Guereza : Port Lympne : 15 Oct 2014

Colobus guereza.

It was great to see the guereza in these huge trees towards the centre of the Park; luckily I usually carry a small pair of binoculars with me -- indeed many visitors weren't even aware they were up there!

Judging by other photos in this Gallery, this particular bough appears to be a favourite spot for them.

Very nice photo

Guereza: .......

Some might say this is the ideal zoo photograph, where it is difficult to tell the animals are captive.

Nice group shot!

Even without the baby looking at you this photo would still be great.

The baby looks very young; colobus babies become greyish very quickly.

This is one of three of the very best(IMO) Primate enclosures in the UK, the other two are for Javan Langurs and Lion-tailed Macaques at Howletts. All three are very naturalistic and embrace the use of natural trees, particularly this one and the Javan Langur one at Howletts. Its just a pity they haven't been able to develop this theme for all their other smaller Primates too.

Another place with good naturalistic enclosures for many of their primates nowadays, is Monkeyworld in Dorset.

Thank you all for the kind comments!