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Tree Gladiator A male Red-fronted Lemur eats with haste, and without much fear of humans or the deathly limestone spikes that cover the Tsingy area. Eulemur rufifrons,Madagascar,Red-fronted lemur,Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Tree Gladiator

A male Red-fronted Lemur eats with haste, and without much fear of humans or the deathly limestone spikes that cover the Tsingy area.

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
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    Totally cracking up over this face! :D You need a "Derp" gallery! Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
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      Hahaha! This would be perfect for a derp list. Posted 5 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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        Black-and-white ruffed lemur - call 1, Palmarium, Madagascar A series of images of a Black-and-white ruffed lemur going nuts, meaning they express their call. They very regularly do so, and in this case it was easily kick-started by making a low grunting noise. Check out the mushroom-shaped tongue and the tooth-comb this reveals.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88196/black-and-white_ruffed_lemur_-_call_2_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88197/black-and-white_ruffed_lemur_-_call_3_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> The moment the mouth fully opens is very brief, so I finally had some advantage in being capable to shoot 9 images per second. An example from the wild:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/33539/territorial_northern_black-and-white_ruffed_lemur_nosy_mangabe_-_front_view_madagascar.html Africa,Black-and-white ruffed lemur,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Varecia variegata,World

        Black Lemur - happy, Palmarium, Madagascar The Black Lemur, in the wild restricted to the far Northwest of Madagascar, here in a private reserve environment. Black Lemur refers to the appearance of the males, which are all black, whilst females look wildly different. Since 2008, the species has been split. Eulemur macaco seen here is identified by their orange eyes and ear tufts, whilst Eulemur flavifrons is also black yet has blue eyes. It is aptly named the "Blue-eyed black lemur" and is the only non-human primate to have blue eyes.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87621/black_lemur_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87622/black_lemur_-_closeup_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87624/black_lemur_-_closeup_2_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> Female:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87687/female_black_lemur_-_walking_palmarium_madagascar.html Africa,Black Lemur,Eulemur macaco,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World

        Hybrid crowned x black lemur - chewing, Palmarium, Madagascar Moving on to our 2nd day in Palmarium, our only full day there. This day was pretty much spent as a lengthy up close lemur photo shoot of a number of species. So I will flood JD with quite a few lemur photos. <br /> <br /> Explained earlier, the situation is semi-natural at best. The private reserve is quite large and gives ample space to the lemurs, yet they have learned to stay close to the hotel, for easy food reasons. Not ideal, but I figured to go along with it and to see if at least this brings some good photos. These first shots are quite noisy though, some parts of the forest were quite dark.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87503/red_ruffed_lemur_-_stare_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87502/red_ruffed_lemur_-_full_animal_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87500/red_ruffed_lemur_-_perched_palmarium_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World

        Aye-aye - 13, Palmarium, Madagascar Here it is, the Aye-Aye, the primate woodpecker, rodent, bat or "heh heh", Malagasy for "I don't know". <br /> <br /> "I don't know" is exactly the first thing that popped into my brain upon seeing it. My brain struggled to understand what it was seeing, despite having read about Aye-ayes at a basic level. It just doesn't register or fit into any boxes.<br /> <br /> My second thought was that if I would not know any better, I'd go along with the local superstition that this is a demonic animal. <br /> <br /> Science didn't really know either in earlier times. This creature first was considered a rodent, based on its teeth that perpetually grow and thus must constantly be worn down. It took a long time for it to be considered a primate, and specifically a lemur.<br /> <br /> A very weird primate. Its ears are huge and have inner ridges similar to bats, optimized for echolocation, making this the only primate to use this.<br /> <br /> Echolocation comes into play when its taps its lengthy 3rd finger rapidly on tree tunks to locate insects/larvae inside. Next, it uses its strong teeth to gnawl a hole into the trunk. Finally, it uses its extremely lengthy 4th finger to rapidly pull out the contents, like a machine gun, using a special hooked nail.<br /> <br /> I had always imagined the Aye-aye to be kind of like a Koala: small, slow, and vulnerable. I was wrong at every level. It's pretty large, combined with the tail above 1m in length. It's very fast and escapes a scene in about 2 seconds. It's teeth and fingers are not careful or fragile tools, they're like power tools. <br /> <br /> The backstory: from Palmarium, on dry nights, you can take a boat to an uninhabited island. On the island live 6-8 Aye-ayes. They are typically in the canopy of a mangrove forest. Coconuts are strategically placed at a lower level to lure them down. Flash lights and camera flash are disallowed, yet when the lure action is succesful, a relatively weak area light shines on the feeding Aye-aye, which does not seem to disturb them.<br /> <br /> Photographing them is challenging due to the lack of flash and the light source being quite weak, but it can be done with some special measures.<br /> <br /> To Henriette and me, the Aye-aye was this year's trophy and a proper closure on 3 years of Madagascar, so I'm going to be generous in sharing many shots of this fantastic animal. We're not done with the set though, not quite yet.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87321/aye-aye_-_1_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87322/aye-aye_-_2_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87323/aye-aye_-_3_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87324/aye-aye_-_4_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87325/aye-aye_-_5_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87326/aye-aye_-_6_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87327/aye-aye_-_7_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87328/aye-aye_-_8_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87329/aye-aye_-_9_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87330/aye-aye_-_10_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87331/aye-aye_-_11_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87332/aye-aye_-_12_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87334/aye-aye_-_14_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87335/aye-aye_-_15_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87336/aye-aye_-_16_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87337/aye-aye_-_17_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87338/aye-aye_-_18_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87339/aye-aye_-_19_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87340/aye-aye_-_20_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> <br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295rx5Dqsf4 Africa,Aye-aye,Daubentonia madagascariensis,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World

        Indri - feeding 3, Mitsinjo reserve, Andasibe, Madagascar Documenting the Mitsinjo reserve Indri experience, a rare opportunity to meet an Indri eye-to-eye. <br /> <br /> As it wasn't the first time to see an Indri for us, I took some more photography risk. I rarely use (or even bring) my portrait lens, but this time I took a gamble to use this 85mm f/1.4 lens on wildlife. At f/1.4, it barely gets an eye ball sharp. It renders everything else in the scene smooth as butter, which generally works well on people and pets.<br /> <br /> Some may find it too soft and hate it, in that case my defense is what everybody else owning this lens says: it's art, I don't expect you to understand.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86634/indri_-_feeding_mitsinjo_reserve_andasibe_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86635/indri_-_feeding_2_mitsinjo_reserve_andasibe_madagascar.html Africa,Andasibe,Geotagged,Indri,Indri indri,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Mitsinjo reserve,Winter,World

        Red-tailed sportive lemur by day, Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar A few shots of this nocturnal species found by day in Kirindy. It's a relatively inactive species, so when seeing it at night, it's relatively easy to find it again by day. When found by day, it remains calm and makes no attempt to flee. It does always seem to have an exit plan at hand, such as dropping itself into a branch, above all to escape from owls and hawks. We've seen one by day 3 times in our lives and it always seems awake, not actually sleeping. There's surprisingly little information about this species online regarding diet, behavior, etc. The most important fact is of course its hilarious face.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83183/red-tailed_sportive_lemur_by_day_-_closeup_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83182/red-tailed_sportive_lemur_by_day_-_face_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83181/red-tailed_sportive_lemur_by_day_-_full_body_2_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83180/red-tailed_sportive_lemur_by_day_-_full_body_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Kirindy Reserve,Lepilemur ruficaudatus,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Red-tailed sportive lemur,Winter,World

        Verreaux's sifaka - closeup 3, Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar A few shots of the largest lemur species to be found in Kirindy Reserve, the Verreaux's sifaka. There are 9 species of Sifaka's (which are named after their call) in Madagascar, here's a useful map showing the distribution of them all:<br /> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Propithecus_species_IUCN_range_map.svg<br /> <br /> All species of Sifaka and threatened, mostly by habitat loss due to slash and burn agriculture. It's main natural enemy is the Fossa. <br /> <br /> In behavior, by day this is a slow, inactive herbivore. Their life consists of lazily sitting in trees whilst slowly chewing leafs, after which they take a giant rest from that effort.<br /> <br /> One thing they are known for is their weird locomotion at ground level where due to their feet being optimized for life in the trees, they can't really walk or run, instead they hop sideways:<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RiZElNNpAY<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83136/verreauxs_sifaka_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83132/verreauxs_sifaka_-_wide_eyes_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83135/verreauxs_sifaka_-_closeup_1_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83133/verreauxs_sifaka_-_closeup_2_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Kirindy Reserve,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Propithecus verreauxi,Verreauxs sifaka,Winter,World

        Gray mouse lemur - male, Kirindy Reserve,Madagascar This is the male of the Gray mouse lemur, it has a more brownish coat compared to the gray female:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/82994/gray_mouse_lemur_-_1_kirindy_reservemadagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Gray mouse lemur,Kirindy Reserve,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Microcebus murinus,Winter,World

        Decken's Sifaka closeup in Tsingy Just like the Red-fronted Lemurs, a Sifaka family was having a siesta in the trees surrounding Tsingy. At these times of rest, the animals are quite approachable as long as keep quiet. Madagascar,Propithecus deckenii,Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park,Von der Deckens sifaka

        Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur meditating, Marojejy, Madagascar My favorite shot of our encounter with these animals. The right one is like a fat Buddha contemplating life, with the eager student on the left. Africa,Eastern lesser bamboo lemur,Geotagged,Hapalemur griseus,Madagascar,Madagascar North,Marojejy,Spring,World

        Being yourself On a hot day in Isola, Madagascar, many topics crossed the table. Table manners was not one of them. Isola,Lemur catta,Madagascar,Ring-tailed lemur
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          Lol, they are all classic derp. Posted 5 years ago

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The Southern red-fronted brown lemur

The red-fronted lemur, also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, it was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, ''E. fulvus''. In 2001, ''E. fulvus'' was split into several separate species, including ''Eulemur rufus'', in which this species was included. In 2008, ''E. rufus'' was split into two species, the red lemur and the red-fronted lemur . ''E. rufus'' covers the population on the west coast.. more

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Uploaded Feb 23, 2013. Captured Sep 16, 2012 11:07.
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