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Dusky Leaf Monkey and a mother’s protective instinct

on 30th March 2017

This morning Steven Struyck noticed an adult Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) carrying her orange-coloured baby in their “front yard” from the balcony of his Penang home (below).

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The mother apparently noticed Steven’s presence and instinctively shielded her baby (below). Obviously she was trying to hide the little fellow … and disappeared into the trees a bit later. A mother’s protective instinct!

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This was the second time Steven reported his encounter with this interesting primate and her orange-coloured infant. His first encounter was a week earlier HERE.

Steven Struyck
Penang, Malaysia
20th February 2017

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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