stuny Posted May 7, 2009 Share #1 Posted May 7, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) One of the rescued chimpanzees on Ngamba Island. The forests on the island are not large enough to allow the chimps to completely meet their nutritional needs. Twice a day tourists can ride a boat out and observe feedings of fruits and vegetables. Those tours help pay for the care ot the chimps. They also allow overnight guests to observe and interact more closely, as we did for two nights. It is costly, and you must have a series of recent innoculations, as well as a physician's certification regarding your health, all to protect the chips from catching dissease from humans, who share 98.8% of the same genes with chimps. You can read about it in the Trip Notes and see many more photos in the Uganda & Rwanda photo gallery on our site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 Hi stuny, Take a look here Gahtering, then relaxing. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
svenning Posted May 7, 2009 Share #2 Posted May 7, 2009 Dear Stuart Nordheimer, I like you series of photographs very much. These animals are very similar to us humans. All the best - Svenning, Denmark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquinius Posted May 7, 2009 Share #3 Posted May 7, 2009 Stuart, You were really close! And they are quite relaxed. Ultra sharp photos, by the way. Reciprosity: we, now seems, can catch disseases from apes and monkeys also ... Marco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Alfy Posted May 7, 2009 Share #4 Posted May 7, 2009 Fascinating captures Stuart. # 2 is a candidate for the People section: Rest in Central Park. Max Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Alfy Posted May 7, 2009 Share #5 Posted May 7, 2009 ... at 6:15 am of course! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share #6 Posted May 7, 2009 Svenning & Marco - - Thank you. Max. - Thank you, and very funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted May 7, 2009 Share #7 Posted May 7, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Stuart- These are superb, as have all your ape photographs been. I can't help but feel a deep sense of sadness about how we have decimated these populations of super intelligent apes, our closest living relatives. I've found this whole series of yours very sensitive and very touching! Thank you for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted May 8, 2009 Share #8 Posted May 8, 2009 Stuart, I enjoy all of your "Chimp Shots". They are all perfect in color, sharpness,and composition. Keep them coming. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted May 8, 2009 Share #9 Posted May 8, 2009 Spectacular, special in every way. Thank you for these. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted May 8, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted May 8, 2009 Mike - Thank you, and your comments have special weight when I consider what you've been doing for the last couple of decades. Sadly, we could not visit the banobos (Very close to chimps, but a bit smaller, matriarichal, and instead of settling disputes with viloence as chimps do, they settle disputes with sex. Now that's a policy we should all adopt.) since though close to where we were, they only exist in the DRC, which is still war-torn. Paul & Virgil - thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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