Siamang Gibbon by annied

Siamang Gibbon

Mum Dad and Bubs

The siamang is an arboreal black-furred gibbon native to the forests of Malaysia, Thailand, and Sumatra. The largest of the gibbons, the siamang can be twice the size of other gibbons, reaching 1 m in height, and weighing up to 14 kg.


Siamang hands and feet are a lot like ours. They have four long fingers and a smaller opposable thumb on their hands, and their feet have five toes like we have, but their big toe is opposable, too. The opposable thumb and toe is lacking in other members of the gibbon family. Siamangs can grasp and carry things with BOTH their hands and their feet. One other thing that sets the siamang apart physically from other gibbons is webbing between their second and third toes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3cD1Nd302k


And that is the last of "Who Am I" for now - thank you for joining in :)

Nice capture!
March 31st, 2016  
great rope!...lol
March 31st, 2016  
I am wanting to go to our local zoo and this makes me want to go even more. Wonderful capture.
March 31st, 2016  
Just swinging along with the music!
March 31st, 2016  
@maree_sanderson hahahahahaha
March 31st, 2016  
Grace in motion!
March 31st, 2016  
@joysabin until they walk hahahaha
March 31st, 2016  
They have more fun than human.
March 31st, 2016  
Great capture and I really like the edit.
March 31st, 2016  
Beautiful creatures , great shot !
March 31st, 2016  
Lovely olde worlde shot.
March 31st, 2016  
Beautiful capture.
March 31st, 2016  
Very nice processing!
March 31st, 2016  
aww...last one?...going to miss these...they were great fun...educational too...thanks for sharing them... :o)
March 31st, 2016  
Tom
Great capture
March 31st, 2016  
@maree_sanderson thank you Maree - I shall do again when I get to sorting my zoo pics....I tend to like taking the parts that make the whole
April 1st, 2016  
@annied ...i like the parts...they make interesting images... :o)
April 1st, 2016  
Another great photo - I've really enjoyed your"Who am I?" series.
April 5th, 2016  
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