They say that little separates us from the apes and these humorously human portraits by British wildlife photographers Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers show just how close we really are. The collection of photos of apes and monkeys in the wild shows that it’s not just use humans who like to monkey around.
1. They say that little separates us from the apes and these humorously human portraits by British wildlife photographers Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers show just how close we really are. The collection of photos of apes and monkeys in the wild shows that it's not just use humans who like to monkey around.
2. Bornean orangutan baby Thor, aged eight to nine months, holds onto his mother at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
3. A portrait of mature male bonobo named Makali looking thoughtful at Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo
4. A three-month-old female bonobo plays with her mother at Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo
5. A gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) infant playing with dried grass, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
6. Bornean orangutan sub-adult male 'Pan' lying on his back, Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
7. Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' - head and shoulders portrait - Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
8. Tana river mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus) baby, Tana River Forest, South eastern Kenya
9. Mature male bonobo (Pan paniscus) named Fizy, aged 15 years, scratches his back while submerged in water, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo
10. Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) infant comes face to face with an adult male while playing on mother's back, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
11. Western chimpanzee male 'Peley' aged 12 years, scratches his nose, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea
12. A portrait of Gary, a 16-year-old Bornean orangutan at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
13. A baby bonobo, aged nine to 12 months, at the Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo
14. One-year-old baby Bornean orangutan Petra plays at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
15. Long-tailed / crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) peers at the camera at Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
16. Bornean orangutan mother Yuni with her baby, aged about six months, at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
17. Adolescent male bonobo, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary
18. A mature male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) named Doyok at Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
19. Bomango, a 10-month-old bonobo at Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo
20. Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby Petra, aged 12 months, yawns at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
