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Photo: David Slater
Wildlife photographer David Slater witnessed these skills first-hand while on a three-day trek through an Indonesian national park. With the help of a local guide, he was able to encounter and walk with a group of these rare and inquisitive monkeys. Upon leaving his tripod-mounted camera unattended for a moment, a bold member of the group swooped in and commandeered the prize. As can be expected, chaos and hilarity ensued.
They were quite mischievous, jumping all over my equipment. One hit the button. The sound got his attention and he kept pressing it. At first it scared the rest of them away but they soon came back – it was amazing to watch.
Photos: David Slater
The thief ended up taking hundreds of photographs, including several amazingly in-focus self portraits and one of Slater himself attempting to regain possession of his property.
Crested black macaques aren’t particularly celebrated for their intelligence, but it’s pretty clear that their eye for photography far surpasses mine. I can never achieve anywhere near these kinds of results from the arm-stretchy self-portrait technique employed here.
(Via PetaPixel & The Guardian.)
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Should it really say “Photo: David Slater” in the byline?
So let’s get these monkeys some type writers and watch them write the next Michael Bay film
That is clearly CGI. If you think otherwise you are stupid.
This just in: Content thief steals story and articles from the web and passes itself as her own.
Adding a backlink to guardian.co.uk doesn’t absolve you of this act, especially when you’re selling your own adspace to the right of the content. You’re a freeloader.
Looks shopped….I would know, I’ve seen quite a few in my day. Cool story bro.
Almost Weston-like in their simplicity, and yet filled with documentary power as a statement on the human condition.
love monkeys
Haahaha, amazing.
No, the banana eaters do not own the camera. Clearly they are his assistant for a short moment khec khec