Okay, I know it’s an ape not a monkey, and also not a street
photo although that is where this animal may have spent part of its life.
This gibbon may look like many people feel on Boxing Day but
I suspect that it was rescued from an entertainment establishment where it had
been taught to act-up like this. Always cute, gibbons are also cuddly when
young but turn more belligerent as they reach adulthood and have a strong grasp
and powerful teeth which often leads to problems and mistreatment. This in turn
means there is a constant market for young ones which are often illegally taken
from the wild.
Rather than support their use in tourist places I suggest
people support those groups working on the animals’ behalf.
Photographically, I used a bit of cloning in Photoshop
to make her less obviously female!
Photograph taken at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Chonburi, Thailand
