1/11Remembering Great Apes cover picture. Picture: Supplied
The wildlife photographer saving our ‘great apes’
THEY’RE our closest animal relatives, sharing an incredible 98 per cent of the same DNA, but they’re suffering as a result of human activity with almost half of all primate species are under threat of extinction.
2/11Sumatran Orangutan. Picture: Art Wolfe/ Remembering Great Apes
3/11A touching moment as an infant orangutan touches his mother's lip with his small finger ( Pongo pygmaeus ) and she wraps her big finger around his, Borneo, Indonesia. Picture: Jamis Tarris/ Remembering Great Apes
4/11Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda. Picture: Piper Mackay/ Remembering Great Apes
5/11Chimpanzee in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania. Picture: Julien Polet/ Remembering Great Apes
6/11Mahale Mountains Game Reserve, Tanzania Chimpanzees are listed as endangered and suffer from habitat loss, bush meat, pet trade and they can also contract human viral diseases. For this reason, I photographed at a respectable distance using a 400mm lens and I wore a facemask for the entire shoot…” Picture: Greg du Toit/ Remembering Great Apes
7/11Bonobos photographed in Luikotale Research Camp in DRC. Picture: Sean Brogan/ Remembering Great Apes
8/11Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda. Picture: Billy Dodson/ Remembering Great Apes
9/11Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda. Picture Daryl Balfour/ Remembering Great Apes
10/11Chimpanzee. Picture: Margot Raggett/ Remembering Great Apes
11/11Chimpanzee. Picture: Kate Malone/ Remembering Great Apes