This little Vervet Monkey enjoyed his morning drink!
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THE DAILY POST – BLISS
THE EVENING POST – COLORS
No words needed 😊
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THE EVENING POST – TREE MONKEY
I do not often get to photograph Vervet Monkeys on Thanda. They usually run away or hide as soon as they see a long camera lens (I guess they think it is a gun). But this little chap stayed for a photo session in the evening light 😊
Have a good week!
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING …
… to all my friends in the new world!
Zimanga – Another Monkey!
This is the sixth of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs. Another Vervet Monkey at Bhejane, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s evening-light-reflection-pool-hide. Its gender is not in question :-).
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
Zimanga – Vervet Monkey
This is the third of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
A small Vervet Monkey looking around carefully before having a drink at Bhejane, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s evening-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
Don’t kill the monkeys!
There are monkeys all over Africa. And also at Thanda. Small Vervet Monkeys can be found on the reserve and, as everywhere else, they are mostly found around human kitchens and dining rooms.
They are very good in stealing food but it is important never to feed them. Also, one must avoid to present food to them. As cute as it might seem when a small child gives an apple to a monkey, this can lead to the death of this small primate. If wild monkeys, or any other wild animal, are continuously fed by humans they start seeing the humans as a source for food. And if on occasions there is no food forthcoming they can get very aggressive and use force to take what they want. As small as they are they are very strong and have formidable teeth. Any monkey incident can get very dangerous for children (and even adults) and as a result of such attacks the monkeys may have to be put down.
Lesson to be learned: Never feed a monkey – It might kill them!
The picture of this good-looking chap was taken at the Thanda Safari Lodge. Have a good weekend!
Outtakes
When I was selecting, sorting and filing the images I took since I arrived at Thanda I came across a few pictures I liked very much, but which did not make it onto my blog at the time. So here are four of these “outtakes”.
The first is of a small bird trying to reach the pollen on a Mountain Aloe. It is a Long-billed Crombec.
The second is of a small Vervet Monkey sunning itself in a tree.
The third is of two juvenile Lions of the Thanda North Pride “staking” a Warthog across a waterhole (for the Warthog lovers among you: the Warthog was never in danger from these two 🙂
The fourth picture is of a bunch of Red-billed Oxpeckers riding on the back of a Buffalo. The Buffalos, like most large mammals, love the Oxpeckers because they eat the Ticks of their back.
I hope you enjoy this set of “outtakes”!
Greetings after a day in the city!
When I returned this afternoon from Richards Bay, a city about 1.5 hours away from Thanda, a troop of Vervet Monkeys greeted me at Thanda House. One of them kept alarm-calling. He obviously did not trust me 🙂
A short while later a herd of Buffalo moved from East to West along the fence. When I got a bit closer to get some pictures they all focused on me for while and then lost interest and kept grasing and moving.
Tommorrow I will get my game viewing vehicle and I will start driving on the reserve learning the roads (and probably getting lost a few times in the process :-).
Good night!
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