On August 21st, 2004 Tomasita gave birth to Primavera, a female baby. In the first few days Tomasita seemed to be in shock, She kept to herself and didn’t interact with the volunteers.

Her status as ‘alpha female’ was overtaken by Micaela in 2004/5. However, because she bullies the other monkeys more than Michaela, she is often seen as the most dominant female of the group.

Tomasita went on to have another baby girl - Lucianita - in 2010, at the ripe old age of 18! Sadly Tomasita passed away in January 2011, but her spirit lives on in the spider monkey park and she is greatly missed by monkeys and volunteers alike, despite her terrible moods and favouritism of boys over girls!

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