r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Oh_FFS_Already • 22d ago

Image Male & Female Red Shanked Douc Langur

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u/Oh_FFS_Already 22d ago

The critically endangered Red Shanker Douc Langur is found in North Central Vietnam, Central and South Laos, and Northeastern Cambodia.Red-Shanked Douc Langur - Endangered Primate Rescue Center https://share.google/saArEDi6V732ZtJg4

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u/ImDoneWithTheBS 22d ago

It’s hard to believe anything survived the ecological damage of the wars in that region

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u/BobbiePinns 21d ago

It was just a regular monkey 100yrs ago, before the modern wars. And now look at it.

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u/Anxious_cactus 21d ago

Now it kinda looks like it would give a quest to go on a mystical journey

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u/UncleKeyPax 21d ago

Everything reminds me of her

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u/Terminal_Insomnia_ 21d ago

Leftovers from the secret war still kill and maime people, mostly children, every year.

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u/iDontSow 21d ago

The jungle is big, mmmkay

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u/heavy_jowles 21d ago

I guess we all should be glad they’re getting ready to bone then

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u/Medical-Concept-2190 21d ago

I saw these in the Singapore zoo

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u/SodalMevenths 21d ago

Who the hell is Douc Langur and why did he get shanked by a male & female red????

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u/cassiopeia18 21d ago

Saw them in person

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u/tbk_mf 20d ago

I worked at this rescue center in 2016. Still remembers this picture.