A Barbary Macaque sits high over the harbour of Gibraltar. Normally found in the mountains of Algeria and Morocco, there is a small pack living in Gibraltar – these are the only free-living monkeys in Europe and it not known how they came to be living there. The male Macaques live for about 15 to 17 years and females live 18 to 22 years. Every birth and death is recorded by Sites Management and each is given an official name at birth.
Because of the distance between the macaque and the background, this looks somewhat like a cut and paste job, but it is not.
This week’s photo challenge is: solitary
Beyond the Brush 
That really is an amazing photo! How’d you get that shot? Were you high up?
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The pathway was up high, on top of the Rock over the harbour with just that tree between us and perdition. The tree was about my height so the macaque and I were at about the same height.
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Cool! We went a couple of years ago to see “The Gibraltar Apes.” This shot is very dramatic, and perfect for the challenge.
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Thanks, Naomi. They were definitely interesting to watch while they watched us back.
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What an interesting story — I had no idea!
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Thank you for your comment, Jeni – appreciate it.
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I´ve seen these Barbary Macaques – and I can confirm that this is not a cut and paste – this is exactly how they are to be photographed at the top of the Rock of Gibraltar!
Great entry for this week´s theme, Lynne 🙂
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Thanks, Marianne, appreciate the back up 🙂
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