The Sisters Act
Sister Lemurs occupy Lemur Island at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. A very long way from Madagascar, their home territorty, these sisters are wonderful ambassadors of their clan. These two Ring Tailed Lemur sisters are Butch and Denise. Butch is actaully called Smoochy Loo and you can tell them apart by their eyes. Smoochy Loo is shown here on the left and Denise is on the right. They were featured in this months Zoo News. After shooting these photos , I was figuring that I would need to do a bit of red eye removal until I realized that their red (Denise) and golden ( Smoochy Loo) eyes are a characteristic of these amazing little creatures. Their eyes are naturally very reflective and this was taken early evening with natural light.
Being natural climbers, it was noted in the article about them to check out their hands. They have thumbs which greatly improves their grip when climbing. I noticed it and and I gave them both a thumbs up thinking they might imitate me and show me their hands but they were unfazed.
These two, we are to understand really like over ripe figs and they seem to know what to do with all that fermenting sugar. They like to imbibe with it. It does make them act sort of silly. Not exactly fall down drunks but just silly like in a party mood. But because they live in a controlled environment, I am guessing that they understand that they have to create their own. That requires a bit of thinking ahead. They figured out that the fresh fruit if not consumed right away but is left to over ripen, turns Lemur Island into Party City! Not to worry, their stach is well hidden until it is time.
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