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| Saddle-back Tamarin |
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The key to spotting monkeys with your eyes is, simply put, using your ears.
Ideally, you would take the time to memorize their calls; the bird-like
whistles of tamarins and squirrel monkeys, the woops of dusky titi
monkeys, and the grunts of capuchins and howlers. Once you can pick the
sound out of the rainforest soundtrack, you have a much better chance of
spotting a monkey.
However, the easiest way to spot them is much simpler: while monkeys
are great climbers, they’re not exactly elegant climbers. They jump,
swing, and crash through the trees. So listen for the crashing, the
rustle of leaves up above, then wait… and usually a monkey (or a hundred
monkeys1) will soon come into view.
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Red Howler Monkey
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These are some of my favorite shots of the monkeys I’ve gotten during
my two weeks at Posada Amazonas. Monkeys tend not to
sit still long enough to get a good shot, not to mention the strong
back-light of the sky, so getting a decent photograph takes some patience to say
the least.
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| Squirrel Monkey |
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