A wild Indri, Indri indri, or Babakopto, the world’s largest extant lemur, in a rainforest tree in Andasibe- Mantadia (aka Perinet) (aka Analamazaotra) National Park in eastern Madagascar.
Indris are very beautiful animals, and, dare I say it, unbearably cute. They look like teddy bears, and for most of the morning families ‘sing’ with a sound like humpback whales. Their songs reverberate around the forest.
From a photography point of view, the only frustrating thing was that they kept quite high up in their trees, so all my photos were taken looking almost straight up at them, which isn’t necessarily their most attractive view.
In the IUCN Red List, Indris are listed as Critically Endangered, with their main threats including:
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