[Leica] Borneo - Wildlife

[Tina Manley]

+1!  I love how you managed to photograph their personalities!

Tina

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Great shots, and personalities.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 4/30/2018 10:18 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
>
>> When we landed in Sandakan, we were whisked off to our lodge, which was
>> right next to the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. The facility is
>> contiguous with the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, so orangutans being
>> rehabilitated, those that are completely rehabilitated and wild orangutans
>> visit the place at mealtime (morning and afternoon). Some of these
>> photographs are of orangutans that were rehabilitated here, and some are
>> of
>> wild ones that dropped in for some bananas....
>>
>> Upside Down:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180410-014.jpg.html
>>
>> Banana:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180410-074.jpg.html
>>
>> Backlit:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180410-082.jpg.html
>>
>> Profile:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180410-047.jpg.html
>>
>> Suspicion:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180411-371.jpg.html
>>
>> Veil:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180411-350.jpg.html
>>
>> Hanging Out:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180411-379.jpg.html
>>
>> Next to Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is the Bornean Sun Bear
>> Conservation Centre, which has been set up in 2008 due to the vision and
>> drive of Wong Siew Te, a young and highly articulate man, who is the
>> perfect cheerleader for this endangered bear. It is called a "Sun Bear"
>> because of the white markings on its chest, which supposedly resemble the
>> Sun. These two bears are being readied for reintroduction to the wild:
>>
>> Chest Marking:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180411-195.jpg.html
>>
>> Bornean Sun Bear:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180411-178.jpg.html
>>
>> I think it is important to pay a visit to these two centres, as you will
>> never see Orangutans so close in the wild, and probably, unless very, very
>> lucky, never see a Bornean Sun Bear at all! Unlike a zoo, you pretty much
>> see them in their natural habitat within a forest reserve.
>>
>> Another distinctive species endemic to the island of Borneo is the
>> Proboscis Monkey. Like all fauna here, it has been hit very badly due to
>> deforestation due to logging and plantations. They hang out at river edges
>> with flowing water - these are at the Kinabatangan River:
>>
>> Proboscis Monkey:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180412-2148.jpg.html
>>
>> The Crossing:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180412-3262.jpg.html
>>
>> Silhouette:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal
>> aysia-20180412-2168.jpg.html
>>
>> Please see LARGE
>>
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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