This is one of our neighborhood purple-faced langurs, aka purple-faced leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus vetulus). He’s sitting on the telephone line just outside the window where I sit, using my computer. He’s close enough that I could have touched him if I stood up and opened the window. Well, and if he reached over to...
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This week’s challenge is the Double-Crunch. I’ve posted my week’s goals. And here’s what I did: Exercise: I did 80 crunches. I took a few breaks in between as my muscles started to hurt. I did 30 laps in the garden. Knees not complaining. It’s going well. Health: Got moving at 6:30. Drank my...
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One of our neighborhood purple-faced langurs is injured. Check out the red splotch on the right arm. I hope s/he is okay and recovers fine from this. Similar Posts: Gray Langur Monkeys, No. Purple-Faced Leaf Monkeys, Yes. Neighorhood Monkeys in Sri Lanka Favourite Photos of 2007 More Neighborhood Monkey Activity Purple-Faced Langur Monkeys at...
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In the first picture, the adult purple-faced leaf monkey, aka purple-faced langur, helps the little monkey up onto the top of the power pole. But then the little monkey decides to jump into the starfruit tree – dives right in! Then the adult monkey jumps in after the little monkey. You can see the...
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It’s true, monkeys amuse me. As long as they don’t fling poo at or near me, that is. But happily, these haven’t. Yet. The worst they’ve done, so far, is to eat my lemongrass or leave mango pits on our balcony. Maybe. Except that we don’t know for a fact that it was the...
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For your information, these photos were taken with the purple-faced leaf monkeys (or purple-faced langurs) around 60-100′ away from me and my camera, so while they may not be the best photos in the world, they’re pretty good for the camera and distance. We have – at a minimum – four neighborhood monkeys. I...
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