#thaigibbon

One of Thailand’s iconic primates a White-Handed Gibbon. Gibbons are not monkeys but apes and are largely arboreal and travel from tree to tree using brachiation, using their powerful arms to grab branches and swing a jump their way around their territory This is a #repost @itsawildlifeofficial via @PhotoAroundApp White-handed Gibbon - Hylobates lar This species of gibbon was photographed in southern Thailand. The White-handed gibbon is listed as endangered. #thaigibbon #thailandgibbon #gibbon #whitehandedgibbon #thailandwildlife #wildlifethailand #wildlifeofthailand #warf #thewildanimalrescuefoundationofthailand #gibbonproject #gibbonrehabilitationproject #wildprimates #primatesofinstagram #endangeredprimates #primate #primates #endangeredspecies #endangeredprimates #grp_phuket #iucnredlist #natgeo #nationalgeographic #natgeowild #airasia #airasiax #thaiairways https://www.instagram.com/p/B7z5LwxADr1/?igshid=1q8i1tozi97xm

Gibbon chilling out on a motorcycle. When I lived in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand in 1980, and volunteered at refugee camp, I stayed in a rundown building next to an expat family including the person who helped administer our volunteer program. The property had to primates on it. One of them was this gibbon who I was fond of. Had I known then what I know now I would have tried to talk them into getting this ape to a sanctuary. I know my fondest for the gibbon contributes to my passion for apes in general and gibbons in particular. #Gibbon #FondMemories #Ape #ThaiGibbon #UbonRatchathani #Thailand #1980 (at Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPSOJJpLUiy/?utm_medium=tumblr