Watching the way this large Proboscis Monkey was making his way through the tree cover I think breakfast, lunch and dinner all rolled into one.
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Watching the way this large Proboscis Monkey was making his way through the tree cover I think breakfast, lunch and dinner all rolled into one.
A second photo of the big male Proboscis Monkey that I showed stretching for some leaves. This time though just showing its facial features. It strikes me how human certain elements of his face are.
Photographed from the Brunei River just a few miles out from the capitol Bandar Seri Begawan.
Given that Wikipedia quotes a Brunei population of just 300 and the fact that a we had some degree of views of a copuplke of dozen we must have struck lucky.
This huge male proboscis Monkey had clearly devoured all the leaves within reach of his lofty perch so did the natural thing and stood up, stretched a little further and precariously started feeding on those leaves that were previously out of range. This monkey would have been at least forty feet up and appeared to be almost human sized when stood up like this.
Photographed from the Brunei River just a few miles out from the capitol Bandar Seri Begawan.
Whilst in Brunei I chose to explore a little in our hire car and dropped lucky with a few wildlife encounters. This proboscis monkey was one such example. It seemed very wary of our presence and scooted off along the power cables as soon as we drew close by in the car. Of course I have a correctly exposed version of this photo but I quite liked the silhouette obtained through increasing the contrast, shadow and lowering the exposure.
Photographed near the small settlement of Ulu Senukoh.
Borneo
They can leap distances of up to 5 metres from tree to tree.
They are capable of swimming 20 meters underwater.
IUCN lists proboscis monkeys as Endangered.
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A curious youngster.
The proboscis monkey is an arboreal Old World monkey. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly in mangrove forests and on the coastal areas of the island. The 560-kilometre Kinabatangan River is Sabah’s longest river, beginning in the Crocker Range in Southwest Sabah and ending at the Sulu Sea southeast of Sandakan. The population of proboscis monkeys has declined by 80% over the past 40 years and there are believed to be around 16,500 left in the wild:
Sarawak: 1,000
Sabah: 6,000
Brunei: 300
Kalimantan: 9,200
The decline is due to habitat destruction for logging, palm oil plantations and traditional Chinese medicine.
The proboscis monkey is an arboreal Old World monkey. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly in mangrove forests and on the coastal areas of the island. The population of proboscis monkeys has declined by 80% over the past 40 years and there are believed to be around 16,500 left in the wild:
Sarawak: 1,000
Sabah: 6,000
Brunei: 300
Kalimantan: 9,200
The decline is due to habitat destruction for logging, palm oil plantations and traditional Chinese medicine.
The proboscis monkey is an arboreal Old World monkey. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly in mangrove forests and on the coastal areas of the island. The population of proboscis monkeys has declined by 80% over the past 40 years and there are believed to be around 16,500 left in the wild:
Sarawak: 1,000
Sabah: 6,000
Brunei: 300
Kalimantan: 9,200
The decline is due to habitat destruction for logging, palm oil plantations and traditional Chinese medicine. No more logging is allowed so there is hope for them.
The proboscis monkey is an arboreal Old World monkey. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly in mangrove forests and on the coastal areas of the island. The population of proboscis monkeys has declined by 80% over the past 40 years and there are believed to be around 16,500 left in the wild:
Sarawak: 1,000
Sabah: 6,000
Brunei: 300
Kalimantan: 9,200
The decline is due to habitat destruction for logging, palm oil plantations and traditional Chinese medicine.
I thought about not uploading this image but the dominant male has an erection 24/7 and I have no images with it hidden. I named him 'Eveready'.
Proboscis monkey
Mono narigudo
(Nasalis larvatus)
Se alimenta de brotes y hojas. No se conocen subespecies. Normalmente se desplaza trepando por los árboles, pero también es buen nadador, capaz de cruzar profundos canales para conseguir comida o escapar de algún peligro.
La pérdida de su hábitat natural, así como la caza han provocado que esta especie se encuentre en peligro de extinción, solo se sabe de la existencia de siete mil ejemplares.
Proboscis monkey
Mono narigudo
(Nasalis larvatus)
Kuching Wetlands, Malaysia, Borneo.
Kuching Wetlands, Malaysia, Borneo.
