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The Mantled Howler Monkey is very common in Costa Rica where I found this one having a mid-day meal.

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John F Covin

Green Fly

While on vacation last year in Costa Rica we were continually told by our guides on various excursions about the abundance of Howler Monkeys of Costa Rica. After 7 days of being there and having seen none, I took a nature trip early on the morning of our departure down a dusty road behind the hotel. I saw and heard birds and could hear the loud calling of the 'abundant' monkeys, but I found none. Until that is I reached the end of the road just before reaching the beach, when I found a group of about 10-12 in the trees above the road. There were several young monkeys and other mature Howlers. This is the last shot I got before heading back to the hotel. He (or she) was fairly low in the branches and I had a Canon EF70-200mm f2.8 lens on my EOS7D. I cropped it slightly and adjusted the exposure. The guide that knew the most about the loud mammals told us that the # 1 cause of death among these monkeys was from falling from trees. It seems that some of their diet would get them intoxicated to the extent that they would just fall out of the trees. They say down there if you eat berries in the trees, then you should not swing. Don't swing and eat berries is a great slogan for them. I hope you enjoy the concentration this fella has as he gathers his meal. Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

hi John, welcome to JungleDragon and good luck in the contest!

Thanks for sharing your first photos. Great story on this one. I can relate as I visited Costa Rica in 2007. Looks like you have quite a beautiful lens. Funny story about the monkeys getting "high" or "drunk". Here's another nature's drug addict:

23Eastern lesser bamboo lemur

Final remark: You did a great job on sharing this properly, by including a proper description, tags, geotags, and exif info. You could make the title a bit more friendly and also try to identify the species. This last bit, identifying the species, is very important on this site, it gives photos a lot of meaning and educational value. It is also needed for one of the prizes in the contest. You can identify species with the "identify species" button right next to the photo. If you don't know the species, sometimes others can do it for you, like I did in this case.

I hope this helps, and enjoy the site, good to have you on board!

Posted 11 years ago

The Mantled howler

The mantled howler, or golden-mantled howling monkey, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantled" name from the long guard hairs on its sides.

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Similar species: Primates

Species identified by Ferdy Christant