Wildlife reserve Singapore Singapore Zoo
Since 1973, Singapore Zoo has been known for having among the most beautiful wildlife park settings in the world, where animals roam freely in open and naturalistic habitats.
Treetops Trail (Zone trail)
This zone begins at the Rainforest Courtyard right at the entrance of the park leading on to an elevated platform through the forest canopy, a pathway that brings visitors closer to nature and its wildlife.
Brown Lemur:
The brown lemurs are skilful jumpers who move from tree to tree with ease and use their tails for balance when needed. Interestingly, the lemur’s tail is usually as long as or longer than its body!
Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia (zone trail)
This award-winning zone depicts a day of life in the East African geological marvel that is the Great Rift Valley – a land that literally began ripping apart 40 million years ago as a result of the Earth’s tectonic forces.
photo resourced from the zoo simgaporien site
Hamadryas Baboon:
They are exhibit features of a colony of more than 90 baboons who are some of the most fascinating animals at the Zoo. From territorial males protecting their harems, to a female with very pronounced genital swelling announcing her fertile state to a fellow male, to couples eating ticks off each other’s fur, and even adults getting rough with the young, it’s a primate soap opera playing out right in front of your eyes.
Gibbon Island (Zone trail)
The primates along Gibbon Island are vocalist extraordinaires! There are the black howler monkeys, with their deep throaty cries, gibbons with their territorial whoops and red-ruffed lemurs with their signature ‘barks’.
Black Howler Monkey
One of the loudest animals around, the black howler monkey is practically the sirens of the jungle with their thunderous calls, which can be heard 5 kilometres away! Vocal communication forms an important part of their social behaviour.
Primate Kingdom (Zone trail)
Singapore Zoo has a total of 39 species of primates, of which a large number of them call the Primate Kingdom home. Wonder why it’s called Primate Kingdom? Because each primate species has its own island, with a landscaping of trees that might as well be castles from where these tree-dwellers rule
Brown Capuchin The brown capuchin is also known as the black-capped or tuffed capuchin. Its hair is very similar to the cowl or capuche (French for ‘skullcap’) worn by Franciscan monks, thus its name. Extensively hunted for meat, brown capuchins are also kept as pets in many parts of the world. In some parts of the world these intelligent primates are trained to perform household tasks for people with disabilities.
Lion-tailed Macaque The macaques’ name comes from the tuft on their tails and their beautiful silvery mane that resembles a lion. Another impressive feature of the lion-tailed macaques is that they have cheek pouches to store food and these allow it to gather a large amount of food in a short time, reducing its exposure to predators. The greatest threat to their safety is habitat destruction.
Free-Ranging Orang Utan Exbitits Singapore Zoo is the first zoo in the world to feature a free-ranging area for the orang utans, our flagship species. Our orang utan habitat is one of our biggest exhibits and certainly the most unique. Two free-ranging areas, an island and a boardwalk complete with tall trees and thick vegetation, have been created for visitors to view these fascinating creatures. The absence of walls and the inclusion of the raised boardwalk allow guests to have an almost entirely 360 degree view at an elevated angle.
Sumatran orangutan has a rich rust-brown coat. Adults often sport a golden beard – even the females! Those species are critically endangered around 7,500 of them left.
2 types of Orang Utan are
Sumatran orangutan and Bornean orangutan
Bornean orangutan species are much darker in colour. There is an estimate of only 55,000 of them left in the world.
Chimpanzee Possessing over 98% of the genetic blueprint of humans, chimpanzees are highly intelligent animals. That is why, our chimpanzee exhibit, modelled after a verdant hillside forest clearing, is equipped with a jungle ‘gymnasium’ for our intelligent primate friends to exercise both body and mind.
photo resourced from the zoo simgaporien site
Blurb
Blurb isn’t difficult to use or navigate on. It is simple, fun, elegant and organises itself the layout for you. You can change and swtich pages around without trouble and choose different colours for each pages. Print book options include five different trim sizes: five photo-quality papers, three cover types, and a host of customization features for example: Cookbooks, graphic novels, travel guides, wedding books..
Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia I choose this title for the photobook because it is where I took the photos of the Hamadryas Baboons. While visiting the zoo, I was amazed to see so many Baboons in the wild and happy to live together. I stayed a long time behind the glass wall looking at them and taking photos, that at the end I didn’t have any battery or memory left on my digital camera. I was upset to leave Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia track as I was thinking I could have taken more. Those species have so much in common with humans such as: their personality, their facial expressions, how they maintain themselves and their behaviours etc. A lot of moments were intriguing and special to view because you see it once in your life and it isn’t everyday you are going to see those things happening. Me and my parents were able to see the new baby baboon that was born a few days ago after the day I passed by. I thought it was a lucky moment for us to enjoy how the mother took care of her child. Parenting is a big theme that I introduce in my blurb photobook; it is the main focus that my photos are about. I illustrate how the mother takes the lead and awareness to give everything up for her child. I also show the different adventures and tragic moments experienced with the mother and the siblings. While viewing the photos, I strongly recommend you to take time and observe their facial expressions and to look for similarity between us humans. In the book, I wrote and took some quotes from different authors to make my statement clearer and effective under my photos.
About the Books
Impressed In the photo book called “Impressed”, I have shown more than one type of monkey. There are the brown lemur, the black howler monkey, the brown capuchin, the lion-tailed macaque, the Sumatran orang-utan, the Bornean orang-utan and the chimpanzee. Each of them is taken from different tracks shown above in my journal. It is called “Impressed” because of their facial expressions: how they look at the camera or gazing randomly in the open air. Some have that kind of look that stays in you for days of how immortal there stare are. The eyes of the brown Lemur are so open, big and yellow in colour that it is intriguing to be chased in their spell. The
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Golden Monkey Photography by Irawan Subingar
Inspiration for my assesment
Monkey Mothers with Their Babies Orangutan Photography by Sean Crane
Edited photography’s seperated into each categories
“Baby” category
“Following” category
“Love” category
“Sibblings“ category
“Impressed“ category
“Looking” category
Chimpanzees become sexually mature between the ages of 10 and 13. Females usually reproduce every 5 years, but a mother is unlikely to raise more than 3 offspring to full maturity during her lifetime. Period of pregnancy is approximately 8 months. These numbers and timelines are comparable to those for human reproduction.
Reproduction
Jane Goodall is born on April 3, 1934, in London, England. She is set out to Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees by sitting amongst them and discover their relation with human being. She is a highly respected member of the world scientific community and is a staunch advocate of ecological preservation.
JANE GOODALL
These emotions have been evidenced particularly in chimpanzees, moreso than other mammals, due to their facial expressions and their facial musculature that is so similar to ours.
Dr. Goodall discovered that chimpanzees displayed a wide range of complex emotions that were once thought to be uniquely to humans. For instance, chimpanzees clearly exhibit emotions such as joy, sadness, fear and despair. Chimps have also been found to possess an almost human-like enjoyment of physical contact, laughter, and community.
Emotions
In captivity, chimpanzees can be taught human languages such as ASL (American Sign Language), learning 300 or more signs. They can also master many complex skills on computers.
There are uncanny similarities in the nonverbal communication of chimps and humans such as kissing, embracing, patting on the back, touching hands, tickling, swaggering, shaking the fist, brandishing sticks and hurling rocks. These patterns appear in similar contexts as those in which they are seen in humans communication.
Communication
Chimps also have a “concept of self”, which refers to an individual’s perception of their being in relation to others. An interesting test that is often used is to see if an animal recognizes themselves in mirrors – chimps can do this, while most other animals cannot!
The anatomy of the chimpanzee brain and central nervous system is startlingly similar to our own. Chimpanzees (along with gorillas and bonobos) are capable of intellectual performances like as humans. Wild chimps use sophisticated cooperation in hunting, they use tools for more purposes than any other being, like humans. Chimpanzees are capable of reasoned thought, abstraction and have a concept of self. Chimps use reasoned thought when they process information and use their memory, for example when finding fruit according to what season it is. Chimps are capable of generalization and symbolic representation, as they are able to group symbols together. Some chimps have even learned how to use American Sign Language.
Intelligence
A long childhood is as important for chimps as it is for humans. A young chimp has much to learn, watching, imitating and practise the behaviour of others. This learning is due to certain actions that are passed from one generation to the next representing culture.
There are particularly close similarities between chimpanzee infants and human childrens. They both have an insatiable appetite for play, they are extremely curious, they learn through observation and imitation, they need constant reassurance and attention and finally need affectionate physical contact for healthy development.
If a mother dies, the orphan may be unable to survive. He or she often shows signs of clinical depression, and feeding and doesn’t show any sign of amusment so she/her stays at the side. Older siblings often adopt their orphaned brothers or sisters. Occasionally individuals adopt infants but are not related to them. (alloparenting)
Like us humans, chimps have a long childhood. They have 5 years of suckling and sleeping in their mothers' nests at night.
Childhood
My third book of photos is taken in France in ROCAMADOUR. The forest is called: “LA FORÊT DES SINGES” meaning Monkey forest. In total, there are about 150 Macaques de Barbarie also called Magots living in the wild. The forest is their home; we are entering their home habitat, so it was important for us to keep a metre away. Popcorn was the only treat we could feed the monkeys to have that special and unique direct contact with them. Of course, popcorn wasn’t the only food that they ate; they received daily balanced nutrition composed of fruits, vegetables and cereals. HOW TO TELL A MALE FROM A FEMALE It is easy to distinguish between adult males and females. The males are larger and weigh an average of 17kg, whereas the smaller females weigh around 13 kg.
Unlike most primates, male Barbary macaques have frequent contact with the babies. They carry, groom and protect them. Males also use babies as social go-betweens, allowing friendly contact between males.
AFRICAN MONKEY (Barbary Macaque) The Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) originates from the mountainous regions of North Africa, in Morocco and Algeria, where it lives inforests, gorges and on rocky ridges.
Barbary macaques live in a temperate climate and are used to hot summers and cold, snowy winters. That’s why at ‘La Forêt des Singes’ they can live outside year-round. They are well adapted to this type of climate, protected against the cold by long, thick fur during the winter and moulting in the spring. Another adaptation concerns their reproductive cycle, which is strictly seasonal. Mating takes place in autumn/winter and the babies are born in spring/early summer, when the weather is mild and food is plentiful. The mother gives birth to a single baby after 165 days (51/2 months) of gestation. The wild population is currently estimated at less than 10, 000. Since 2008 the Barbary macaque has been classified by the IUCN as an endangered species due to the major decline in wild populations, numbers have declined than halved the past 30 years.
Photos are raw, not edited whatsoever!!
Protectively angry
Bored
Tired
Spying
Impressed
In relation with Jane Goodall discoveries to my photographies
AFRICAN MONKEY (Barbary Macaque)
This last book represent the connection between Barbary Macaque and human’s emotion and their friendships. It is the only book wehere I refer Jane Goodall quotes and discoveries in.
Artist Statement I enjoyed visiting the Wildlife Reserve Zoo of Singapore a lot. There was many animals shown and specifically was amazed to see the quantity of different types of monkeys living as a colony. I choose to display monkeys for this assessment because I though they were telling a story between the similarities and difference in humans and monkeys. I also visited a forest called “LA FORÊT DES SINGES” in ROCAMADOUR. (france), where I was also stunned to see those wild life Macaques de Barbarie near us.
I am making a series of different photo books made on blurb, each containing different types of monkeys and stories. Each books is different: one identifies the power of parenting and love, the other differs from the gazing looks to be impressed and lastly refering to Jane Goodell discoveries. My last book is a refering to Jane Goodall work because it dispose between the similarities and difference between monkeys and humans. My photos are about love, friendship, parenting, angriness, reproduction, intelligence, communication, fun, emotions and childhood