{"id":251,"date":"2011-07-06T16:57:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T20:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dadequate\/?p=251"},"modified":"2011-07-06T16:57:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T20:57:55","slug":"monkey-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dadequate\/2011\/07\/monkey-photography.html","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

File this under<\/strong> “things your kids will think is hilarious”: According to this article in the Daily Mail<\/a>, the photographer David Slater was visiting a national park in Indonesia. He left his camera unattended. There was a group of crested black macaque monkeys nearby.<\/p>\n

What happened next is something I may have once seen in a Curious George book. One of the macaques, a female, got her hands on the camera, noticed herself in the lens, start playing around with the buttons, and took some self-portraits.<\/p>\n

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More pics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Either Slater uses a really intuitive camera, or that is one talented monkey.<\/p>\n

Seriously, none of my self-portraits ever turns out that good.<\/p>\n

[H\/T: Kottke<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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