Nov 5, 2008

The Awards Are Out

The awards are out for Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and here is one of the entries. It's identified as a baboon, but I'm not convinced. Could it be a drill?

It could be my brother, but he doesn't like to go outdoors (no place to plug in his game consoles).

Thanks for the photo, Ida.

UPDATE: Christopher has identified this as a Sulawesi macaques-and he should know; he's working on his PhD. Thanks, Christopher. You're more qualified to run this blog than I am!

Photo source: Stefano Untherthiner via Telegraph.co.uk
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10 comments:

  1. HaphazardkatNovember 05, 2008

    oh my sweet lord....
    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

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  2. LizNovember 05, 2008

    That is the most awesome picture ever. He looks delightfully dopey.

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  3. Paul GriffinNovember 05, 2008

    This place is quickly becoming my #1 source for facebook profile pics...

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  4. AnonymousNovember 05, 2008

    HAHA! I love it! Beautiful rocky costal scene... and this APE sitting there with a 'doo dee duh' expression. And a mohawk.
    Great image!

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  5. Christopher TaylorNovember 05, 2008

    It's identified as a baboon, but I'm not convinced. Could it be a drill?

    Neither. It's one of the Sulawesi macaques.

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  6. AnonymousNovember 06, 2008

    Nice Wire reference though. Dugga dugga dugga!

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  7. VanessaNovember 06, 2008

    I half expect him to say 'The surf here is great, dude!'.
    Awesome, awesome picture!

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  8. AnonymousNovember 06, 2008

    those orange eyes are kind of chill-inducing...

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 03, 2009

    Isn't that Wilson from the Tom Hanks movie "Castaway?"

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2009

    I swear, it looks fake! I'd have lay down money that was 3DR

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