Barbary macaques are macaques that you encounter on the rock of Gibraltar, but also in many zoos. When they are young, they are small wrinkly little men with large floppy ears. Very funny and cute. Then they become romping little teenagers who play wild games. On nice summer days they like to play in the READ MORE
Month: January 2020
Gorilla portraits
The Apenheul is now closed. Too bad we have to wait so long before it is open. Fortunately I still had a large number of unprocessed photos. This series of portraits was made on October 23, the last visit in 2019. Finally I started getting the hang of taking pictures with the 150-500 mm lens. READ MORE
Yellow-cheeked gibbon in Burgers Zoo
Adult golden cheek gibbons are 60-80 cm long, weigh around 7 kilos and have no tail. Gold cheek gibbons reach an average age of 46 years. The males are black and the females are lighter in color. The young are initially the same color as their mother so that they do not stand out when READ MORE
Nibbling on a straw
Then you finally have a beautiful zoom lens (yes!) And then some animals come very close. Too close, oops 😉 Then you do whatever is possible. I share a number of pictures of prairie dogs that actually came a bit too close. I only just managed to get a clear picture of them. But very READ MORE
Artis in profile
I have made a good start to the new year. At half past eight in the morning I was on the train to Amsterdam on my way to Artis. It was a beautiful day. I have seen a lot, photographed and made videos with my mobile. Unfortunately, the photos were not all successful. In particular, READ MORE