
Finger-licking good!
Near Andasibe, Madagascar is a small lemur island seperated by a narrow river once crosses with a boat. There, you can get real close to various species of lemur that are somewhat domesticated. It's not a truly wild situation, but quite a lot of fun, as they will jump on your back pack and head in search of fruit. This female Red Lemur is just about done eating a pine apple.

The red lemur, also known as the rufous brown lemur or northern red-fronted lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, the species ''E. rufus'' was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, ''E. fulvus'', after which it was classified as its own species. In December 2008, the species was split into two separate species, the red lemur, ''E. rufus'', distributed in dry lowland forests in northwestern Madagascar, and the red-fronted lemur, ''E. rufifrons'', distributed in southwest.. more
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