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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Long Tail Macaques

A mother restraining her baby.


The long tail macaques (Macaca fascicularis), sometimes called the crab eating macaques are distributed widely in S.E.Asia.

Weighing from 7 to 26 pounds, the males are larger than the females. They live in groups or troops of about 30 members. Though arboreal, they do spend a portion of their time on the ground for food and play. Their foods consist of seeds, shoots, fruits, insects and small animals. Sometimes, if they are living near the coasts and mangrove forest, they do relish crabs too, hence the name crab eating macaques.

This macaque can breed anytime during the year. After a gestation or pregnancy that lasts 160 days the baby will be born. They will be weaned at about 420 days. The males reach sexual maturity around year 6 while the female achieves theirs at age 4.

Due to development, many colonies of these monkeys are being isolated up in forested limestone hills surrounded by housing estates. Sometimes they do move into houses to forage for food and as such making themselves a pest.

Until recently, they were still caught and sold for scientific experiments. But now the pressure has being lifted as those used for medical researches are being bred domestically.



A mating pair.

Three juveniles playing.

A mother and its child.

Curious.

On the look out.

A family of three.

A seaside dwelling macaque.

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