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Mrs. Gibbon
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Mrs. Gibbon

Her husband is the star of the Oakland Zoo and would be a gold medalist if he were allowed compete in Olympic Gymnastics. She's a little more shy and reverserved but equally athletic... Per Wikipedia: Gibbons differ from great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans) in being smaller, exhibiting low sexual dimorphism, in not making nests, and in certain anatomical details in which they superficially more closely resemble monkeys than great apes do. But like all apes, gibbons evolved to become tailless. Gibbons also display pair-bonding, unlike most of the great apes. Gibbons are masters of their primary mode of locomotion, brachiation, swinging from branch to branch for distances of up to 15 m (50 ft), at speeds as high as 55 km/h (34 mph). They can also make leaps of up to 8 m (26 ft), and walk bipedally with their arms raised for balance. They are the fastest and most agile of all tree-dwelling, non-flying mammals.

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  • Shaking Off The Water...<br />
A Caspian Tern shaking itself dry after diving for a fish.<br />
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To get this shot I would watch for one that just dove into the water, then track it after it  took off.<br />
If they had a fish they would either eat it or get a firm grip before shaking off the water.  If they didn't have a fish they would shake themselves dry more quickly after emerging from the water.
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