The tiniest of…trolls?

You know what I’m talking about—those guys with the wild head of hair, in all different colors? He’s totally one of those.

He’s all, "I am a toy that sits atop your pencil in fourth grade! yaaaaaah!!!" [shaking hair back and forth]


Baby tamarin hanging on…, originally uploaded by Nick Lawes.

OK, it’s really a behbeh Tamarin monkeh. Not a troll.

37 comments … read them below or add one

  1. Helene says:

    Bleeny tiny monkey

  2. Andrea|Nash says:

    No I think it’s a tamarind … but probably a seond class tamarind.

  3. Jacki14 says:

    I’d have sworn that hair color was not found in nature!

  4. Andrea|Nash says:

    By which I mean, of course, I’m not sure it’s a “golden” tamarind; unless it is; in whichcase it’s a first class tamarind :-)

  5. DreadPirateScott says:

    “Tamarin” is a type of New World monkey.

    “Tamarind” is a type of tree which bears a fruit with that same name.

    Meg was right on this, guys. :)

  6. SeaBreeze says:

    Cute Orange Fuzzballs!!! =)

  7. Beth says:

    I love golden lion tamerins. They used to have them at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago and my parents sponsored them for a number of years. I loved that they lived with a sloth because it’s the most hyper monkeys ever paired with a creature that rarely moves. :)

  8. lauowolf says:

    Not a troll?
    I don’t know about that.
    he looks as if he could be a real brat on-line.

  9. LeeshaJoy says:

    No, it’s a muppet! Like the critters in Dark Crystal, maybe!

  10. Darleenie says:

    Did anyone else use to cut the hair of those troll pencil things in school?

    I totally did. That little is tempting me… hand me the scissors! *snip snip*

  11. Darleenie says:

    “That little >GUY< is tempting me."

  12. hideko says:

    That’s amazingly fluffy. I would love to pet it! It looks very soft… *ohsocute*

    The MN Zoo has Golden Lion Tamarins, too! Yay!

  13. Mia says:

    i’m sorry to make an unrelated comment but: we’ll need at least one adorably cute pumpkin picture this halloween!

    related comment: those look like the golden lion monkeys in the DC zoo. i didn’t think it was THAT cute until meg put a ‘zar! *flings back and forth on a pencil*’ image in my head.

  14. Subhangi says:

    Marmalade monkeh.

    That ees all.

  15. moofyboof says:
  16. Kitteh says:

    Unrelated, but in response to Mia, there IS an adorably cute pumpkin picture. It’s got a kitteh eet!

  17. Decca says:

    What a cute little face. And I love that “I’m not sure about any of this” look in his eyes. It’s OK, little guy. We love you.

  18. Annie says:

    tamarind makes a really tasty tea. tamarin is a really adorable monkey/ troll look alike.

  19. Hon Glad says:

    In the ‘Golden Compass’ Mrs Coulters Daemon is a Golden Tamarin, if my memory serves me right.

  20. NYgirly says:

    Did someone use Manic Panic ( http://www.manicpanic.com/dyepage1.html ) in Pumpkin color for Halloween? :)

  21. Wincey says:

    My senior thesis was coordinated by a golden lion tamarin expert — I just fell in love with the little guys! Thanks for bringing this li’l critter to C.O.! (BTW, he’s a pretty close relative to that pygmy marmoset bebeh you had not long ago.) Loves the New World monkehs — they’re the cutest!

  22. Theresa says:

    “I am a toy that sits atop your pencil in fourth grade! yaaaaaah!!!” ??

    Nay, I say graduate school!

  23. jen says:

    awwwwwwww. i’ve never had one of these in my pencil case! [pouts]

  24. Melinda says:

    Can stick whole monkey in my mouf!

  25. berthaslave says:

    These are like the anti-camo monkehs. I believe the larger ones are visible on Google Earth, and they also love Wham and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

  26. Kiragirl says:

    Rule # 7 rules

  27. Rumi says:

    ROFL, berthaslave!!! Especially the bit about them being visible on Google Earth, *snort*!!

  28. ThreeCatNight says:

    I will gladly put said little monk in my coat pocket to keep him warm, if his mama would let me.

  29. Mia says:

    Oh that’s right Kitteh I forgot. I’m hoping for a picture of a pumpkin being cute itself-but a kitten-pumpkin will also suffice my halloween needs.

  30. Holly says:

    Once again, Meg is spying on my early 80′s life. Troll topper on the pencil. What next? Jelly shoes?

    Get out of my head! LOL!

  31. Theo says:

    Jelly shoes SHOULD have died in the 80s, but instead they morphed into “Crocs.”

    See the next post for a better idea.

  32. RJ says:

    It may not be a troll, but boy, that’s best impression I’ve ever seed…

    I loved jelly shoes. I’m thinkin’ ’bout the Crocs….

  33. chanpon says:

    He’s just in time for Halloween. He’s perfectly orange.

  34. Madeline says:

    That little guy is totally going to post on CO and be all “Oooh, that picture’s not cute…IT’S SAD!! It’s cruel to let a beebee monkey be seen in public with hair like that! Take this picture down NOWS!”

    But it’s harder to fit those kinds of trolls on the end of pencils!

    [not THAT kind of troll, heh... - Ed.]
    [good idea, though; guess I'd better order some pencils...]

  35. Kar says:

    Awww. Remember no matter how weird looking. That’s somebody’s beautiful baby.

    And every bride is beautiful on her wedding day. No matter what the dress looks like.

  36. Cody-kun says:

    suuuure Kar ^.^ *giggles*

    and Leesha I just watched the Dark Crystal last week ^O^ now I want to watch it again

    *pokes the golden monkey*

  37. Tiberia says:

    It’s Bebeh New World Cheezit Munkeh