Fun with Lemurs in Madagascar

[tenderheart17]

Madagascar should just be declared an animal sanctuary. Free from logging, land-clearing and infrastructure. Humans have hunted, poached, smuggled and pushed so many, far too many animal (and plant) species into extinction... and others to the brink, in the name of "progress".

[Jspang16]

I LIKE TO MOVE IT

[doneril]

is the hooting/squeaking noise made by the lemurs?

[daladek]

love the sounds they produce

[ThePeopleneedhelp]

I LIKE TO MOVE ETT

[Lemurs994]

Do you had a specialized tour ar you went on your own. Most emportaint are they in danger , and how to help the situation ?

[M73Kevin]

Why did you have use this crappy music for the soundtrack. You ruined an other wise great video.

[M73Kevin]

Why did you have use this crappy music for the soundtrack. You ruined an other wise great video.

[lemurkat]

For those who are curious, Vakona is in Perinet, on the eastern side of Madagascar, slightly north of Antanarivo.  It's the expensive part to stay - like a huge hunting lodge (except you don't hunt, of course, except with the camera). There's another place to stay near there, but I don't know how much it costs - it was part of a packaged trip. You get little bungalows to sleep in with really thin walls.

[lemurkat]

That black-faced brown lemur (the male) likes to perch on men's shoulders. I've a photo with him sitting on my husband (and one of me with three using me as a tree).

Where did you photograph the ringtails? They don't live in Perinet. Part of me wants to go back and visit again, but the other part of me remembers how overwelmingly emotional some parts of it were. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world,and the poverty is heart-breaking.

[spinjector]

That's an Indr? Is it from Indrnesia? =)~

[rakoto101]

Tsara jiaby ny gidro.. raha marina zareo mahasosotra anah aty amin'ny trano

[buzzguy224]

UMG THATS NOT A LEMUR THATS AN INDRI! THER WELCOME IN MADAGASCAR AND THEY THINK THEY ARE HUMANS! PEOPLE LET THEM IN THER HOUSE AND CRAP

[BunniehChan]

@buzzguy224, we humans treat them as we treat ourselves.

[shayla95]

Wow! Thank you for posting this, really enjoyed it.

[Iglazoify]

I love their little screeching!

[The4Wuz]

deflating balloon

[JadeDracul]

Does anybody know what song this is? It sounds strangely familiar.

[DDawg45]

@JadeDracul Moby - Porcelain it even says it under the video lol

[TwoMorgust]

is that like..their "call" ?

[AshleeAmethyst]

Save King Julian and his loyal followers! :D

[newcaliyorkfornia]

I really want to help them. They're so cute. :]

[radoraf]

Too bad the people of Madagascar are too concerned with their own survival to care.

[apossumsbestfriend]

I believe the problem is that it's a poor country where there ain't a lot of imports coming into the country like building material , food and drink etc. For food , they do a lot of farming and the rice patties take up a lot of space. If they had a better economy and a way where they can be more conservative where they wouldn't be forced to use up all of Madagascar's resources , the lemurs would be in better shape. As long as the human population doesn't explode or have heavy traffic that is.

[10bulets]

lemures are SO CUTE!!!and whats the name of the song?

[MrDancinPants]

Beautiful.

[newrawd]

Dude It Really Looks Like King Jullian, Lookin For His Weird Ass Crown Thing.

[lolylolypop1]

King Jullian 2:00

[mac10ri]

shhh whos making that noise...oh wait its me

[feerarg]

I think they run because they need to take a shit

[slboerum]

....I have cats, but I love lemurs....and llamas!

[TimmyGal]

Those are so precious! I love lemurs.

[slaytanicslayton]

We should bring all the people from madagascar to united states,europe and other parts of the world and leave the lemurs alone in madagascar so they can have their wacky dance hahaha.

[cheekanuble]

I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT

[radoraf]

A lot of Malagasy would actually appreciate the opportunity, but when comes the time to die, most would go back to the island however they can to be buried next to their ancestors.

[47mrcool]

king julian

[Phii]

Nice video. Would you be so kind as to tell me the name of the track you picked for the background music? :)

[damaakus]

Moby - Porcelain

[joeyb825]

i love the ring taild lemurs

[joeyb825]

lemurs r the the shit

[Millilamb]

try my lemur one i filmed it myself its so funny

[tomscan64]

like this? you might also like the youtube clip titled

"Hail to the lemurs"

check it out!

[leopardgeckocrazy]

My favourite animals are ring tailed lemurs but brown lemurs are cannibals and eat baby ring tails so I hate them.

[carniverousapples]

hey "lepoarddickhead" you need to learn a little bit more about lemurs because if you knew shit about anything lemurs eat only insects and plants and if your that stupid then mabye you should get kicked in the nuts and maybe u can have a brown lemur eat your newborn ass!!!

[Lemurness]

This is a late reply- But speak for yourself. If you knew anything about lemurs you'd know that most lemur species DO NOT eat insects. The only time a lemur will eat one is if it's biting them. They eat ONLY plants. And Leopardgeckocrazy was right- There is an introduced population of hybrid Red-Fronted Brown Lemurs (a mix of a Red-Fronted and Collared Lemurs) that are very aggressive and, during the breeding season, the females have been known to kidnap and eat baby Ring-Tailed Lemurs.

[phreneticus99]

Thank You very very much for that informations! Hmm, so now journey to Vakona Lodge is my biggest dream. I'm really fascinated into lemurs and chance to seeing them in their natural enviroment is something simply amazing for me.

[phreneticus99]

great video! would U be so kind and show me some link with lemur island signed on the map of madagascar? PLEASE

[Thompsonc2012]

I work with lemurs at the zoo and our ringtails sound just like that

[fancycat1954]

I recognised the Lemur's cries. But it must have be difficult to edit - to get the cries and the notes in the song to harmonize. It's a job well done!

[fancycat1954]

One of the best Lemur videos ever! I love the music, have heard it before, but don't know the name of it...

[cimeronM]

Thanks! The song is Porcelain by Moby. In the beginning when you hear those eerie cries, that's the Indri lemurs, although it sounds like it's part of the song. (That's thanks to my husband's excellent editing!)

[itsmefhb60]

@fancycat1954 keep your pants up bro.

[lucaddragon]

Cool video! Well done! I never taught the lemur were so human frendly- I can't imagine the wonderful experience you felt around your body with the lemur jumping all on your body! Lucky :)

[LadyTennaHarasamma]

I love Lemurs ^^

[wiwa45]

I am planning to go to Madagascar too!

Give us information about where you went and more importantly... how to save them!?...

[cimeronM]

You're going to really enjoy seeing the lemurs in the wild in Madagascar. If you can, try to stay at the Vakona Lodge - that's where Lemur Island is (where lemurs jump on your head), and it's close to two lemur preserves (including one with those gorgeous, enormous Indri lemurs). As for saving the lemurs, check out WorldWildlife and SaveTheLemur

[LondonLights100]

I <3 lemurs.

[msth1210]

<3333

[Endolke]

Great video.  Thanks for sharing this experience. The audio overlay of the lemur calls and music is haunting.