Again, I offer up one of nature’s truly handsome creatures — this time a little more of a close up so you can really appreciate that face. The male proboscis monkey is also known as the Dutch monkey, or simply Dutchman, as the native Borneans felt that with the large nose and belly, the monkeys looked an awful lot like the Dutch colonizers.
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Again, I offer up one of nature’s truly handsome creatures — this time a little more of a close up so you can really appreciate that face. The male proboscis monkey is also known as the Dutch monkey, or simply Dutchman, as the native Borneans felt that with the large nose and belly, the monkeys looked an awful lot like the Dutch colonizers.
Always makes me laugh, thanks! Though now I feel bad for the guy/girl – not his/her fault. . .