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Proboscis Monkeys of the Kinabatangan River


After a quick lunch with our guide we set off to the Kinabatangan River in the hope of seeing as much wildlife as possible. And boy were we lucky! :D Not long after setting off down the river we got our first glimpse of a family group of proboscis monkeys!

Proboscis Monkeys are only found in Borneo, they live in family groups of one male and a harem of females. There is also a bachelor group where grown males live, they stay in that group till the leading male of the bachelor group is brave enough to challenge the alpha male of a family group. If he wins he gets the wives, if not, well it’s back to his bachelor group!

You can tell the males apart because of their long noses! Much larger than the females. ;)

In our next video we’ll be showing you some of the other wildlife we saw along the river!

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Comment by Ken
2007-10-28 03:38:38

haha… I liked the way Grace scouted out the toilet before going in… reminds me of the toilet my paternal grandparent’s house had… it was an outhouse… and the one in my grandma’s (maternal) village… I too always had second thoughts when using them, wondering if I could hold till I was back in civilisation…

 
Comment by Rainer
2007-10-28 23:18:17

Yes, that’s a funny scene. I don’t want to know how that toilet looked inside ;)

 
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