Gibbons roaming around Phnom Penh

Ravensnest · Post by **Ravensnest** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:51 am

Here are two unedited videos of them

SternAAlbifrons · Post by **SternAAlbifrons** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:50 pm

more please
fab!

denethor · Post by **denethor** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:28 pm

Ravensnest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:51 am Here are two unedited videos of them

Great videos. I saw that pair the other day. Not sure if the dark adult is a male or a female?

Like you had said, the brown sugar kid is quite independent. He nicked a banana off a peddler's rooftop and caused quite a ruckus lol.

I could watch those two and their shenanigans all day long.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:48 pm

denethor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:28 pm Great videos. I saw that pair the other day. Not sure if the dark adult is a male or a female?

The Pileated Gibbon has sexual dimorphism in fur coloration: males have a purely black fur, while the females have a white-grey colored fur with only the belly and head black.

Wiki

denethor · Post by **denethor** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:54 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:48 pm
denethor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:28 pm Great videos. I saw that pair the other day. Not sure if the dark adult is a male or a female?

The Pileated Gibbon has sexual dimorphism in fur coloration: males have a purely black fur, while the females have a white-grey colored fur with only the belly and head black.
Wiki

That's what I thought. So this is the dad with the kid. I've met the dad a few times by himself.

Maybe it's just the dad and the kid, no mom around. Sad. But nice to see they're still having fun. Pretty good playground. Enough cables to swing around town, with tamarind and mango trees along the route for snacking.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:11 pm

Yeah, I was very surprised the first time I saw them opposite my bank on Mao Tse Tung. I took a few photos but my camera was a bit crap and they don't sit still too much. I've seen the green peacocks and hornbills around too. There are parts of that block/area that have plenty of trees and there's a big open space behind the Intercon but other parts are busy as hell, like that street with all the schools on it. It's amazing having animals like that that can roam safely enough. My family used to keep a lot of birds and pigeons and some doves were the only ones I'd expect to come back. I had a roof blow off part of an aviary in a storm, the Cockatiels just stayed there clinging to the wire and the Ring Necks flew off and came back later. The African Gray that we have had for about 30 years isn't let outside too much, last time I did it he flew over the house and I was worried he'd never be seen again (he was in the neighbor's front garden).

Ravensnest · Post by **Ravensnest** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:56 am

denethor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:54 pm
John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:48 pm
denethor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:28 pm Great videos. I saw that pair the other day. Not sure if the dark adult is a male or a female?

The Pileated Gibbon has sexual dimorphism in fur coloration: males have a purely black fur, while the females have a white-grey colored fur with only the belly and head black.
Wiki
That's what I thought. So this is the dad with the kid. I've met the dad a few times by himself.

Maybe it's just the dad and the kid, no mom around. Sad. But nice to see they're still having fun. Pretty good playground. Enough cables to swing around town, with tamarind and mango trees along the route for snacking.

I've been thinking about that too since reading the wiki again. I guess she is just a small female. she is a lot smaller than he is and I suppose he doesn't like to let her get too far out of sight. perhaps that's why she seems to be independent of him.

Ravensnest · Post by **Ravensnest** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:51 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:11 pm Yeah, I was very surprised the first time I saw them opposite my bank on Mao Tse Tung. I took a few photos but my camera was a bit crap and they don't sit still too much. I've seen the green peacocks and hornbills around too. There are parts of that block/area that have plenty of trees and there's a big open space behind the Intercon but other parts are busy as hell, like that street with all the schools on it. It's amazing having animals like that that can roam safely enough. My family used to keep a lot of birds and pigeons and some doves were the only ones I'd expect to come back. I had a roof blow off part of an aviary in a storm, the Cockatiels just stayed there clinging to the wire and the Ring Necks flew off and came back later. The African Gray that we have had for about 30 years isn't let outside too much, last time I did it he flew over the house and I was worried he'd never be seen again (he was in the neighbor's front garden).

I don't understand how the owner lets them roam loose like that. I'd worry about them too. they use the power lines as a highway and in my mind, they must be playing Russian roulette unknowingly. surely those wires must claim one at some point.

I'm convinced that the female is a juvenile from looking at adult pictures. she's really small.

rozzieoz · Post by **rozzieoz** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:42 pm

Amazing videos, thank you!

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:38 am

Ravensnest wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:51 am
I don't understand how the owner lets them roam loose like that. I'd worry about them too. they use the power lines as a highway and in my mind, they must be playing Russian roulette unknowingly. surely those wires must claim one at some point.

Most of those lines are just telecom/ cable TV/ ISP connections or just redundant. The power lines are usually double insulated unless you are too close to a transformer.

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