Freitag, 14. September 2007

Impressions from Apenheul

Site of the dutch "zoo" which focuses on keeping primates: http://www.apenheul.com/.
The subtitles to the photos are preliminary, I´ll update them asap, thanks for your patience.
Gorilla

Fuchsmanguste - Cynictis penicillata - Yellow mongoose


Haubenlangur
Berberaffe - Barbary macaque
Gundi
Gundi enclosure
Kapuziner - Capuchin
Brüllaffe - Howler

Kronensifaka


Klammeraffe

Red bellied lemurs





Orang Utan



Capybara
Capybara
Totenkopfäffchen - Squirrel monkey- Saimiri boliviensis
Hylobates leucogenys - White cheeked Gibbon - bit confused about this one, thaught they were concolor...I´ll look it up.
Zwergseidenäffchen
Woolly monkey

Donnerstag, 13. September 2007

Karate cavies!

Karate cavies! The descendants of wild Cavia aperea seemed to be much more agile than their domesticated conspecifics - they jumped fast, high and far when fighting.

For Sandra from Pixels Park , thanks to whom I shared my flat with guinea pigs for some time. They in turn taught me that cavy behavior is rather more interesting than one usually assumes.
The Cavia aperea enclosure in Apenheul. Apenheul is a dutch zoo close to Apeldoorn which focuses on primates, but you can also find a few other species there.Is it just me who almost always finds the wild form prettier than the domesticated one?
Trouble ahead ...

Sonntag, 9. September 2007

Hares



You do not need to be by the sea to experience tawdry sunsets. The lowland will do, too.