Power Stabilized

More Babies and their Moms

No, there are no baby monkeys in the Power Rising series, and these are monkeys I photographed in Borneo, not my current home of Costa Rica. But. Who can resist baby animals and their mommas? I mean. This little guy just exudes personality to me, from his early 1900's hair styling to his eyes half closed in nonchalant savoring of some little fruit or nut tidbit. And those light blue eyelids. Love him. These monkeys were at a nature reserve in northern Malaysian Borneo that I was visiting to see a population of orangutans. Malaysia seemed to be doing a pretty good job trying to preserve their extremely endangered orangutans. I didn't go to Borneo particularly worried about the endearing orange primates but came away--especially from Indonesian southern Borneo-- very worried indeed, as palm oil plantations are encroaching on the supposedly protected nature reserves and killing many, many orangutans in the process, orphaning their babies, and destroying their limited habitat. I was very sad after I visited an orphanage for orangutans whose mothers had been killed.These guys in this photo, though, are in no danger. Whew.