Mother and baby Red-shanked douc preparing to leap through the canopy at Son Tra nature reserve in Vietnam

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Son Tra near Da Nang, Vietnam. This nature reserve on a forested peninsula is home to the most beautiful monkey on Earth The Red-shanked Douc. I spent a week with a local conservationist who works tirelessly in the field every day to monitor and protect them. He is a key member of a small NGO set up by a retired university professor who risked her life during the Vietnam War to study these primates.

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Location: Son Tra Nature Reserve, Da Nang, Vietnam
Photo credit: © Tim Plowden / Alamy / Afripics
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