Primates

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The 12 creatures featured in Primates represent a small sampling of the hundreds of prosimian and simian species found worldwide. These primates are either highly threatened or endangered, or they are animals that I have directly interacted with over the past few years. With the staggering number of extinctions predicted within the next century, I feel that it is increasingly important to focus my work on highlighting these threatened species. These images allow audiences who may never…

The Primates are an order of mammals that includes lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans! Primates have large brains compared to other mammals, and unlike most other mammals they rely primarily on vision instead of their sense of smell. Many primates feature opposable thumbs to help them grasp things and all but the apes have tails. History: Primates are among the most intelligent mammals, featuring a larger brain size relative to their body size than most other mammals. The more primitive…