Smallest Monkeys in the World – level 1

This news is about monkeys. It is about the smallest monkeys in the world. The smallest
monkeys are only 100 grams heavy. There aren’t many of these monkeys in the wild.
They are in danger because people are destroying forests.
A zoo in Sydney wants to help the monkeys. The zoo puts together two monkeys. It lets
them have a family.
Two baby monkeys are born. They are beautiful and they are very, very small. They are
just 15 grams heavy. They are smaller than your thumb.
Difficult words: in the wild (not in a zoo, free), destroy (to break), forest (a big group of
trees).

Smallest Monkeys in the World – level 2

The smallest monkey in the world weighs only 100 grams. That is as much as an apple.
The species is endangered because people are destroying the forests where this type
of monkey lives.
A zoo in Sydney is trying to help the species survive. Zoo keepers put together two
monkeys to start a monkey family. A year later, two lovely monkeys were born. They
weigh just 15 grams and are smaller than a human thumb!
The monkeys are really cute. Check out their video!
Difficult words: species (an animal kind/type), endangered (in danger of dying
out), cute (beautiful).
Smallest Monkeys in the World – level 3

Two tiny and absolutely adorable baby pygmy marmosets were born at Sydney’s

Symbio Wildlife Park.
They weighed just 15 grammes at birth (and were the size of human thumbs) but giving
birth to them was, from the mother’s perspective, comparable to a human giving birth
to a ten-year-old child.
Their proud parents Gomez and IT were introduced to each other the previous year,
when IT, the female, arrived at the zoo. Years of bachelorhood ended for Gomez and
the two started a family. Apart from their baby monkeys being very cute, their birth is
necessary for the ongoing survival of the endangered species.
They are members of the world’s smallest monkey species, with adults weighing in at
around the same weight as an average apple, just 100 grammes. They are
facing extinction due to deforestation and illegal pet trade.
Difficult words: tiny (very small), adorable (lovable, cute, sweet)
, comparable (similar), bachelorhood (living as a bachelor – unmarried/single
man), endangered species (an animal kind which may die out soon), extinction (dying
out), due to (because of), deforestation (destroying forests).