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Tiny Squirrel Monkey Gets Root Canal

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    Dentists perform procedure on 'Mango' the 2-pound primate

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The sights and sounds of an operating room you've got doctors nurses monitors.

But this is the San Antonio zoo in the patient.

Is a small squirrel monkeys.

With a mysterious dental problem we don't know how broken tooth doctor -- says they discovered an abnormality on one of mangoes -- during a preventative care exam so.

It's time for a root canal.

After -- him the doctor goes to work he admits he can be pretty tricky working on a two pound animal -- size does play a little bit of a role.

So that usable that a magnification and hand some really tiny instruments -- imagine -- More than -- -- -- Indian -- workers keep a close -- on -- throughout the entire procedure monitoring his vital signs very carefully.

But apparently right now -- trying to find the right.

-- -- -- -- -- -- Once the doctor locates the root.

He gets to work with the drills.

The entire procedure lasts only an hour doctor Polk is actually getting pretty good Adam we've been hunting dog we've done.

Some potters we've done some of the a little monkeys minutes after the procedure mango is up and alert.

Ready to sink his teeth into another day.

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