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Bamboo heaven
These creatures crack me up each time I see them. They are funny by appearance and behavior. In this photo I'm trying to emphasize that they are basically "high" most of the day from processing the toxins in the bamboo that they eat.
This one was taken in Zoo Parc Overloon. A few years back we saw this wild one in Madagascar:
And here's a different species of Bamboo lemur, also found in Madagascar:
The eastern lesser bamboo lemur, also known as the gray bamboo lemur and the gray gentle lemur, is a small lemur endemic to Madagascar, with three known subspecies. As its name suggests, the eastern lesser bamboo lemur feeds mainly on bamboo. The lemurs of the genus ''Hapalemur'' have more manual dexterity and hand–eye coordination than most lemurs. They are vertical climbers and jump from stalk to stalk in thick bamboo forests.
The eastern lesser bamboo lemur is gray in colour, sometimes.. more
