As I mentioned in yesterday's blog post, I went to the Denver Zoo this past Sunday to photograph the animals, and although the lions and tiger were willing to pose for portraits, this was not true of the monkeys, who were just hanging around and staring into space, including the one in the photograph on the left.
The orangutan in the photograph on the right was climbing to the very top of a tree, and zoo visitors were getting kind of anxious about the chances it was taking. However, I did notice that before it moved higher, it would always test the branches first to make sure it would hold it's weight, which shows that it is pretty intelligent, definitely smarter than MAGA Republicans, although that is not setting a very high bar.
The Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon was hanging around monkey island, dividing its time between playing with the other monkey in the compound and scowling at zoo visitors. This monkey often does look the camera in the eye, but not this particular Sunday, no doubt too interested in finding and eating food to bother with anything else. I noticed that many zoo visitors this past Sunday seemed to be of the same mind-set. Not a surprise.
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