#blackmacaque

Apart from a lot of marine life, we also have some special fauna on land. One of them is the Sulawesi Crested Black Macaque (Macaca nigres). There are in fact 7 different species and only found in Sulawesi. Unfortunately, it is critically endangered, specially the one we have in our region. The reasons are mainly that they have been heavily hunted for food in the past in combination with habitat loss. In Tangkoko Forest Nature Reserve, they are relative save and is the population growing. We organize excursion to the park and the Macaques are almost an almost 100% guarantee. One of them became very famous in 2011 when he grabbed the camera of a photographer and made a selfie (see second pic). Unintentionally, the monkey caused an international row when court cases were started between the owner of the camera and animal rights activists. The camera owner claimed the copy rights of the picture but the the activists thought they belonged to the monkey. In the end the court ruled in favor of the monkey! #lumbalumbadivingmanado #northsulawesi #tangkoko #wonderfulindonesia #blackmacaque #manado #bunaken #selfie #holiday #diveholiday #rainforest #tauchurlaub #duikvakantie #snorkelingholiday #landtour #minahasa #indonesia #monkey #naturelovers #resort #diveresort (at Lumbalumba Diving - Manado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRkowJxh_PA/?utm_medium=tumblr

Crested Black Macaque is a primate that is often wrongly called as an ape. It is actually a monkey but because of its extremely short tail (which is hard to see), people think of it as an ape. This monkey is threatened with extinction because of rampant hunting. People actually savor its meat. Also, the shrinking of its habitat and its capture, because people want to keep it as a pet, are two other reasons why the population of this primate is declining gradually. Jayaprakash Bojan captured this amazing creature during his Asian primates expedition, To know more about this Click here