I believe this to be one of the best photos I've ever
taken.
Avotra is always most comfortable when clinging to a
vertical object. Humans count.
Every morning without fail, Avotra would sit in the
same position on this shelter roof and bask in the morning sun.
How he could stare into the sun with eyes that big,
I don't know, but the light was beautiful on him.
People napping in the hammock would frequently attract
his attention.
This image is copyright Luke Dollar 2001. It's also
very, very cute.
The interaction of my camera's close-up mode with Avotra's
curiosity.
Me posing, as we all did at one point or another, with
Avotra.
Avotra enjoyed licking human sweat, in this case from
my collar. Indeed, I sweated so much that I was one of his favorite people.
He wasn't usually formally fed, but would just forage
around the camp for tasty foliage.
Sifakas do not walk, ever, but cross horizontal spaces
in a series of distinctive bipedal bounds. This process is impossible
to describe in words, but is a delight to watch. These three images are
my more successful attempts to capture the process.