Before we got to the beach at Ambergris Caye, we spent three nights in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest in western Belize, close to the Guatemala border. On one of our days, we took an excursion to the Caracol Mayan Ruins for a bit of culture. Of course, I took my long lens just in case — hoping that some wildlife would show up during our tour. Sure enough, just as we were finishing up with our guide, a large troop of howler monkeys stopped by in all their howling glory. If you’ve never heard a howler monkey howl, it’s quite an experience. In fact, some of the more aggressive dinosaur noises from Jurassic Park are actually howler monkey calls dubbed into the mouths of angry dilophosaurus and other prehistoric beasts. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/2000th of a second
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Before we got to the beach at Ambergris Caye, we spent three nights in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest in western Belize, close to the Guatemala border. On one of our days, we took an excursion to the Caracol Mayan Ruins for a bit of culture. Of course, I took my long lens just in case — hoping that some wildlife would show up during our tour. Sure enough, just as we were finishing up with our guide, a large troop of howler monkeys stopped by in all their howling glory. If you’ve never heard a howler monkey howl, it’s quite an experience. In fact, some of the more aggressive dinosaur noises from Jurassic Park are actually howler monkey calls dubbed into the mouths of angry dilophosaurus and other prehistoric beasts.
Fantastic! You caught that monkey mid-howl. What a dramatic moment!
I love this!
Beautiful shot! Of course, now you made me wonder what they actually sound like so here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxzbqmFkXwU
My Corgi didn’t like their howls!
Ha. Yeah, they can get loud. The troop we ran into were even louder than the guys in the video.
They. Are so big & scary hope you stayed far. Away!
Aunt Sue
—– A voice finds a path
—– No matter how dense
—– The scape
—– Chills to your spine
—– To hear these
—– Monkeys call .