Human-Like by Wildlife Photographer Ejaz Khan

HUMAN LIKE
South India-Late afternoon.
We had climbed up a little hill; the soil was very loose and slippery there I saw for the first time at least 30 Lion Tail Macaques, some playing, some nurturing the young ones, some keeping an eye on the surroundings, etc. I was so excited to finally see them in person that I didn’t spend much time observing them from far, but instead, I approached them and started to photograph. I soon realized I was close to an intelligent animal. When they looked at me, I felt they were questioning what I was doing on their turf. I could, for the first time understand an animal’s facial expressions and body language as though I was dealing with humans. We were speaking an unspoken language.
I was very vigilante around them as they had no fear of humans and were so unpredictable. This one walked a few feet from me very calm, slow and calculated than all of a sudden charged at me; he was very curious he didn’t understand what I was doing there. It was such a human behavior on his part; we also tend to dislike things we don’t understand.

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