Unlike the majority of monkeys who were bothered by high volume music and children, Crystal was remarkably mature. Because the show was marked by pyrotechnics and noisy, cheering audiences, Gunderson said it was "a boot camp" and "a great way for a monkey to grow up and become habituated for this kind of environment". Gunderson and Crystal worked together for eight years at the Animal Actors stage show. New York magazine's Benjamin Wallace wrote, "It was like she was born to perform." He named her Crystal, a namesake to a country music singer Crystal Gayle. Gunderson had let the other two employees select their monkeys first and was left with the oldest, Crystal. Crystal was given to Tom Gunderson, an employee who had only been with the company for a few years and had been primarily working at Universal Studios Florida's Animal Actors stage show. Three employees received the three monkeys. The trainer ultimately decided to buy Crystal and two younger capuchin monkeys as well. Audacious two-and-half-year-old Crystal, whose canine teeth had begun showing, was offered. Birds & Animals prefers to begin training younger monkeys, optimally those close to one year old. In 1996, Birds & Animals Unlimited, the largest furnisher of animals to Hollywood, sent one of its trainers to purchase a capuchin monkey in Florida.
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