Gibbons roaming around Phnom Penh
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I remember an episode of monkey world, and the woman who ran the place ( Alison Cronin may be her name?) said that a gibbon will bite a solid plug of flesh out of a person in the blink of an eye if it takes offense with them( apparently that was the reason the beach photographers used to drug them up to the eyeballs so tourists could get a photo holding a gibbon) last one I saw was in Thailand about 2010. They are as fast as lightening and good luck to anyone trying to capture one ( I’d pay good money to see it though.hanno wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 5:21 pmA hotel I worked in had a Gibbon (one of the first things I did was have it picked up and sent to the Primate Rescue Center). Anyway, this Gibbon hated females and would attack them on sight. Now, their teeth are not very big but certainly big enough to draw blood. We all thought it was a he but, once it was at the rescue center, it turned it was a she and they people their figured she was plain jealous. Interesting tidbit: Gibbons' sexual organs look similar in males and females.Barang_doa_slae wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:42 pm Maybe I am mistaken but gibbons aren’t dangerous. Anyway I saw one crossing the road to Koh Kong once was quite amazed at the sight.
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They don’t get electrocuted swinging on live wires? Smarter than people. Or do they have non-conducting padding on their hands and feet?
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Spotted this from the roof of the Ohana Palace Hotel in December 2019
Even the ugly ones
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Most electric cabling is insulated. One of the hornbills got electrocuted on 217 last year.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2020 2:51 am They don’t get electrocuted swinging on live wires? Smarter than people. Or do they have non-conducting padding on their hands and feet?
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Re: Gibbons roaming around Phnom Penh
thats not a gibbon
this is
Back in 84 in Pattaya i owned a brown one who used to ride on my motorcycle, bicycle and went out on my windsurfer with me,
86 in Phuket, had a black fur one for a few years
as they age, they become more aggressive. There is a good gibbon rehabilitation center that takes care of them and re releases them into the wild ( if they can)
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I had no idea what brand it was, first one i've seen in PP is all
Makes it a tough pet to have, get rid of it just before its due to rip your face off
Makes it a tough pet to have, get rid of it just before its due to rip your face off
Even the ugly ones
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phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:15 amthats not a gibbon
this is
Back in 84 in Pattaya i owned a brown one who used to ride on my motorcycle, bicycle and went out on my windsurfer with me,
86 in Phuket, had a black fur one for a few years
as they age, they become more aggressive. There is a good gibbon rehabilitation center that takes care of them and re releases them into the wild ( if they can)
Almost impossible to release into the wild. I visited the primate rescue center in Cuc Phuong 2 days ago and they can hardly release any in the wild. If the apes and monkeys are taken as babies, they lack even basic survival skills. A young Langur just died at the center after handling a snake, not having been taught by mom to avoid it. Even if they can be taught, it makes little sense to release them into a forest where they will be immediately poached.
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Guess the thais are better at it. They had a few successful releases back into the wild
there was a thai island that was part of the national park and people not allowed on it and up north in Chiang mai is the new release site.
https://www.gibbonproject.org/our-works ... g-champee/....Since the middle 2014, nearly 20 gibbons were reintroduced back to Baan Pang Champee Forest. Now the queen of the forest has returned with 3 new wild borns !
there was a thai island that was part of the national park and people not allowed on it and up north in Chiang mai is the new release site.
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These guys have been by my place twice so far. I've seen a male (very loud monkey shrieks) that comes by himself. Then a mom comes around with her brown-furred kid.
The male was screaming on the balcony the floor below me. I shouted at him and he scrambled right up. Seemed friendly and curious, but I ran into my house when he got too close. Now that I know they're domestic, I might keep some bananas on hand and get a bit closer.
Does anyone know any more about the guy who owns these monkeys?
The male was screaming on the balcony the floor below me. I shouted at him and he scrambled right up. Seemed friendly and curious, but I ran into my house when he got too close. Now that I know they're domestic, I might keep some bananas on hand and get a bit closer.
Does anyone know any more about the guy who owns these monkeys?
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