Thanks Bob. You never know what you'll learn on the list:-). I had seen both names at the zoo, and I was confused. Thought perhaps I had moved on to a different area. Paul On Sep 4, 2006, at 6:28 PM, Bob W wrote:
> Snow monkey is another name for macaque. The Japanese ones sit around > all day in hot pools in the snow, hence the name. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Paul Stenquist >> Sent: 04 September 2006 22:27 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: PESO: Loving Family >> >> The sign at the zoo had them as snow monkeys, I believe. But I could > >> be wrong. They definitely look like macaques. I might have >> missed the >> sign on this one. >> Paul >> On Sep 4, 2006, at 4:58 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >>>> >>>> In a message dated 9/2/2006 2:36:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>>> At the Detroit Zoo, with the FA 80-320/4.5-5.6. I rarely use this >>>> lens, but it's nice when you want something rather long yet easy > to >>> >>>> carry around. Here it's wide open at 320mm, ISO 400. Not great, > but >>> >>>> adequate. >>>> >>>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4885126&size=lg >>>> Paul >>>> ======= >>>> Yeah, the baboon who is grooming seems a little soft or >>>> blurring, but it's a >>>> nice capture of a good "family" moment. >>> >>> They are macaques, not baboons. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
