canaote

Fascinating research into the communication abilities of monkeys.

The wild ones in the forest around our Botanic Garden are always giving us surprises. Since I photographed this plant two years ago the flower spike has tripled its number of flowers. Catasetum splendens growing on a Saman tree, Samanea saman. That is ‘Tiramuto’ the mountain in the backdrop. I took these two pictures today. I suppose I forgot to mention that the location is NW Venezuela. When ...

He sits facing the window. A poem about a captive howler monkey suffering life in a city apartment He sits facing the window. He looks out on a sky that is very small. He sees trees that he cannot climb. And things he does not understand. He sees a foreign land. Filled with people not like him. He sits facing the window. He sees rain but does not comprehend. He sees it but does not feel it wet ...