Jealousy

Do animals feel emotion? Do they feel joy and sadness, regret and elation or even jealousy and envy?
This little fella eyed the bigger mound next to him with what I'd swear was envy. Does anyone know what kind of animal he is?
Pictured in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.

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Mark Crowley says:

excellent capture
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

K//K says:

looks like a lemur but the eyes are different
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Raftery says:

Isn't a Meerkat? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Contremo says:

Good capture

(from the 1on1 group)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Donncha @ InPhotos.org says:

It's more likely to be a meerkat alright. One of the photos in the wikipedia page shows a meerkat sitting on a large mound like my shot above.. Thanks :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Galway Nutter (Michelle) says:

It is a meerkat. I was watching a documentary about them not that long ago & they are said to be quite like humans. They're actually quite interesting & funny animals! :D

Great capture by the way! :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

BelaGA says:

These are fascinating creatures, great capture!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Snelvis says:

This is a good shot - capturing the personanlity of the meerkat nicely. A little more contrast perhaps would improve this pic.

Rated a 7.5/10 at the Ratings group.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

B Tal says:

I would second Snelvis's remarks. The emotion captured in this image is what makes it good and unique. I think that sense of emotion could be made even stronger with some contrast and deeper colors.

Perhaps as a start, if you are into post-processing, I would bring out the blacks in the animal's face and dodge the black background behind him on the right. I'd also bring attention to the other subjects of the photo - the two hills by a bit more saturation or by placing a vignette around them to unfocus the background.

Good catch.

Rated a 7.5/10 at the Ratings group.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Infinity Rain says:

Awwwww looks like he just got in trouble :( Poor thing.

Great capture though! :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

innusa says:

What a great capture!! Love meerkat. Cute :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

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