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The Toque Macaque (locally known as Rilawas) is an monkey species endemic to Sri Lanka, and a large part of Polonaruwa, an ancient capital city to the country's north east.
The most distinctive feature of these monkeys, apart from their pink faces, is their hair. They all seem to have neatly clipped fringes which, along with their other human-like features, makes them almost comical to look at. That is, until they stare straight at you.
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Driftwood Monkey Sculptures were designed and built by driftwood sculptor James Doran Webb (United Kingdom) display at the Flower Field, Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay for the Lunar New Year Festival celebrations for the Year of the Monkey.
"Spectacled Langur" monkeys seen on multiple days at a wild preserve close to small city of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. There are no fences and they're not in a zoo so these are basically wild monkeys, however they're living at a protected area of a forested mountain and the base at its bottom where they receive daily handouts, supplementing their leaf diet. Besides the name Spectacled Langur, they are also known as the "Dusky Leaf-eating Monkey", as they are a monkey that does eat vegetation. They are free to roam and I chanced upon some up in a tree about half kilometer across a field area, where they were eating the red flowers on this tree. They seem to come out of the forest daily to the feeding area and there are a few stations set up for that, plus a large bowl filled with water for drink. Perhaps that may not be good for wild monkeys but it does help organize it and the locals would otherwise just bring handouts anyway. Then they also nap in the trees right there.
Wonderful to observe and you can approach very close, and they seem to have a very calm nature, although I'm no monkey expert. Where I watched, hardly any aggressive behavior that I'd seen in the far more common Thai macaque monkeys; not much competing for food. Mothers do keep their young very close at hand, and I read that females may share baby duties and I did see babies being passed, whereas I saw the mothers keeping any other monkeys away.
As you can see in photos, baby Spectacled Langurs are born with bright orange hair which then turns grey, and light skin which turns black except for the face features.
This is a Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey, also called Kirk's Red Colobus, and Poison Monkey. It is an endangered species, surviving only on Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania. We saw this beauty in the Juzani forest, and he put up with me and my camera.
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One of my most memorable trip during my time living in Japan was to Jigokudani Onsen (Hell Valley Hot Springs) and seeing these monkeys escaping the winter chill with a hot bath!
Well actually there were 3 monkeys. All were posing more or less in exactly the same way.
Couldn't capture the third one as i was using telephoto lens and it was cut off, and at that moment i was just few feet away.
Kiki is Monkey World's latest chimp arrival. She is 9 years old and was rescued from Lebanon where she had been living alone in a horrible cage.
Honey was sent to Monkey World by the Royal Family of Dubai after she had been confiscated in Dubai and was given a home by the daughter of the Crown Prince. She had a large wardrobe including a famous little red dress.