testmeat photoblog

you're probably thinking that this is another monkey photo from my volunteering experience at la senda verde - well you'd be thinking wrong jack. i met this monkey as i went on a 4 day trek to machu picchu. as it happens he was a capuchin monkey called martin - yeah that sounded familiar to me as well. when i heard this one squeak and grunt it brought back fond memories. we had just walked up a fairly tiring uphill section, and most of the others in my group used the opportunity to eat, rehydrate and rest. i spent almost all my time hanging out with fakemartin. he was pretty friendly and pretty smart too. he was jumping back and forth in the trees, so much so that his leash got tangled up and left about 6 inches loose. i was going to untangle him, but before i could he used his hands and mouth to do the job himself. of course he couldn't hold a candle to the original martin - but it was cool to meet his peruvian bfam.

here's the original