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You Pay Peanuts, You Get Photo Bombers

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Wild monkeys seem to enjoy cam-whoring too. Or photo-bombing to the delight of those in the picture. Some of the Silver-Leafed monkeys in Kuala Selangor would jump on the shoulders of unsuspecting tourists when they see them posing for a photo. Fortunately, the endangered species have not learned the gratuitous V sign (as yet).

Not sure if it is a good thing but it appears to be a symbiotic relationship. The friendly wildlife attract hordes of visitors to Malawati Hill and in return they get fed with fruits and nuts.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f11, 1/1600 sec.

Photo Bomber

A Mother’s Love

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A young macaque is safe in the arms of his mother, for now. His future is bleak. As deforestation reduced their natural habitat, the monkeys moved closer to human settlements searching for food. It is wrong to blame and treat them as pests and intruders. We stole their homes and destroyed their natural food source.

They are killed through massive culling by shooting. Some of those caught are allegedly sold to restaurants and laboratories abroad. We need to embark or continue with some of the more humane methods such as relocation.

After all, they are very much like us. The mother hugs and cuddles her child when he’s sad. Happy Mother’s Day.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f8, 1/500 sec.

A Mother's Love

Makcik And The Mynahs

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No. This is not a story about a Rock and Roll band. It is the story of a sweet auntie. She had a nasi campur stall under a huge tree. Birds would come and feed on the leftover. So she built a bird feeder on the tree trunk. Her lunchtime business became very successful and she moved to a proper shop.

Feeling bad about the unfed birds, she built a another feeding station on the shady tree in front of her new shop. Mynahs, starlings, sparrows, pigeons and other feathery residents of the area would come to feed. Makcik told me the birds will not eat unless she puts her famous curry gravy on the rice. Not only is her curry good, I really enjoyed listening and looking at the red-eyed starlings frolicking outside.

More on her Nasi Campur (Malay Mixed Rice) in the next post.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 3200, f7.1, 1/500 sec.

Makcik And The Mynahs