Amazing Pictures Show Lemur Trying To Steal Photographer's Camera

A curious lemur in Madagascar tried to grab the camera from a photographer who was attempting to take its picture. Photographer Lucas Bracali said he was "really surprised" when the lemur, a native of the African island nation, swung down from the tree it is was in and tried to grab the camera, British news agency SWNS reports.

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"I was taking a photo of the lemur when all of a sudden he climbed down and tried to grab my camera," Bracali, 54, said in comments obtained by SWNS. "He hung upside down and reached out towards my camera. I couldn't believe it, I was really surprised!" "I used a super wide-angle and I remained pretty close to the ground with the lens all the way up waiting for the lemur to come down," Bracali added.

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The photo, taken in Andasibe National Park, shows the lemur's hands outstretched toward the camera while hanging upside down from the tree. Bracali, who switched to wildlife photography from sports journalism, said he enjoys the unpredictability of animals. "I enjoy wildlife photography so much because with the animal, it's a real thorough game," he added. "You cannot bribe them, you can not make any kind of agreement, it's just a matter of patience and 'carpe diem!'"

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According to the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina, which is home to 14 different species of lemur, the curious creatures are "the most endangered group of mammals in the world." Lemurs only live in one place in the world, Madagascar and the nearby Comoro Islands, which are off the coast of Mozambique in Africa. They occupy many different habitats: dry deciduous forests, spiny forests, rain forests, wetlands and mountains.

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For example, Sibree's dwarf lemur lives in the rainforests in altitudes above 4,593 feet (1,400 meters), according to The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The white-collared lemur lives in the tropical, moist lowland forests, and the red-bellied lemur lives in the east coast rain forests. Sanford's brown lemur lives in evergreen forests and dry deciduous forests. Most lemurs spend their awake time in trees. If they aren't eating, lemurs like to groom each other or sunbathe

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Some lemurs are herbivores, which means they do not eat meat. They love fruit, but will also eat flowers, leaves, tree bark and sap. Other lemurs are omnivores and eat a variety of foods that include fruits, nectar, flowers and leaves with a side of insects, spiders and small vertebrates, according to the World Animal Foundation. The blue-eyed black lemur is the only primate, other than humans, that have blue eyes, according to the San Diego Zoo. All image credit: Photographer Luca Bracali