March 22, 2011
A photographer at Nogeyama Zoological Gardens, near Tokyo, caught this baby Black and White Colobus monkey in the middle of a big yawn.
These beautiful primates ("primates" are animals with good eyesight and flexible hands and feet, including gorillas, monkeys and humans) are native to Africa, and they are herbivores, eating leaves, fruit, flowers, and twigs. Black and White Colobus babies are born completely white; as you can see, this one’s black hair is already starting to grow in.
Did looking at this photograph make you want to yawn? Researchers have found that between 40% and 60% of all people are susceptible to "catching" a yawn from someone else. No one knows quite why, although lots of experiments have been done to try to understand why.
Photo courtesy of MSNBC.com’s "Animal Tracks"
Posted by: Seymour Simon
