Spider Monkey eating a leaf while sat in a tree at Tortuguero

Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica (August 2012)
This image was taken on a boat trip from Turtle Beach Lodge.
Status is classified as Endangered - Ateles geoffroyi / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Also known as Black-handed Spider Monkey, Central American Spider Monkey, Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Mono Colorado. The sub-species is probably Ateles geoffroyi ssp. frontatus (Black-browed Spider Monkey, Red-bellied Spider Monkey) based on geographic range.
For more information on this species see:
Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) / ARKive
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1000
Av(Aperture Value) 2.8
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 2000
This image was taken on a boat trip from Turtle Beach Lodge.
Status is classified as Endangered - Ateles geoffroyi / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Also known as Black-handed Spider Monkey, Central American Spider Monkey, Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Mono Colorado. The sub-species is probably Ateles geoffroyi ssp. frontatus (Black-browed Spider Monkey, Red-bellied Spider Monkey) based on geographic range.
For more information on this species see:
Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) / ARKive
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1000
Av(Aperture Value) 2.8
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 2000
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