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Crab-eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Photo by Ilya Bezdelev
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Field Notes

Description:

Continuing monkey + watermelon series. The first picture looks like he is eating bloody flesh. He was pretty aggressive and attacked me when I came too close. Luckily I was quick to jump away

Habitat:

Thailand, a tiny island somewhere close to Phi Phi Island

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Crab-eating macaque

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Comments (16)
Caleb Steindel
how about, WATERMELON eating macaque?' belated congrats
Gina9210
Ilya congratulations! You deserve it!!
Gina9210
Ilya, where am I when you posted this self indulgence one! It reminds me of one of their many characters! Yeah, I remember that's how he looks like when he was eating my ice cream too!!!
Ilya Bezdelev
Thanks Cherrey & Zulkifly. Well, I just like mammals and in this part of the world they are the only mammals I get to meet.
Zulkifly Amir
haha this is gold~ Illya, u spot lot of monkeys isn't it. congrats being spotted of the day
Pino
Funny expression :D
peter
Spotting of the day! "Crab-eating macaques, have been used as space test flight animals by NASA and labelled as 100 worst invasive species by IUCN. What are your thoughts on animal testing?" http://facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/116604645093893 http://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/80288490302091264
iamcherreymaiya
Lol, hahaha.. so he had a reason to attack you lol, i would do the same if I were to see a picture of me with that look lol
Ilya Bezdelev
He probably predicted that when he attacked me :)
iamcherreymaiya
hahahah super candid shot.. if this monkey could see this picture, you're in trouble hehehe
Ilya Bezdelev
Will check thanks BareFeat Just posted one more ;) enjoy
BareFeat
LOL monkey and watermelon series.. I like it! .. ...They are mean little doods. Check out the Human Planet series episode "Cities", theres a story about a street vendor who deals with these little thugs all day. (as do many im sure) Great pictures TFTS
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PublishedJune 13, 2011

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