No...not me. It's the proboscis monkey! They are quite possibly my new favorite primate (after the orangutan, which we also saw in the wild!) Check out that schnozz...pretty impressive. And these monkeys are not small, either - a rather beefy male's nose is quite the site. Apparently, it attracts the ladies! So all is not lost, big nosed readers. All is not lost.
Yesterday, at the proboscis monkey sanctuary in Labuk Bay, Borneo, we were able to witness some of their strangely human like behavior. Also, the proboscis is nicknamed the "red rocket"monkey....see if you can figure that one out, folks. Yes, that's right.
The monkeys were completely wild but sauntered in in their family groups for a chance at some extra food, provided by the sanctuary. It was quite the site to see...the giant male hustling in his 20 or so wives with their babies, and the sad little group of bachelors watching jealously from afar.
We were also lucky enough to see some silver leaf (aka creepy gremlin) monkeys that decided to join in the fun...
Today we leave the jungle of Borneo for the more cosmopolitan Singapore...to see the same animals we saw here in the wild, in a zoo.
Pictures of monkeys are coming once we get to Singapore - internet on Borneo generally sucks.
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