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Crab-eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Photo by Ilya Bezdelev
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Description:

I found this monkey sitting on the edge of a cliff in Bali, near Uluwatu temple. The cliff is about 30-50 meters high but he is fearless!

Habitat:

Rainforests

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Crab-eating macaque

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Comments (12)
Ilya Bezdelev
Oh yeah! We didn't have any problems because we are quite used to these little thiefs here in Singapore but some tourists really suffer
Zulkifly Amir
been here. the monkeys kinda naughty. they love to snatch things from visitors such as glasses, cap etc
Ilya Bezdelev
Thanks Carolina. They are like humans - this one seemed to be doing pedicure :)
Carolina
Beautiful pictures! Love the second one.
Ilya Bezdelev
@dandoucette, thanks for the suggestion. I think you are right, so I updated the details of all my Asian monkey spottings
Dan Doucette
This primate appears to be a long tailed Macaque, aka Crab eating Macaque http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab-eating_Macaque
The MnMs
I like a lot the way this shot is made :-)
Thurd13
Beautiful series of photos...
Ilya Bezdelev
CherreyMaePanchoBartolata, indeed. The panorama is awesome there :)

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