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I encountered a very endearing family of wild vervet monkeys who scampered around the gardens of Sun City, opening and eating sugar granules directly out of sachets from sugar bowls on the local cafe tables.
Sun City, South Africa, 2002
(Shot with a Canon EOS 7, 135mm/f4)
Daily Photo - Sleeping Snow Monkeys
This was not an easy place to find! (The geolocation is not exactly right.... but see below)
From JR Tokyo Station, take the JR Shinkansen to Nagano.
From JR Nagano Station, take the Nagano Dentetsu train to Yudanaka. From Yudanaka, take a bus or taxi to Kanbayashi Onsen. From there, it's about a 30 min walk to the Jigokudani Yaen-koen entrance.
I've always wanted to come see the wild snow monkeys... and so I just decided to make it happen this trip. Way up in the mountains of Japan, near Nagano, there is a troop of several dozen wild snow monkeys that roam all around a set of mountains. I didn't know if I'd be lucky enough to catch them or not... some say it is hard, and some people say it is easy. But you never really know! I set out to do my best and see what I could find.
Towards the very top of the cold mountain, there is a hot spring that churns out super-heated water that smells of sulfur. It fills this little pool and the monkeys come down during the day to lounge about, play, rest, eat, and all kinds of other wonderful things.
I spent two days on this mountainside. In the evening, I slept on the floor of a nearby ryokan, which is a traditional Japanese inn. There are about 30+ more stories about things that happened here, including eating crunchy crickets, but I will leave those to accompany future photos.
Another New Video Soon!
I just finished editing together a cool video interview I did with Alfie Goodrich here in Japan a few days ago. He has borrowed an awesome medium-format digital camera, and I asked him a bunch of questions about it. I think you will enjoy learning a little about the camera, about Alfie, and about his photography!
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I was out shooting birds and I came across some wild monkeys!
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Monkeys at Takasakiyama in Oita Prefecture, Japan. JPEGs straight from the camera. ZD150/2.0, wide open, OMD EM-1.
Yay! -- made it on to the EXPLORE page... :)
Just got back from a trip to The Gambia
Patas monkey in the Abuko Nature Reserve in The Gambia.
We had a great guide - Dawda Barry (based in Kotu).
Lot's more to come
UNLIKE THE GREEN VERVET MONKEYS WHO WILL COME OUT OF THE TREES TO BEG FOR FOOD THESE BEAUTIFULL CREATURES ARE EASILY SPOOKED AND CLIMB UP AND OUT OF SIGHT. IF YOU SNEEK UP QUIETLY YOU CAN CAPTURE THEM ON CAMERA.
When I was researching our trip to Tasmania I read about a Monkey Island in the City Park in Launceston. I wasn't sure what to expect, but was delighted to see a display of Japanese Macaque monkeys.
#480 on Explore on 15th January, 2009.
Taking a break from Landscapes for just a moment, we came across the Berber Apes in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Some Apes are content to let you feed them. Some run around like mad. I split of from the group to find one that wouldn't be so uncomfortable around just one person. This little guy came so close and grabbed my camera by the lens hood. It was actually a challenge to get him back far enough to shoot him. Normally the problem is getting them to come to you. Regardless, this guys face had so much personality.
Just enjoying the sunshine and playing on the jungle gym, monkey bars.
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There were quite a few monkeys in the temple area. People feed them nuts and fruits
I trudged upto this fella and decided to do a portrait - closeup
He just ducked back when i took the camera close to his face ... instinctively i guess
And very soon he returned to his munching ways,
guess he sensed that the camera and me were harmless after all
eXplored 22nd August 2012
Scout does not pick this one, odd. But shows up in marcopix.com
Un gracioso monito en Tenerife
A funny little monkey at Tenerife
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The proboscis monkey or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo. This species co-exists with the Bornean Orang-utan. The proboscis monkey is a large species, being one of the largest monkey species native to Asia. Only the Tibetan macaque and a few of the gray langurs can rival its size. Proboscis monkeys are known to make various vocalizations. When communicating the status of group, males will emit honks.
Now three monkeys sat in a coconut tree
Discussing things as they are said to be
Said one to other now listen, you two
“There’s a certain rumour that just can’t be true
That man descended from our noble race
Why, the very idea is a big disgrace, yea”
No monkey ever deserted his wife
Starved her baby and ruined her life
Yea, the monkey speaks his mind
And you’ve never known a mother monk
To leave her babies with others to bunk
And passed them on from one to another
‘Til they scarcely knew who was their mother
Yea, the monkey speaks his mind
And another thing you will never see
A monkey build a fence around a coconut tree
And let all the coconuts go to waste
Forbidding other monkeys to come and taste
Why, if I put a fence around this tree
Starvation would force you to steal from me
Yea, the monkey speaks his mind
Here’s another thing a monkey won’t do
Go out on a night and get all in a stew
Or use a gun or a club or a knife
And take another monkey’s life
Yes, man descended, the worthless bum
But, brothers, from us he did not come
Yea, the monkey speaks his mind