Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The monkeys on the Abdhul Rahman islands off Kota Kinabalu, Borneo are also aggressive pests. If you go there with expensive camera bags, bring a machete. Douglas _________ Douglas Barry Bray, Co. Wicklow Republic of Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Fwd: Bye (Nathan) >>> It is absolutely not necessary to have a long lens to photograph the >>> Gibraltar monkeys. You may need a walking stick to get rid of them ;-) >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu/andalucia2009/content/20091228_P1010182_large.html >> I didn't remember this one, really amazing! > > I agree that this one is great. > > Those Gibraltar Barbary macaques are rivaled only by Balinese > crab-eating macaques and the Chacma baboons around the Cape of Good > Hope for insouciant indifference and casual agression to the presence > of humans. In most other places non-human primates are at least a > little wary of humans, but particularly in the places I mention above > Nathan is absolutely right - be wary. I have seen the baboons around > the Cape get into a hire car and tear it to shreds, including removing > the front seats purely by force. > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >