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Shots from the Juggernaut today at Clovelly. Link to the event: www.facebook.com/thejuggernautchallenge
These little guys move fast. This was about my best shot out of about 20 shots.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S.
Programmed Exposure and Auto-ISO chose 1/250th, f/5.6 and ISO250. EXIF shows the zoom is at 135mm - so the little guy is quite close really!
Gorge Wildlife Park
The Gorge Wildlife Park opened in 1965. It is home to many species of animals and birds. Some are in cages but many are not. There are many well known Australian species and exotic species.
Throughout 14 acres of land, paths meander among one of the most comprehensive collections of privately owned animals and birds in the country. There are about 50 Species of animals and 160 species of birds.
The favourite Australian animals include Wombats, Dingos, Echidnas and Fruit Bats. You can cuddle a Koala and walk amongst the Kangaroos and Wallabies.
There are also many rare albino species to be seen.
A variety of exotic animals on display such as American Alligators, Meerkats, Otters, playful Monkeys and more.
A vast range of birds from Fairy Wrens to Ostriches and everything in between, some in enclosures but many free flying including a free range colony of rainbow lorikeets.
Canon EOS 5D, 24-70 L lens
2013
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Costa Rica. Manuel Antonio park.
Mono titi.
Saimiri oersteddii
Saimiri oerstedii occurs along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama inland to altitudes of up to 500 m asl. The north-eastern limit is marked by the RÃo TulÃn in the north Herradura Mountains (9°40’N, 84°35’W) and Dota Mountains (9°37’N, 84°35’W). Along the coast of the Golfo Dulce and the Burica Peninsula to the western part of the Chiriquà Province, mouth of the RÃo Fonseca, including the Archipelago of the Golfo de ChiriquÃ, in Panama (Hershkovitz 1984; Boinski et al. 1998; Reid 1997).
There are two subspecies:
Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii occurs along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, from the left bank of the RÃo Grande de Térraba to the Osa Pensinsula, along the coast of the Golfo Dulce and the Burica Peninsula to the western part of the Chiriquà Province, mouth of the RÃo Fonseca, including the Archipelago of the Golfo de ChiriquÃ, in Panama (Hershkovitz 1984; Boinski et al. 1998; Reid 1997). Surveys by Baldwin and Baldwin (1972, 1976) recorded its presence on the Burica Peninsula, but indicated that it is now restricted to a narrow strip of scattered lowland coastal forest fragments, not extending to the type locality David, although it possibly occurred as far east as Remedios (well to the east of David) prior to the 1950s. Altitudinal range is 0 to 500 m asl (Hershkovitz 1984). RodrÃguez-Vargas (2003) mapped the remaining populations in Panama.
The historic range of Saimiri oerstedii citrinellus is along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, to altitudes of up to 500 m asl. The north-eastern limit is marked by the RÃo TulÃn in the north Herradura Mountains (9°40’N, 84°35’W) and Dota Mountains (9°37’N, 84°35’W), and the southern limit is the north bank of the RÃo Grande de Térraba (8°25´N, 84°25´W) (Arauz 1993; Sierra et al. 2003). Its occurrence is sporadic, and the surviving populations are entirely fragmented (Alfaro 1987; Wong 1990; Sierra et al. 2003).
The Mandrill is a primate and is considered an old world monkey being very closely related to baboons.
The Mandrill holds the distinction of being one of the largest species of monkeys in the world.
They can weigh in at close to 60 pounds for males and forty pounds for the females who are a great deal smaller.
Mandrills also have a very unique olive color to their fur and a very distinct coloration to their backside and face, which grows more pronounced as they get older and reach maturity.
The female’s colors are duller in color but as they come into breeding season the color is more pronounced.
Males will grow to be about 3 feet tall and will live as long as 25 years, females too will live to be about 20 years old. They do not breed until between 3 and 4 years of age.
Mandrills live in the rainforest of Gabon and the Congo areas as well as near the equator in Guinea.
They are very social and live as many other monkeys’ do, in large groups of animals including male’s, females and juveniles and infants. The group is led by a single dominant male who usually remains solitary.
One of the largest groups of Mandrills every verified by filming numbered well over 1300 monkeys in a national park in Gabon. It was the biggest monkey group ever recorded.
Mandrills are omnivores, which mean they will eat both vegetation and animal flesh. They forage daily for food, taking insects and small animals as well as vegetation.
The leopard has a particular liking for Mandrill and is one of the main predators that will take the monkeys.
Mandrills are not always well liked as a bigger group of them can cause a great deal of damage to crops in the area in a relatively short time span.
Mandrill’s females are pregnant for about 6 months are usually born between February and April.
The Mandrill courts each other. The female leads while the male follows and he will make small growling noises as he does.
Mandrill babies are born with open eyes and already furred. They have very pink skin for a few months, but can hang on to the mother when born and support their own weight.
Females, mothers form bonds with their children that may last a lifetime in the females, although with young males it lasts only until they reach maturity.
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), sand-coloured primate native to forests but also found coexisting with humans in northern India, Nepal, eastern and southern China, and northern Southeast Asia. The rhesus monkey is the best-known species of macaque and measures about 47–64 cm (19–25 inches) long, excluding the furry 20–30-cm tail. Females average about 8.5 kg (19 pounds) and males 11 kg. In both sexes the rump and legs are orange.
Rhesus monkeys can thrive in a variety of climates and habitats. Their natural diet consists of fruits, seeds, roots, herbs, and insects, but, in areas of human habitation, they also eat crops and search through garbage for food. Rhesus monkeys live in groups consisting of several adults of both sexes and their young; males leave the troop at maturity, whereas females tend to stay in the troops in which they were born. Because the rhesus monkey is held sacred in some parts of India and is the object of tolerant affection on the part of many Brahmans, it is especially common around temples. Here groups may number 50 to 200 or more, whereas in forests 12 to 20 is usual.
Hardy in captivity, the rhesus monkey is a highly intelligent, lively animal that is docile when young but may become bad-tempered as an adult. It has also been an important experimental animal for medical and psychological research. The determination of the Rh (from rhesus) factor in human blood involves reaction with the blood of this monkey, and a rhesus was the first monkey to be rocketed into the stratosphere. The rhesus monkey and other macaques are classified in the family Cercopithecidae (the Old World monkeys).
Text taken from Britanica.co.uk
A monkey in the shallow water of the mangrove swamps at Don Hoi Lot, at the mouth of the Mae Klong River, Bangkok. The monkey has grey/brown wet fur, is looking ahead and is framed by small plants.
The Vervet Monkey is very playful. They are fun to watch jumping from tree to tree, and eating everything in sight. Look closely at these photos as there is a little baby here and there! Another name for the Vervet Monkey is the Green Monkey.
In India, there are sacred monkeys and not-so-sacred monkeys. This one is of the latter variety...
Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.
Remembering this strange monkey doll that was at my grandmother Mita's house when I was growing up. I think he was always sitting up on the bed in the side front room. my childhood friend Margie who lived downstairs and I used to play with him sometimes, though my memory is foggy. Mita eventually gave it to Margie's mom (when she moved?) and it now enjoys lives with her in PR :)- Margie recently sent me and mom a photo of him in 2019 via FB and wow it's amazing to see it so clearly :)!
Note: filing this other toy here as well I have a vague recollection of playing a game with magnets and tiny plastic horses.... this may be it: www.tintoyarcade.com/derby-horse-race-game.html
Costa Rica homes three kinds of monkeys: spider, howler and this one: the whitefaced monkey. Shot this pic in Barra Honda NP. His/her family started throwing sticks and other stuff at us afterwards. Should have asked for permission..
The loop hike in the upper reaches of the Blue Canyon Lake trail had spectacular beds of these sunny beauties where the stream emergesfrom the scree.