Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Macaques : I remember seing many in Agra and Dehli, lots of them in Katmandu I think - I found them friendly and cheeky at the time, but I didn't live there ... Beautiful views once again Jayanand. Such a wonderful country :-) Thanks for sharing the beauty of the world. Amiti?s Philippe Le 11 sept. 10 ? 18:09, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit : > > Douglas, George, Jim > Thanks for looking. The Bonnet Macaque and its cousin the Rhesus > Macaque > are a menace - these two belong to a group of a few wild animals in > India > that I am apprehensive and wary about (I am not scared of big cats > at all!). > I have seen them bite people, grab carry bags and food from peoples > hands, > etc. They seem to have zero fear of humans. In fact the Rhesus Macaque > terrorizes large swathes of our national capital, Delhi, taking > advantage of > a normal Hindu's veneration of the monkey god, Hanuman, from one of > our > national epics, the Ramayana. See: > > http://vimeo.com/8580955 > > http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/monkeys-are-machiavellian-too/ > > Luckily, the Lion-tailed Macaques seem to be quite peaceful - I was > in the > middle of a group of 30-35, on foot, and they did not seem to mind > at all. I > would never ever take that risk with their two cousins! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Jim Nichols > <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > >> Very nice images, Jayanand. Well worth the extra effort. I >> particularly >> like the Bronzed Frog. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < >> jayanand at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 6:42 AM >> Subject: [Leica] Rainforests >> >> >> One more installment: >>> >>> Nilgiri Langur - both in wretched light on a heavily overcast day at >>> ISO1600: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR4342B.jpg.html >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR4318.jpg.html >>> >>> The Bronzed Frog - illuminated by torchlight, close to midnight: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGA9595.jpg.html >>> >>> Bonnet Macaque - aggressive and dangerous monkey, always found >>> close to >>> human habitation, exhibits no fear of humans at all: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3439.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> Comments and Criticism, as ever, welcome! >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE