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Category: Primates

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Flowering Gliricidia is a feast for the Tufted Gray Langur

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 Beej

Few distractions can thwart a morning of birding, especially in late winter when it’s time to “clean up” the migrants. However, stopping to watch a troop of Tufted Gray Langur feast on flowering Gliricidia at Horsley Hills is certainly one Continue reading Flowering Gliricidia is a feast for the Tufted Gray Langur

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An A-1 Nut Job, this. A bonnet macaque enjoys a coconut

Nut job – When a monkey steals a coconut

January 4, 2015 Beej

What happens when a monkey chances upon a coconut? Well, let’s just say there’s no business like monkey business. And monkey business is show business. Enjoy this video Continue reading Nut job – When a monkey steals a coconut

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In the kingdom of the Lion-tailed Macaque

December 23, 2011April 12, 2016 Sandy

In Valparai the endangered Lion-tailed Macaque inhabits tracts of dense evergreen forest hemmed in by tea plantations. It lives, literally and alarmingly, on the edge. Here are memories of a brief but illumining encounter with these fascinating primates
Continue reading In the kingdom of the Lion-tailed Macaque

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