Monkey World Dorset UK
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Macro Mondays, theme: Label
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Nepenthes (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz/) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus comprises about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mostly liana-forming plants of the Old World tropics, ranging from South China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines; westward to Madagascar (two species) and the Seychelles (one); southward to Australia (three) and New Caledonia (one); and northward to India (one) and Sri Lanka (one). The greatest diversity occurs on Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines, with many endemic species. Many are plants of hot, humid, lowland areas, but the majority are tropical montane plants, receiving warm days but cool to cold, humid nights year round. A few are considered tropical alpine, with cool days and nights near freezing. The name "monkey cups" refers to the fact that monkeys were once thought to drink rainwater from the pitchers, however this is false, the pitchers are filled with digestive fluids not water and monkeys do not drink from them.
Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens. San Marino. California.
The Galtaji Monkey Temple near Jaipur, in Rajasthan, India is a popular tourist and Hindu pilgrim destination. The site, which dates back to the 1500's, consists of a series of Hindu temples built into a narrow crevice in the hills that surround Jaipur. Water from a natural spring flows into a series of sacred pools (kunds) in which pilgrims bathe and youths play. The site is also famous for the numerous monkeys (rhesus macaques and langur monkeys) that live there and entertain the visitors.
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Vervet monkeys in the Chobe NP, Botswana
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With not much to do these days Wooly Monkey has gotten himself into a little monkey business.
Stay home. Stay safe. Stay out of any monkey business.
Since posting this I have received a few comments suggesting how folks needed a good laugh during these difficult times. I'm grateful for your laughs and comments.
We were lucky to see three different monkeys in the area around our hotel. This lone Spider Monkey was captured in the "Thinking" pose!
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Foden 4500 6x4 tractor unit L255VHY seen at SVTEC Farming of Yesteryear rally at Scone Palace, Perth.
Red titi monkeys are New World monkeys, a term describing monkeys from South and Central America. Red titi monkeys have coarse fur which varies in colour across the body. Their undersides and the sides of the face are red, their backs are a darker brown and they have a white band across the brow.
A Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) in pensive mood ! This , wild monkey , I saw sitting calmly inside the compound of a village temple
This monkey's expression looked so human like , i decided to capture it .
After all , they are our ancestors !
The Grivet Monkey is only found in the Horn Of Africa. This one was seen in Awash, Ethiopia and approached closely as it watched us eating our al fresco meal.
How cute is this monkey & infant? 🐒 Did you know that the Blue Atlas Cedar, a tree native of Morocco, and used as a landscape specimen here in the United States, is used as a protective home for many of these monkeys in the wild? This troop or barrel of Barbary macaque monkeys is the only wild population of monkeys on the European continent. Even though they are endangered, they are a thriving in the Gibraltar Nature Reserve. They're originally from the Atlas & Rif Mountains of Morocco.
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Samburu National Reserve
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The vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa. The term "vervet" is also used to refer to all the members of the genus Chlorocebus. The five distinct subspecies can be found mostly throughout Southern Africa, as well as some of the eastern countries. These mostly herbivorous monkeys have black faces and grey body hair color, ranging in length from about 50 centimetres (20 in) for males to about 40 centimetres (16 in) for females.
In addition to very interesting behavioral research on natural populations, vervet monkeys serve as a nonhuman primate model for understanding genetic and social behaviors of humans. They have been noted for having human-like characteristics, such as hypertension, anxiety, and social and dependent alcohol use. Vervets live in social groups ranging from 10 to 70 individuals, with males changing groups at the time of sexual maturity. The most significant studies done on vervet monkeys involve their communication and alarm calls, specifically in regard to kin and group recognition and particular predator sightings.
The green monkeys found in Barbados originally came from Senegal and the Gambia in West Africa approximately 350 years ago. About 75 generations have occurred since these monkeys arrived in Barbados and, as a result of environmental differences and evolution, the Barbados monkeys today have different characteristics than those in West Africa.
The monkeys are found mainly in the parishes of St.John, St.Joseph, St.Andrew and St.Thomas, where much natural vegetation and woodlands still exist. However, monkeys can also be seen traveling through hotel grounds in St.Peter and St.James.
Lit by candles. This is a carved lid for a small jar, just 38mm in diameter. After doing a few successful shots with external candlelight (see previous images in photostream), I thought I'd go for under/internal light. Initially I tried with the jar under the lid. It was a cool shot when testing with a flashlight underneath and there was still some ambient light in the room, but using only candles did not give me enough light. And an extra-long exposure would have meant the bottom of my setup would have started cooking. (I'm in SoCal and we are a little sensitive about fires right now.)
Once I switched to only the lid, there was enough light transmission for a reasonable exposure.
MacroMondays – theme: LitByCandlelight