The Thinker...
Highest Explore Position #397 ~ On the Thirteenth of February 2008.
Baby Cherry Crowned Mangabey - Colchester Zoo, Colchester, Essex,
England - Monday February 11th 2008. (Image taken through glass)
Born 16th July 2007.
Mangabeys are some of the most rare and endangered monkeys on Earth. These large, forest-living monkeys are found only in Africa. They look somewhat like guenons but are bigger. Local people call some of them "the ones with the thin waist" or "four-eyed monkeys" because some mangabey species have bright white eyelids. Taxonomists have put mangabeys into two separate genera: white-eyelid mangabeys Cerocebus sp. and crested mangabeys Lophocebus sp., based on physical differences. White-eyelid mangabeys are most closely related to mandrills and drills, and the males are much larger than the females; crested mangabeys are more closely related to baboons and geladas and both males and females are about the same size. All mangabeys have tails that are longer than their bodies, providing balance for them as they scamper through the rain forest canopy.
Depending on the species or subspecies, mangabeys can be golden brown, gray, dark brown, or a soft black, usually with a lighter color on their underbellies. Youngsters are usually darker than the adults. White-collared mangabeys Cerocebus torquatus have reddish hair on their heads, a "beard" on each cheek, and white hair that wraps around their neck like a collar (hence the name!). Black mangabeys Lophocebus atterimus have long, grayish brown whiskers that almost cover their ears and a high crest on their head—a pointy hairdo!
A swingin' home
Like most monkeys, mangabeys are very much at home in trees, spending
most of their time there. However, white-eyelid mangabeys are also
comfortable on the ground, traveling on their hands and feet between
patches of forest or to forage in the leaf litter for tasty food
items. In some areas of the forest, the ground is swampy, but it’s not
a problem for the mangabeys. Webbing between their fingers and toes
helps these amazing monkeys to swim! All mangabeys are excellent
jumpers, and gray-cheeked mangabeys Lophocebus albigena and
white-collared mangabeys have tails that are strong enough to help
them hook on to branches as they leap about the forest canopy.
Monkey business
Mangabeys live in groups, called troops, of about 10 to 40
individuals, depending on the species and the availability of food and
habitat. There is usually one adult male that acts as leader and the
troop's defender, but sometimes the larger troops have two or three
adult males that split off with their own family units to forage for
food. When a male becomes sexually mature he leaves his troop to find
another one to join. If he can't find one, he will live alone until he
does; single males do not form all-male groups. When there is plenty
of food available, mangabey troops will often gather together for a
while and even exchange troop members.
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cute....
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Ooooh, could anything be any cuter?! Fabulous shot!
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Wow, you look great here, Keven......your eyes are so big and wide!!! Great portraiture!!!!
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Nora Carol (52 months ago | reply)
penny for your thought :-D..thats a great portrait
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Beautiful animal and very cute.....
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Wow what a little cutie!!!!!
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Excellent excellent capture..love the title!
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Very nice!
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Guillaume Tassart (52 months ago | reply)
Excellent. Great job.
"†OnlyByGrace" (52 months ago | reply)
His thinking is probably more sociabliy acceptable than mine!
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perfect work
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Beautiful!!
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thats perfect
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Lovely shots, so cute.
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Wowww!!! Excellent capture!! Super!! Keven!!
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Excellent shot, love the detail and bokeh is superb too.
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wow- cute
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And I thought this was one of the yokels from your West Country visit!
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superb portrait :-)
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muy buena me encantan los animales :)
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Beautiful portrait and shot ! :-)
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Great shot and beautiful details! Well done.
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You are an inspiration and this looks similar to my last post.lolxxx
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Crisp portrait
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Great sharp shot
Michael Dawes (52 months ago | reply)
He is saying....."What now...."
DD-Photography.nl (52 months ago | reply)
Wonderfull, i love the expresion.
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He obviously has problems with the photographer. Did you tell him something about your camera?
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Wow! Great portrait! Love the expression a lot:)
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Ah.., the professor!! Great shot and I love the title :-)
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stunning portrait of a Cherry Crowned Mangabey. such a wonderful expression..thanks for sharing something most of us would never get to see cheers gary Ps thanks for all the kind comments on my photos
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How cute!...Great DOF!