! No more predators!

I promise you this doesn't happen often, but when it does I'm more than positive I’ll win.

Golden Lion Tamarins are very territorial and we defend our areas with scent markings, we also use vocalized threats to scare off any and all predators. If we hide we hide in tree cavities or tree forks. Since we are usually in big packs (3-9 sometimes more) predators rarely come at us. We are also very high up from the ground (29-100 feet) so that helps us fight off predators too. We ALWAYS fight off predators and we are fighters just like you guys!

As I stepped through the grass with my furry paws I made sure not to make any noise with the autumn leaves. I am walking through the dense forest in Nepal on the high mountains trying to find the perfect bamboo stick that I can find for my lunch. I am all alone by myself, an orange red panda. I climb through the trees, and through the autumn red leaves making sure I am not seen rushing through them. 

My legs start to grow weak like Jell-O, so I decide to take a short break on a tree branch. I stretch my paws and legs leaving them hanging in the air while the rest of my body rests on the thick branch. I hear a sound coming near me, and I open my eyes slightly, and I see that it’s my enemy whose name is Jeremy. He always steals my bamboo while I sleep, so I do not like him.

“Hey there Kimchi.” He said. I got up on my hind legs and raised my arms up high in the air to scare him away. He suddenly laid down and I thought I had won this battle for once, but I noticed that below the thick trees a snow leopard is roaming through the forest looking hungry and ready to attack! I laid down quickly with Jeremy hoping that the snow leopard wouldn’t see us, and I started trembling with fear.

“It’s okay Kimchi. He cannot see us from up here, trust me.” Jeremy whispered. It didn’t feel so bad to have someone by my side to pass through these harsh and scary moments. The leopard spotted us because of our moving tails and we ran as fast as we could from tree to tree. We didn’t even think about looking back until we were sure we had lost him! We noticed that the snow leopard had gone and was nowhere to be seen anymore. I cheered in happiness which sounded like a very high squeak, and Jeremy and I parted ways and waved goodbye running through the multicoloured trees. 

Off in the distance I spotted the brightest and most juicy bamboo stick ever with the most green leaves. I ran as fast as my paws would take me, and I went head first down the tree, and finally I made it! I grabbed as many leaves as I could and looked around me making sure that Jeremy wasn’t anywhere near–I wasn’t going to let him have this! I love bamboo so much I could eat it forever, and ever. I yawned and felt my eyes close slowly growing sleepy after such a feast! I ran back up to the trees where I would be the safest and drifted off to sleep with my fluffy tail as a pillow dreaming of eating even more yummy bamboo like the one I had that day.