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Any moms out there recognize this expression? You've got to be kidding me!
The red-fronted brown lemur follows a polygamous mating system, where multiple males and females mate with one another. The dominant male tends to sire a greater number of offspring than his rivals.
📷: Cheryl Antonucci
Uh oh! Caught daydreaming!
Or maybe just taking a break from their job as the worlds largest pollinator! Black and White lemurs help pollinate plants as they snack!
📷: Mathias Appel
Lemur Conservation Network
What are you looking at?!
Wooly lemurs large eyes help them see at night. But even in their active period in the evenings, they don't go far. They eat a diet mostly of leaves which doesn't give them enough energy to really move it!
📷: Patrick Ross
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Surprise, surprise! A Golden Bamboo Lemur eating bamboo! This treat can make up about 90% of their diet. #TongueOutTuesday
📷️: Bernard DUPONT
Leapin' Lemurs! We love the largest lemurs, the Indri!
Time to get cozy!
This red-bellied lemur is a male. How can you tell? All males have white patches under their eyes. #FunFactFriday
📷: Mathias Appel
Red-tailed sportive lemurs live in a grayscale world, but that's actually a superpower! Without color vision, their eyes are fine-tuned to pick up textures and movement, making them expert night navigators, leaf-spotters, and predator-dodgers in the dense forest. #FunFactFriday
📷: Jeffrey Gibbs
Did you know this little night owl has a lot to say? 🌙
New research in Folia Primatologica identified 14 distinct call types in the Nosy Be sportive lemur, the largest known vocal repertoire for the genus and among the largest for any nocturnal primate! brill.com/view/journal...
📷️: Poco a poco
Meet the Verreaux's Sifaka, pseudo-opposable thumbs for gripping bark, a long tail for mid-air balance, and powerful legs built for massive leaps, this lemur was literally designed for life in the treetops.
📷: Greg Taylor Photography www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
Lemur Conservation Network
Lemurs are native only to Madagascar, and the indri is the biggest of them all. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
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