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Tarsier


Tau-Tau Effigies at Londa Nanggala (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Tau-Tau Effigies at Londa Nanggala



Crested black macaque


Yellow and brown toad in Sulawesi (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Yellow and brown toad in Sulawesi.



Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)


Pomelo (Jerunga) fruit (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Pomelo (Jerunga) fruit



Tarsier



Black crested macaque



Crested black macaque



Rainforest guides in Sulawesi



Forest and coconut plantation in North Sulawesi



Crested black macaque



Sulawesi rainforest



Tarsier


Giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus giganteus) (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus giganteus)


Emerald green rice terraces of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Emerald green rice terraces of south Sulawesi


Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao



Looking up the inside of a strangler fig


Palm fruits (close up) (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Palm fruits (close up)


Deep red millipede on forest floor (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Deep red millipede on forest floor



Infant Crested Back Macaque



Umbrella plant in Sulawesi


Emerald green rice paddies of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Emerald green rice paddies of south Sulawesi



Strangler fig



Crested black macaque


Top breed white water buffalo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Top breed white water buffalo



Sulawesi sunset



Rainforest in Sulawesi


Palawa village (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Palawa village



Indonesian rainforest



Crested black macaque



Crested black macaque


Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Riverside village downriver from Bantimurung falls


Colorful house among green rice paddies (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Colorful house among green rice paddies



Tarsier


Bamboo stakes placed to control water hyacinth at Lake Tempe (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Bamboo stakes placed to control water hyacinth at Lake Tempe. These bamboo tripods form bungkas, large man-made circles of floating vegetation. These serve as fish traps, attracting fish during the rainy seaons. As water levels drop towards the dry season, a fine bamboo fence is built around the bungka, trapping the fish.


Orange orchid with magenta spots (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Orange orchid with magenta spots


Muddy rice fields in Tana Toraja (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Muddy rice fields in Tana Toraja



Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi



Mother tarsier and baby


Rice fields (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Rice fields



Manado Tua volcano



Teak leaves


Lowland rice paddies of Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Lowland rice paddies of Sulawesi


Little girls at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Little girls at Lemo


Rice fields near Batutomonga village  (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Rice fields near Batutomonga village


Colorful house among green rice fields of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Colorful house among green rice fields of south Sulawesi



Bear Cuscus


Black butterfly with blue-purple markings on its wings (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Black butterfly with blue-purple markings on its wings.


Tombs carved in a rock face at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Tombs carved in a rock face at Lemo


Rice fields at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Rice fields at Lemo



Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)



Mother tarsier and baby



Crested black macaque



Dusk on an Indonesian island


Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Vendor carrying all of his wares on the back of his motorbike



Rainforest below Dua Saudara



Tarsier



Sulawesi rainforest



Looking up the inside of a strangler fig



Sulawesi rainforest



Sulawesi dawn


Silk threads (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Silk threads



Paradise?


Rice paddies at Batutomonga  (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Rice paddies at Batutomonga



Bear Cuscus and baby



Figs in Sulawesi's rainforest


Londa Nanggala cave with wooden funeral effigies and hanging coffins (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Londa Nanggala cave with wooden funeral effigies and hanging coffins. This is the burial custom of the Sa'dan Toraja people of upland Sulawesi.



Mother tarsier and baby



Bunaken dawn



Crested black macaque



Dawn on Bunaken



Rainforest tree roots


Rice and mountains (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Rice and mountains



Sulawesi rainforest



Crested black macaque



Crested black macaque


Sulawesi limestone mountains (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Sulawesi limestone mountains



Fishing boat on a beach near Batuputih



Kingfisher



Sulawesi rainforest



Sulawesi sunrise



Crested black macaque



Buttress roots



Bunaken sunset with Manado Tua volcano in the background



Male and Female Knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix)



Flying dragon



Flying dragon



Crested black macaque



Tarsier



White mushrooms in the rainforest



Tarsier



Flat beetle



Coconut plantation aside forest below Dua Saudara Mountain



Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill



Eastern Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier)



Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi



Crested black macaque



Tarsier



Sulawesi rainforest


Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Traditional painting on the side of a home in Palawa. Orange and black-brown paint has been used to color the art.



Sulawesi bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)



Pair of Sulawesi knobbed hornbills



Flying dragon



Sulawesi rainforest


Wooden effigies of the dead at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Wooden effigies of the dead at Lemo



Crested black macaque



Black crested macaque


Sphenomorphus skink species in Sulawesi (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Sphenomorphus skink species in Sulawesi.



Kingfisher



Crested black macaque



Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)


Rice paddies near Batutomonga village  (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Rice paddies near Batutomonga village



Spectral tarsier



Roots of a rainforest tree



Oriental vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina)


Rice fields planted on former mangrove forest land (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Rice fields planted on former mangrove forest land



Sulawesi rainforest



Rainforest in Sulawesi



Tarsier Hunting


Sulawesi home outside of Ujung Pandang (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Sulawesi home outside of Ujung Pandang



Tarsier



Pair of Sulawesi wrinkled hornbills



Spectral tarsier in Sulawesi



Crested black macaque



Red flowers growing out of a tree trunk



Crested black macaque



Spectral tarsier



Spectral tarsier


Selecting among fish at market in Rantepao (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Selecting among fish at market in Rantepao



Buttress roots



Dive boat off Bunaken



Sulawesi black *ape*



Crested black macaque



Rainforest in Sulawesi



Strangler fig



Tarsier



Tulip trees and coconuts in Sulawesi



Rainforest below Dua Saudara



Crested black macaque



Butterfly (Great Mormon - Papilio memnon?)



Crested black macaque



Looking up the inside of a strangler fig tree



Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi



Looking up the inside of a strangler fig



Crested black macaque



Tulip trees in Sulawesi



Black sand beach on the Lembeh Strait



Tidepool on Bunaken Island with Siladen in the distance



Flying dragon displaying its wings



Sulawesi rainforest



Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina)



Indonesian rainforest



Tarsier



Colorful flower buds


Black butterfly with white markings (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Black butterfly with white markings


Mountain peak in South Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Mountain peak in South Sulawesi



Young blacked crested macaque


Wooden effigies of the dead in cliff walls at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Wooden effigies of the dead in cliff walls at Lemo



Rainforest guides in Sulawesi



Black crested macaque


Green cacao pods still on the tree (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Green cacao pods still on the tree. Cacao is cauliflorous, meaning the fruit grow directly out of the tree trunk and branches.


House gecko on yellow-orange background (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
House gecko on yellow-orange background



Orange praying mantis with green eyes



Crested black macaques



Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill



Strangler fig



Buttress roots



Rainforest canopy leaves



Sulawesi rainforest



Black crested macaque



Infant Crested Back Macaque



Buttress roots



Spectral tarsier



Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi



Mangroves and seagrass on Bunaken Island



Orb-weaving spider



Male and Female Knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix)



Red flower buds



White butterfly



Teak leaves



Buttress roots



Sulawesi bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)


Muddy rice fields near Ketu Kese (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Muddy rice fields near Ketu Kese



Black macaque



Vines and lianas



Tarsier



Looking up the inside of Sulawesi's famous strangler fig



Fisherman working at sun down in Indonesia



Rainforest leaves


Terraced rice fields of Batutomonga (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Terraced rice fields of Batutomonga


House gecko (Sulawesi (Celebes))
House gecko



Sulawesi rainforest


Painting of roosters and water buffalos--orange, red, and dark brown paint (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Painting of roosters and water buffalos--orange, red, and dark brown paint



Umbrella palm



Sulawesi rainforest



Buttress roots


Rice paddies near Batutomonga village  (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Rice paddies near Batutomonga village



Corn and rainforest in Sulawesi



Tarsier


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