Look into my Eyes

Photography \ Figure | 06/15/08 @098 | elvenearth | critiques (16) | views (230)

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Some recent scientific studies have suggested that the Orangutang may be the most intelligent animal on earth after humans. More so than Chimpanzees.

Yet these wonderful animals, the Orangutan - "man of the forest" - find themselves endangered in the wilds of Borneo and Sumatra.

Like this young Orangutan in the photo, will we soon only see these creatures in our zoos?

Photo taken in Usti Zoo of the city of Usti nad Labem - Northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic.

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Comments (16)

moserArtist

06/15/08 @218

Makes me sad to see animals in captivity.

The eyes looks said as well...

Some bright/overexposed areas from strong sun should be avoided maybe.

DreamingDavid

06/15/08 @476

nice photo, i thought that dolphins were the most intelligent?

Onnep-ink

06/15/08 @498

Wow!

elvenearth

06/15/08 @511

The understanding of intelligence in animals still has a long way to go in the sciences. There is much that is still not understood, so to make claims one way or the other is probably misguided. Dolphin intelligence is even harder to measure because they are such a different species from us and live in a very different environment. Have a read of this article for example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacean_intelligence

For Orangutans see:

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ThinkTank/ResearchProjects/OLP/default.cfm

http://www.orangutanrepublik.org/GLSDissertation.pdf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/56out.shtml

What we can say is that animals continue to surprise us and that higher intelligence is not just limited to mammals. African Grey Parrots and other species of birds for example have been found to have cognitive abilities similar in scope to Chimpanzees.

Its interesting stuff...

GingerLatte

06/15/08 @561

wow i really like it, i just wish the left hand wasnt blurred :X
but i guess that cant be helped

but yeah, great job evoking a powerful emotion

i like

GTO

06/15/08 @598

nice catch...agree about overexposed areas...

ThruMyEyez

06/15/08 @818

A good image although the high contrast lighting is difficult to shoot with and hence the overexposed areas.

Vasco

06/16/08 @449

I agree with Patrick and Gary!
Sad mood image...

ersen-t

06/16/08 @578

good shot.
agree with Moser about overexposed areas.

Madanapale

06/16/08 @666

Agree about overexposed areas....still nice capture!...cute!
Carlos

LoStSidE

06/16/08 @679

gr8 subject and mood.

purplerose

06/17/08 @267

Max width is 716 pixels on this site.

Send me a message when it's fixed and I'll come back and comment.

elvenearth

06/17/08 @310

Purplerose, all my photos have had this issue. My hosting site only allows a choice of 400 or 800 pixels. 400 seems rather too small so I have always opted for 800. If you want to see the little bit extra on the right of the image you could try downloading it.

But, point taken, I might have to look at another hosting solution.

Roadrunner

06/24/08 @790

Great pose and motion blur. The over-exposure is harsh in places.

As for the image size: you can create a 716 pixel image and increase the canvas size to 800, placing the image to the left. Or you can add a link to full version.

taaeb

07/05/08 @124

nice shot

mabdelfatah

07/15/08 @524

very nice shot, man

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