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A late morning scooter trip to the infamous Ubud Monkey Forest, lots of close-ups using my 100-400mm and some environmental shots on Fuji X100s.
The Ubud Monkey Forest is a nature reserve and temple complex in Ubud, Bali. Its full name as written on a welcome sign is the Padangtegal Mandala Wisata Wanara Wana Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary. The complex houses approximately 340 Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys (32 adult males, 19 male sub adult, 77 adult females, 122 juvenile and 54 infants).[1] There are four groups of monkeys each occupying different territories in the park. The Sacred Monkey Forest is a popular tourist attraction in Ubud, and is often visited by over 10,000 tourists a month
These little terrors like destroying people's cars! Here's a monkey eating the rim of somebody's vehicle.
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jammu 25.april 2007.
PHOTO .SANJAY GUPTA.
ANOKHA PAYAR : JAMMU KE MEDICAL COLLEGE MEIN AK BANDRI APNE SWABABH KE VEPREETAK BILLI KE BACHHAE KA GOAD ME UTJAE GUAE. SIRF JAHE NAHE, BANDRI BILLI KE BACCHE KO DOOD BHE PILATI HEI
Took this picture at the Squirrel Monkey exhibit at the Phoenix zoo. They were a large number of monkeys climbing all over. This one caught my attention because he was just relaxing and trying to grab at some food in the tree.
A distinctive trait of this monkey is the male's large protruding nose, from which it takes its name. The big nose is thought to be used in mating and is a characteristic of the males, reaching up to 7 inches in length. The females also have big noses compared to other monkey species, but not as big as the males. Besides attracting mates, the nose serves as a resonating chamber and works by amplifying their warning calls. When the animal becomes agitated its nose swells with blood, making warning calls louder and more intense.
The Proboscis monkey can be found in island of Borneo in South-east Asia but they are not even found throughout all of Borneo. Due to ongoing habitat loss and hunting in some areas, only about 7000 are known to still exist in the wild. The Proboscis Monkey is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [Wikipedia]
Taken in the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Reserve, one of the few places in the world where you can still see a proboscis monkey in the wild.
Monkeys were a terrible mania in this area. Of course, we were in their area, but they were really monkeying around! One decision we made as trekkers was to collect all plastic waste (actualy, anything non bio degradable) in a separate plastic bag and take it back to Chennai. One of these monkeys caught hold of the bags, took it to the top of the tree a limb of which was leading right on top of the stream. Of course, as was it's nature, it ripped them apart and discarded the waste "into" the stream in instalments! The exact opposite of what we intended. Four of us went into the stream, right under the monkey, caught the waste material was it was being discarded and repackaged it for Chennai! The monkey was really adamant and came back for the package - but we managed to shoo it away!
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.