Colibree Wild Photography

07/07/2020

03/06/2020

Mud glorious.....

03/05/2020

Mother & Child Etoha 2014

01/05/2020

Back to Etosha, Namibia 2014

21/04/2020

The wonderful people of Madagascar, 2014.

15/04/2020

Friendly Lemur, Northern Madagascar 2014

13/04/2020

The Diademed Sifaka is one of the largest species of Lemur.

When threatened this sifaka makes a warning call that has been likened to a ‘kiss-sneeze’. It may use this warning call when it spots its predators, such as the fossa or Nile crocodiles, to alert its social group, or the predator itself. The diademed sifaka live in female dominated multi-male/multi-female groups of 2-8 individuals, in territories of 20-80ha. Females may only be sexually receptive for a few days, or possibly only one, out of the year. A single young is born after 179 days of gestation. This slow reproductive rate delays the speed at which the population can rebound from threats, and rapid changes in their environment. These threats come mostly from habitat destruction, either due to slash-and-burn agricultural practices, or timber extraction. However they are also hunted for food, all of which can have a very serious impact on remaining populations, despite being in protected areas. Lemurs are part of the most basal primates, along with lorises, pottos and bushbabies. They colonised Madagascar from mainland Africa 50-60 million years ago, and with a lack of competition from other non-primate mammals, these species diversified to fill a wide range of unusual ecological niches.

09/04/2020

The rare Silky Sifaka, one of the rarest primates on the planet, Madagascar 2015. it took a three day mountain climb and a lot of luck to get to find and see the only troop, a photographer is allowed to see.

02/04/2020

Forest Crab, Madagascar 2014