A Great Hornbill is master of all it surveys as it soars over the primary forest on the Thai-Burmese border. Thailand's largest Park is still home to some wonderful creatures, and I spent 10 days here watching some of them. This was taken on the ridge beyond Phanoen Thung.

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The lar, or white-handed, gibbon, is found from western Laos right down to northern Sumatra. There are probably still 15-20,000 in Thailand. I listened several times to their haunting vocalisations in the mornings. The other gibbon I am familiar with, the grey gibbon in Borneo, sings with extended trills, while the lars I heard here were equally vocal, but more staccato.

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We were fortunate to come across a family of four in a large tree by the road. They were quite relaxed, but after a while decided to cross the road. First the two adults leaped high over our heads across the road onto the top of a bamboo clump. The younger of the two offspring, about half the size of the adults, followed their example, and just made it over the road.

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Looking straight up into another higher tree we saw this juvenile female slowly making her way along a thin branch. She seemed to crave our attention.

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Holding a branch firmly in her left hand, and with both feet braced against the boughs, she was ready to leap.

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