red proboscis monkey

Posted by Helen (Melbourne, Australia) on 4 December 2006 in Animal & Insect.

This as another of those incredibly lucky photographic moments.

Whilst walking through Bako National Park, Sarawak I literally stumbled upon a large male Red Proboscis monkey sitting on the ground drinking from a small stream. He froze and shifted to show me his back and long white tail (which I later discovered was a warning show). Mind you at around 72cm and 23 kgs, I froze too. I had never seen anything quite so ugly! Both genders have the large, fleshy noses, but the nose of the male is much, much larger. He was with a family group, so I spent a very sweaty 20 min taking photos of members of the family group in the trees before they moved off into the jungle.

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Comments (12)

badala from Leiria, Portugal

What a special photo!

4 Dec 2006 7:38am

MnX from PARIS, France

I agree, what a special... nose ^^. The photo is really great. This monkey looks so concentrated on what he is looking at.
Oh, by the way, it reminds me of a caricature book of my grand father. All the politician where compared to monkeys and apes... There was this one in.

4 Dec 2006 7:51am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

Very special moment, how lucky! Good profile.

4 Dec 2006 9:06am

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

Great profile. he's quite the compliant model isn't he! wonderful stuff.

4 Dec 2006 11:49am

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Now that's a nose! Good capture.

4 Dec 2006 3:06pm

Fallenargo from North Bay, Canada

Great Nose. Too bad we don't see more of his face but I am guessing he wasn't be helpful in that regard.

4 Dec 2006 8:22pm

seventhray from Wayland, United States

Wow that had to be an intense 20 min! Awesome photo! Your talent and courage shows well in this wonderful moment you captured! Excellent job!

4 Dec 2006 8:47pm

Craiger from Vacaville, United States

Man, that is one strange critter! Good job capturing him. I know how hard it is to grab these shots. You've got to capture them when you can. Thanks for sharing!

4 Dec 2006 9:07pm