Contemplation

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Contemplation

We visited a chimp sanctuary on Ngamba Island, Uganda. Many of the chimps had been rescued from poachers and the illegal pet trade

Contemplation belongs to the following groups:

African Art and Writings, Conservation Photography, Cutest of the Cute, Endangered Species, Exotic Mammals, Happy Haven, Kairos - Capturing the Decisive Moment, Primates, The Eyes Have It and United Kingdom

hilarydougill, 5 months ago

Bless!! Isn’t it gorgeous!!! Wonderful capture of a wild animal in its natural habitat, wonderful pic
Julie Langford, 5 months ago

Beautiful Jane – simply beautiful. Now tell me – were you being just a little bit naughty getting your cam out on Ngamba ? :))))))))))))))))))))))))
Julie Langford, 5 months ago

Got to admit – I wouldnt be able to resist capturing this image.
ApeArt in reply to Julie Langford’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Jul – no, we were all allowed to take as many pics and film as much as we wanted ))):
ApeArt in reply to hilarydougill’s comment, 5 months ago

Thank you dear Hilary)
Julie Langford, 5 months ago

Ooooo , now thats interesting, a few years ago they didnt permit it – or it may have been that they couldnt be taken with humans in the frame – something to that effect.
ApeArt in reply to Julie Langford’s comment, 5 months ago

ooh right, how funny, no there were no probs at all))
Julie Langford, 5 months ago

Did you get to walk with them Jane?
ApeArt in reply to Julie Langford’s comment, 5 months ago

Nah, this was something I really wanted to do. It involved lots of paperwork, jabs, chest x-ray, tb test, money and travel!! I really, really wanted to do it, contacted a couple of travel agencies to no avail, then contacted Ngamba directly. They said I could do it but after doing all the above, I had to take some paperwork to I think it was Entebbe, which was impossible as we were travelling with a group, couldn’t make a detour for this. Also, I doubt if we would have been on the island at the right time for the chimp walk, so all in all very frustrating! I did manage to purchase 3 great t-shirts Jul – two say 98.7 per cent chimp! (or whatever the percentage is). So I can’t wait to go to Cameroon and hopefully be more “hands on” – I love these babies so much I need to make contact! I tried to communicate with a couple of the chimps by using chimp language, they stared at me intently, we were very connected but a guard told me to move out of the way and stop “bothering” them. But they weren’t bothered! They were intrigued…it made me sad and frustrated that he just thought I was another stupid “tourist” who was winding up the chimps. (Sigh…)
ApeArt in reply to Julie Langford’s comment, 5 months ago

Btw Jul, did you see my image, “chimp think”? This was also taken at Ngamba, of one of the chimps with whom I made a connection…
Julie Langford, 5 months ago

Going to look now
Macky, 5 months ago

Nice facial detail J!!!
brirose55, 5 months ago

brill expression great shot
ApeArt in reply to Macky’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Macky Boy)):
ApeArt in reply to brirose55’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks so much Bri
Crockpot, 5 months ago

What a SWEET little guy!! Great pic!
Mar Silva, 5 months ago

How sweet ‘
TrEaSuReDiMaGeS, 5 months ago

Awesome capture Jane!! :-))
ApeArt in reply to Crockpot’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks so much!
ApeArt in reply to Mar Silva’s comment, 5 months ago

Thank you
ApeArt in reply to TrEaSuReDiMaGeS’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Deb! )):
BarryNorton1, 5 months ago

Absolutely super, he/she realy in deep thought. probably thinking what a waste of space we humans are, taking their habitat, food and fellow creatures
ApeArt in reply to BarryNorton1’s comment, 5 months ago

Well said!
Sean Farragher, 5 months ago

beautiful capture
ApeArt in reply to Sean Farragher’s comment, 5 months ago

Thank you Sean
Jase812, 5 months ago

Wonderful capture !
ApeArt in reply to Jase812’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks very much and thanks so much for adding me to your watchlist
lareejc, 5 months ago

Just fantastic! Love your work..
ApeArt in reply to lareejc’s comment, 5 months ago

Thank you so much))