Paradise Country welcome world’s smallest monkeys, marmosets to Gold Coast

A troop of the world’s smallest monkeys have found a new home on the Gold Coast - here’s where you can meet them.

THE world’s smallest and “most charismatic” boy band have arrived on the Gold Coast and are already getting up to mischief.

Marmosets now at Paradise Country. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

An 11-strong group of inquisitive male marmosets were hand-picked from zoos all around Australia to go on show at the Village Roadshow Paradise Country park at Oxenford.

Paradise Country curator of wildlife Deane Jones said the marmosets were an exciting addition to the park, and would become ambassadors for primates doing it tough.

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Marmosets were handpicked from all over Australia and now call the Gold Coast home. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

“We are incredibly excited to welcome the marmosets and cannot wait for our guests to watch them get up to mischievous antics,” he said. “They are the funniest and most charismatic primate.”

Mr Jones said more than 60 per cent of the world’s primate species were threatened with extinction and the marmosets would join Paradise Country’s Save A Mate Program to help raise awareness and funds for wild cousins in the Amazon.

Marmosets at Paradise Country will join the Paradise Country’s Save A Mate Program to raise funds and awareness. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

Mr Jones said the monkeys aged 18 months to seven years had their own individual personality and he was confident the public would fall in love with them, just like he had.

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Marmosets are cheeky, funny and cute. Deane Jones says he believes Gold Coasters will fall in love with the world’s smallest monkey Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

The public can now view the 250 gram creatures at Paradise Country’s Farmhouse Restaurant. In the New Year Gold Coasters can have one-on-one experiences, and paid entry will be directly donated to wildlife conservation group Fauna and Flora International Australia.