Looking Cool

A chimp looking cool in the heat of the day in the zoo. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

A Tree-Dweller’s Curiosity

An orangutan looking intently at the camera in the local zoo. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Macaca Nigra

A seemingly well-groomed Celebes Crested Macaque showing its better side to the photographer in the local zoo. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

Our Days Are Numbered

An orangutan in deep thought in the local zoo. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

That would probably be what this orangutan (translated “person of the forest”) was saying if it were able to speak. Apparently, their numbers are dwindling and the Orangutan Conservancy estimates that this ape could possibly be extinct in 25 years if 2000 to 3000 were continued to be killed each year.

Details and resolution were somewhat muted due to the use of a teleconverter if not the EF70-300mm USM II could otherwise give very sharp images.

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