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Spider Monkey, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador 2019

We were staying at an indigenously-owned eco-resort, the Napo Wildlife Center, in the Yasuni National Park of Ecuador. We were exploring along some of the tributaries of the Napo (a huge river feeding the Amazon) via a large canoe. Our guide gestured upwards into the overhanging trees, pointing out this spider monkey. I was very fortunate to have captured this image, handheld on a telephoto lens, from the moving canoe.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Ecuador
Camera: NIKON D7200
Copyright: © Philip Schwartz