Soon - living only in the legends....

Soon - living only in the legends.... by Pandiyan.

Nilgiri Langur
Trachypithecus johnii

Normally found in southern India. Lives in a troop of 5 to 16. Eats leaves, shoots and fruits.

In the 'Endangered' list. Threatened due to habitat loss and heavy poaching. Legend has it that its flesh and fur have aphrodiasic properties. As with the tiger, this belief is killing this beautiful animal..

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Comments

aarthyr says:

MMm. We have so many artificial things out here that have aphrodiasics properties! Take those, damn. Definitely a beautiful capture, I am learning more and more in this stream! I love its fur, and how its attention seems directed towards you :)
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Jimmy_Joe says:

Beautiful creature. It is very sad about the poaching and habitation loss.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

David Wilmot says:

Beautifully clear image
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks folks for being very encouraging. I agree with your sentiments.

aarthyr - It is a fantastic creature. It has a long tail which is not visible in the picture.

I am learning a lot about these creature as I take these photographs!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Rongzoni says:

Oh what a marvelous fellow -- and you seem to have captured some interesting aspect of his character!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

ido1 says:

Thats a beauty.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

clarisel says:

Hi, you've been blogged in the "Green is Beautiful" group blog at beautifulgreen.blogspot.com/.
Congratulations.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks folks.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

eclectic echoes says:

Stunningly beautiful.
Sad situation.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

RichardLowkes says:

how beautiful, love the hair
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff Clow says:

This is a terrific scene captured exquisitely by you and your lens....the pose of the animal (and the hair color) are both superb....

REALLY well done...BRAVO...!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

!ITSONG Admin says:

Congratulations!
Please add this photo to the
PORTFOLIO - In The Style Of National Geographic.

Please don’t forget to remove it from SELECTION
Thanks for your marvelous collaboration!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks ITSONG Admins. Added to Portfolio and deleted from Selection.

Happy you found this photo good enough for the portfolio. I hope more people get to see, know and recognise this beautiful animal.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

BoazImages says:

Great!!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Ana Valéria says:

Wow! Wonderful shot!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Fianna [deleted] says:

Pandiyan, I think this is really a self portrait of you!

Regarding the jokes, I had to take down. The people DID decide. They took me seriously and I spent an entire morning explaning that it was a bad joke and I wasn't in a coma, and they could stop praying for me!!!

Falling in the river in Paris, "in sane"! Very clever pun! / Joe
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks BoazR and Ana.

Well, Joe, I am not as handsome as the chap in the photo.

Flickr crowd is very quick to pray and show solidarity for causes.Good souls. Perhaps you need to underline your jokes.

I do read a lot of humorous writers and make up many jokes on my own. Usually I forget whether something is original or plagiarised. Insane one could be Spike Milligan or me, I am not sure.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] says:

Beautiful shot!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] says:

The discussion on this picture for the weekly pool is to be found here
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

BrynJ says:

Great nature shot!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Solitaire1 [deleted] says:

What I wouldn't give to experience seeing this wonderful beast au naturelle ~
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks folks.

Yes, Solitaire, seeing animals in the wild is an experience beyond compare.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

I, Puzzled says:

A priceless shot.

May the Nilgiri Langur thrive and prosper.

Go, Johnii, Go!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

I, Puzzled - I love your comments.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

burwell says:

It is sad to think that we are most probably to blame when these creatures become extinct...more so when you consider how long it has taken to get to this stage of evolution....I am not to concerned about the quality or highlights in it`s fur..when behind the shot is a more pressing problem to address.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

My sentiments exactly. Thanks burwell.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

ectomorfo says:

Wonderful, Pandiyan... thanks for the link. And what a tragedy if he disappears.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks ectomorto and I appreciate your kindness.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Fianna [deleted] says:

It's been awhile since I've viewed this. It's still magnificent. Is this a "macaque"?

Thanks much for your comment on the picture with my father back in 1938. I do have two teen age granddaughters in Virginia in the US, so it is possible that this photo will outlive me! / Joe
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

martytdx says:

Beautiful animal, and a sad story. When will people finally figure out that ground penis of anything and wine made from the skin of something won't do it?
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks martydx.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

artphoto2005 says:

Beautiful picture nice work...I am a herbalogist by study and wish people would think about what they do...some trees are being destroyed by ringing the bark which in the end kills branches or whole trees in their search for medicine...Namaste Bert
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks Bert. Yes, it is sad what we do in greed.

I had a quick run through your stream and you have some stunning shots.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

cprogrammer says:

This is lovely
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

algo says:

Such a fabulous image. I look forward to reading all about this.
Congratulations yet again on your photography.

I found this photo in 1-2-3 Nature Group
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks cprogrammer.

Alex - Words like these from a photographer of your calibre is extremely encouraging. Thanks.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

ectomorfo says:

Thanks for having posted this to 'Langurs at large', Pandiyan... and well found!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks ectomorfo for the group. There is a lot research happening on langurs in recent times and I am happy these wonderful animals are getting better understood. That gives some chance for endangered ones such as this one.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

ectomorfo says:

Good, fingers crossed :-) I find them absolutely fascinating to observe!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

addicted Eyes says:

Beautiful shot, real beautiful!! so crisp!!
I've heard stories from hunters (10 to 20 years ago) hunting the monkey for 'curing' asthmatic problems. This was near Erode district. These unsavoury characters used to go hunting along the Kerala-TN borders. The sad part was that they used to know the forest rangers and wardens (amazing the doors liquor opens) and thus would go hunting in protected parks. A uncle used to be involved long back, he stopped a decade back, good that he's stopped. He told me many stories, including how one of the asthmatic hunter would mix the blood of the monkey with brandy and drink it; not sure whether it helped, but he did this as he had severe asthma. Don't know whether they ate the meat. Yeah hunting is still going on by the poor and, i know for sure, by the rich, who grease the powers-that-be!

The reason I was told why they drank the blood was because the monkey ate leaves and plants of forest (herbals) and, thus they believed, these properties would be imparted to the consumer. Sad. Real sad.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks ectomorfo and aE. The threat to a lot of animals in the east is either habitat destruction due to 'development' or organised poaching. Of course, both are fuelled by lack of awareness more than anything else.

Of course, in India, population puts enormous pressure on forests and wildlife habitats. Added to this is the superstitions and traditional beliefs of the east (not only India but China and elsewhere) that encourages organised poaching. Sariska tiger reserve has lost ALL its tigers suddenly. Maoin reason is the lucrative markets in the far east for tiger parts.

Let us hope greater awareness now and among the next generation gives a decent chance to these animals.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

SeanR [deleted] says:

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Voices in the Wilderness is focusing on ENDANGERED SPECIES for the weekend of July 29 and 30th. We invite you to post your image to our group and please consider adding a description with your thoughts on this endangered species.
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Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks Sean. This picture has been in the pool for over a year.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Alexander Yates says:

Incredible primate...
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Sir Garlichad says:

Excellent capture, and I like the way the subject is framed by the foliage.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

samlcarr says:

That's a great pic. Just saw a couple of troops at Topslip and their eyes especially are so expressive!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

snowy4052002 says:

Thanks for posting in the Animal Portraits Thread !

Please add your Beautiful Photo to:
Beauty is in the *Eye* of the Beholder!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks folks. Special thanks snowy.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

VIVEKANAND-S says:

excellent capture of nilgiri langur. the surrounding green leaves add beauty to the picture
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

coyrooster says:

This is a classic, Pandiyan ~~ timely, eloquent, timeless ~~ a disarming encounter with an ancestral being whose solemn eyes plead for compassion on behalf of endangered species, which now include the human race. Your poignant portrait is an emphatic broadside that must be presented again & again as a insistent reminder of the respect we owe to our forebears ~~ and our responsibility to the entire web of life on Earth, including our own.

I am an Admin for *ABW* Gallery - one of the best kept secrets on Flickr, and we would be honored to display "Soon ~ living only in the legends" with our collection of phenomenal photography. Please visit the *ABW* Gallery home page and you will see that your conscientious, commanding image will find excellent company.

Congratulations!
Your photograph has been nominated for
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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Pandiyan says:

Thanks Vivek.

Thanks coyrooster. It is a wonderful group indeed.

You may like to see this picture which shows a poorer cousin of his.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

B G says:

What a serious guy in a fur coat. I'd be scared to stay so close.

Nominee
Admired in ~~ *ABW* Gallery (by Invitation Only)
Phenomenal Photography of our Amazingly Beautiful World
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Rαtαtoskr says:

So elegant. Beautiful shot. Hope you add this to my group, and any other shots of threatened species.

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Your photo depicts a species listed in IUCN's red list as a threatened, with a more serious rating than the Least Concern status.

We'd love to have your photo added to our group, and for you to join us.

The few rules, based on the intentions of the group, are all shortly stated on the first page.

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Greenpeace International says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Forest love, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Questionable Ethics says:

The 80's was a bad time for hair styles.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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