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A photo taken by Oli Dillon Squire for AFOP. This photo is available for free use across the Internet, providing that you attribute Action For Our Planet (AFOP).
Two old ladies living out the final years of their lives in the comfort of the home they have known since ... ages/always?
I haven't stopped and checked out the spider monkeys for some time. In previous years i'd noticed the number of old ladies had decreased, and this time i could only see two on display. Cuddled together sitting on a heating pad.
Visually, i dislike the spider monkey enclosure. However, i'm sure the old girls are quite comfortable there, and i'd hate them to be disrupted by any changes. But I wonder what will become of the exhibit when the old girls are all gone. I do hope the old enclosure isnt heritage listed (i bet it is!).
The average life span for spider monkeys is apparently 27 years of age. And the oldest animal registered lived until 33 years of age. (Or so one site on the internet tells me).
Now i'm keen to know exactly how old taronga's remaining old ladies are.
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. -Malcolm De Chazal
Was heißt hier "Das sieht affig aus."? Wohl noch nichts von hängenden Gärten gehört?
Canon Powershot SX50 HS, hand-held.
Squirrel monkey - Totenkopfaffe, Mountain Zoo Halle