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49. Endangered: Dusky Leaf Monkey
11 months ago
Spend five minutes of your time looking at another nearly destroyed peace of nature, next species Homo Sapiens?

These are two male Dusky Leaf Monkeys, found primarily on the Malay Peninsula, including southern Burma and parts of Thailand. They also inhabit the islands of Langkawi, Penang, and Perhentian Besar. (According to Lekagul and McNeely in 1977 and Medway, 1969. We doubt strongly if they are still there.....)

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  • Jean Kern 11 months ago
    Hi Jan, I'm fine, although my heart breaks everytime I see such images of highly endangered species.
    I would love to go to Borneo together. Maybe we can meet each other ?
    The video is really beautiful !
    Please contact me : matsie87@hotmail.com
  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    Merci Jean, meet you in 2009!
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  • olaf h. ☞ nadu 11 months ago
    2 cute buddies, good job!
    greetings, happy holidays!
  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    :-)
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  • Roel Schuiling 11 months ago
    touching Jan
  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    Thank you Roel!
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  • Brian Boudreau 11 months ago
    Jan its great you are documenting all these great creatures
  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    Thank you Brian and plan your next trip and footage for endangered species!
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  • Blake Whitman staff 11 months ago
    I love the long take, it really allows you to study their mannerisms.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    Thank you Blake, please help to stimulate Vimians to get footage of endangered animals.

    (Yes I love to save monkeys on tape first.)
    vimeo.com/endangered
    arkive.org
    wildfilmhistory.org
    proboscismonkey.org
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  • 4Moorhens2 plus 11 months ago
    Jan, a beautifully shot video.

    They don't look very happy, perhaps they know that mankind is slowly but surely destroying the planet and the only comfort that they can find is in their own close relationship...

    Thanks for sharing, all the best, 4M2.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    Thank you, but its my presence they didn't like. For their eye behaviour I started moving around, behind the camera on tripod. If I came to close, as a warning, they start showing their tongue and you have to back of or they will attack you!
  • 4Moorhens2 plus 11 months ago
    Thanks for the info Jan - guess I had the drama of your brilliant Gibbons video vimeo.com/1273561 in mind when I watched this one.
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  • Annie plus 11 months ago
    Lovely video Mate :))
    I'm so pleased that there are good people like yourself to document these wonder little critters and lets hope and pray they stay alive and save from Human hands:)
  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    Thank you so much for these nice words Annie!
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  • Biju 11 months ago
    Very cute...you did a great job.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    Thank you Biju, but infact they were perfect models!
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  • Irina Shatalova plus 10 months ago
    Oh, topping fellows..! So nice!
    But, Jan, it seems, that the logo at the beginning and the end is too loud and frightening...
  • Jan van der Meer plus 10 months ago
    You are right! But its a gift and first time. At the other hand, its the same shock effect to know that all these creatures are finished soon.
  • Irina Shatalova plus 10 months ago
    Yeah, probably, the effect of the shock exists here, you right.
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  • matrixdc 10 months ago
    Wanderful Jan. Thank you.
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  • Lia van Harskamp 10 months ago
    Beautiful monkeys, fine camerawork.
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  • Emily Hayes 10 months ago
    Jan,
    I came back and watch them with my two monkey's.
    One monkey is 3years old and the other one is 9.
    Vinny and Manny is their name.
    Young one Manny said's this two money's are brothers.
    'Like us' Brothers'.
    When I first saw these two money's they were remind two of my son's and they felt the same way as I felt.
    They love your film. Thank you very much for your precious film to share with us. It teach's the kid's in silence how we should love. What is love. Life is simple.
    It's all in how to love. Skillfull way of love.
    Thank you for your love tool. Thank you very much for your invitation to our loving moment.
    Have a wonderful day Jan.

    Your friend Hayes family
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  • Aww so cute
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