{"id":21178,"date":"2016-02-08T11:12:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T11:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/post\/5-photos-of-monkeys-meets-eye"},"modified":"2020-08-19T10:05:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T17:05:45","slug":"5-photos-of-monkeys-meets-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/5-photos-of-monkeys-meets-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Photos of Monkeys That Are More Than Meets the Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"monkey<\/p>\n

In Japan\u2019s hot springs, a monkey steals an iPhone from an unsuspecting tourist. On an Indonesian island, an endangered macaque takes a selfie. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of wildlife photographers<\/a> all over the world, these moments are immortalized and then live on in our own imaginations, in the form of memes, reddit threads, social media posts with clever captions, and all the other ways we use images we find on the internet to narrate the stories of our own lives. Yet so rarely do we ask about what actually took place. How did all the perfect elements fall into place to make these images possible? And what happened afterwards?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Year of the Monkey, and we\u2019re sharing some of the answers to these questions with you because these curious photographs of monkeys really are more than meets the eye.<\/p>\n

1. \u2018The Monkey Who Went Into the Cold\u2019 by Ciril Ruoso (France)<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"photo<\/span><\/p>\n

That is one cold monkey. Good thing this species, the golden snub-nosed monkey, has got a heavy coat of fur to help battle the freezing cold temperatures of the forests of central and southwest China. But as it turns out, that coveted golden coat is as much a burden as it is a blessing. According to National Geographic<\/a>, the snub-nosed monkey\u2019s luxurious fur has made it the object of interest for hunters and today, the species is endangered. Looks like the stakes are pretty high for this little guy.<\/p>\n

2. \u2018Monkey Selfie\u2019 by Naruto the Macaque\/David Slater (United Kingdom)<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"monkey<\/span><\/p>\n

Believe it or not, this picture is an authentic selfie, taken by the monkey himself (his name is Naruto, and we\u2019ve credited him with the photograph above). The story behind it? British wildlife photographer David Slater was visiting a national park north of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi when he met a friendly group of primates. This species is extremely rare and critically endangered, and he wanted to spread awareness, but first he wanted one perfect close-up shot. As he recalls, \u201c…It wasn\u2019t going to happen. Not unless they [the macaques] took the photograph.\u201d So what did he do? He set up a tripod with a cable release, walked away, and let the monkeys go at it. What ensued were not only some brilliant monkey selfies, but also some pretty serious questions about ownership of the photo, since technically, the monkey took the photograph, so he is the owner\u2026 right? Well, turns out everyone has something different to say. According to NPR<\/a>, \u201cPETA says the monkey owns the copyright; Slater says he does. The U.S. Copyright Office says no one can, and a federal judge has now said it would be up to Congress to extend copyright privileges to animals<\/a>.\u201d Brings a whole new meaning to the term \u201cAnimal Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. \u2018Old Clothes\u2019 by Claudio Contreras Koob (Mexico)<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"pictures<\/p>\n

Most people don\u2019t want to show you their dirty laundry, but\u2026 most people don\u2019t have an adorable spider monkey hanging from theirs. This image features an orphaned Central American spider monkey, who lives in the workers camp of El Mirador, the archaeological site of a large pre-Columbian Mayan settlement located in Guatemala. It\u2019s just one of those right place, right time kinda shots, snapped as this little guy was hanging from a washing line with a vacant stare in his eyes. But really, though\u2026 A monkey the size of your underwear. Okay, moving on.<\/p>\n

4. \u2018Facebook Update\u2019 by Marsel van Oosten (The Netherlands)<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"monkey<\/p>\n

Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten, who snapped this shot two years ago, says the picture happened as a group of selfie-taking tourists with iPhones and iPads happened upon the group of snow monkeys that he and his team were photographing in the natural hot springs at Jigokudani, Japan. Suddenly, as van Oosten told one source<\/a>, one of the macaques \u201cgrabbed the iPhone from [one of their] hands\u2014and quickly moved away towards the middle of the hot spring! The owner screamed in agony, but the macaque was too fascinated by its new toy to notice. The minutes that followed were downright hilarious. Monkeys already resemble humans in so many ways, but when they\u2019re holding an iPhone, the similarities are almost scary.\u201d Apparently, the monkey even managed work the iPhone\u2019s built in flash. It\u2019s safe to say the iPhone was not returned in working condition. Following the release of this photograph, van Oosten was nominated in the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, but it got even more attention when Ashton Kutcher posted the picture to his personal social media accounts, re-processed and with his own watermark. It has since been taken down, but not without a stern talking-to over Twitter from the photographer. Talk about a ripple effect.<\/p>\n

5. \u2018Monkey Choir\u2019 From source: reddit<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"monkey<\/p>\n

And this last one is just for kicks. We couldn\u2019t find the story behind this image, as curious as we were, but\u2026 We feel like it actually speaks for itself.<\/p>\n

And there you have it\u2014our fave five professional wildlife photographs featuring monkeys and\u2014we hope it\u2019s pretty clear at this point\u2014a picture really is<\/em> worth a thousand words. Especially when it\u2019s of monkeys. Let us know in the comments section which monkey is your favorite!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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