Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2009/January 2010 | Page 60
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COUNTRYSIDE, WILDLIFE & FARMING
Photo above: Xhabu (Siamang) with Don
knowledgeable and enthusiastic has over thirty
trees. They are lightweight, with a small round
years experience keeping monkeys and owls,
head. There arms are longer than their legs!
he is clearly dedicated to giving the inhabitants
And like all apes they have no tail. Their face
first class accommodation and this is rewarded
is almost hairless, with a slight moustache and
by some very happy and content looking (and
beard. They have very similar senses to us
sounding) monkeys and gibbons.
including hearing, coloured sight, smell, taste
Keep an eye out to see exactly when they plan
and touch. Their diet consist mainly of fruit
to open and check out their website to find out
but will also enjoy insects, spiders, birds eggs
more about the monkeys and opening times:
and small birds. All gibbons are an endangered
www.owlandmonkeyhaven.co.uk
species, due to their loss of habitat, Siamang’s
coming from the rainforests in Malaysia and
Know before you go
Sumatra.
Siamang’s are the largest and darkest
Rhesus Macaques are more
species of gibbon, they are slender with long
wide-spread, being found in many countries
arms and spend most of their time living in
from Afghanistan and India to Thailand and
Photo left to right::Anthony and Don Walser, Outside eating area.
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