Kalimantan, Tanjung Puting NP, Black-Handed Gibbon's Face
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Location: Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia
Photo credit: © François-Olivier Dommergues / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: ape, apes, asia, cultural, culture, diversity, ethnic, identity, indonesia, island, islands, kalimantan, monkey, monkeys, orangutan, republic, southeast, traditi, tradition, traditional
