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Verreaux's sifaka - chewing, Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar A spectacular action moment of a Verreaux&#039;s Sifaka chewing a leaf. Amazingly, this animal manages to upkeep this pace for most of the day, in between its 3 hour breaks.<br />
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Verreaux's sifaka - chewing, Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar

A spectacular action moment of a Verreaux's Sifaka chewing a leaf. Amazingly, this animal manages to upkeep this pace for most of the day, in between its 3 hour breaks.

Verreaux's sifaka - full body, Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar A spectacular action moment of a Verreaux's Sifaka chewing a leaf. Amazingly, this animal manages to upkeep this pace for most of the day, in between its 3 hour breaks.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83138/verreauxs_sifaka_-_chewing_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83137/verreauxs_sifaka_-_face_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Kirindy Reserve,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Propithecus verreauxi,Verreauxs sifaka,Winter,World

Verreaux's sifaka - face, Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar A spectacular action moment of a Verreaux's Sifaka chewing a leaf. Amazingly, this animal manages to upkeep this pace for most of the day, in between its 3 hour breaks.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83139/verreauxs_sifaka_-_full_body_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/83138/verreauxs_sifaka_-_chewing_kirindy_reserve_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Kirindy Reserve,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Propithecus verreauxi,Verreauxs sifaka,Winter,World

    comments (3)

  1. Coolest action shot I've ever seen. Posted 6 years ago
    1. Even amidst all this action, you can actually see it think about the next leaf already. Posted 6 years ago
      1. Lol, indeed. I think the entirety of its thoughts is "leaf, leaf, leaf..." Posted 6 years ago

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Verreaux's sifaka, or the white sifaka, is a medium sized primate in one of the lemur families, Indriidae. It lives in Madagascar and can be found in a variety of habitats from rainforest to western Madagascar dry deciduous forests and dry and spiny forests.

Similar species: Primates
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Aug 13, 2019. Captured Jul 9, 2019 10:44 in Morondava, Madagascar.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/200s
  • ISO64
  • 290mm