[Leica] Borneo - Wildlife

[Don Dory]

Thank you for taking time out from your trip to show us the natives and
their persona.

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> +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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