Source: Yahoo - In this photo released by the Miami Metrozoo, a newborn Black Headed Spider Monkey is being protected by its mother as it is enjoying its first few days on exhibit in Miami, Friday, Jan. 12, 2010.
Born on Saturday, Jan. 16, this is the first image taken of the female infant as she has been previously well covered by the 8-year-old mother. This is the first offspring for both parents and is very important because the parents are two of only a handful of purebred representatives of their particular subspecies of Spider Monkey in the United States.
The Black Headed Spider Monkey is a rare arboreal primate that lives in the canopy of tropical forests in isolated pockets of Colombia. Spider Monkeys get their name from their very long arms and legs, along with their long prehensile tail which can be used as another arm sometimes giving the appearance of a large hairy spider in the trees.
(AP Photo/Miami Metrozoo, Ron Magill)