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The Ring Tailed Lemur (lemur catta)
The ring-tailed lemur is highly social, living in groups of up to 30 individuals. It is also female dominant, a trait common among lemurs. To keep warm and reaffirm social bonds, groups will huddle together. The ring-tailed lemur will also sunbathe, sitting upright facing its underside, with its thinner white fur towards the sun. Like other lemurs, this species relies strongly on its sense of smell and marks its territory with scent glands. The males perform a unique scent marking behavior called spur marking and will participate in stink fights by impregnating their tail with their scent and wafting it at opponents.
(info courtesy Wikipedia)
This lovely looking member was taken at a Zoo recently in Norfolk.
My very grateful and appreciative thanks to everyone who gave time to vote/comment on the Repoll.
Ron
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D300S  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 20 Oct 2012 - 12:18 PM |
| Focal Length: | 200mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/2.8 |
| Aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/400sec |
| Exposure Comp: | +1/3 |
| ISO: | 800 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Spot |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| White Balance: | Auto |
Comments
Love those big welcoming eyes...............h/she looks he/she chewing things over..............
quite awesome, how do I compete with this then Ron
Brilliant shot. Fantastic shot. Amazing detail and color. The eyes! No words!
Regards, Oleg.
abeautiful lemur, you have capture thoses eyes so well. I always love to see then on BBC, agile and graceful.
Cracking shot Ron, great detail and I love the expression captured here, superb focus on the eyes too, just how it should be,
Geoff.
A thing of real beeauty Ron.
Saw an intersting fact on these.. Lemur means something like "spirits of the dead " in either Latin or Portugese..named by the Portugese exploreres who thought the eyes in the dark in the forest were the spirits of their fellow explorers.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS!!
Gareth
When I looked at this picture I wondered, have I ever seen a lemur not chewing on a twig? I don't think so.
His eyes are really stunning, and the whole image is very close to perfection.
Johanna
Great sharp shot Ron i seen some of these last year in our local zoo
A fine portrait of this handsome little chap, the detail is exceptional and those eyes are amazing. I hope he didn't waft his tail at you after you took his pic!
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