One of its characteristics is that, when it moves on the ground, it doesn't run, it sort of bounces sideways - which is why it's called a 'dancing sifaka'.
It's an amazing gait to watch, and quite hilarious because it's so odd to see but make no mistake; when it moves on the ground, it goes very quickly and is usually back in a tree in three or four bounds. It can jump up to 6 metres from one branch to another with uncanny accuracy.
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| Cute to look at, the Coquerel's Sifaka, like all lemurs, is incredibly agile in its native habitat. |
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| Take off A sifaka launches sideways to get to the next tree |
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| Very hard to capture in a single shot, this sifaka looks as if he's running away from the camera but in fact he was bouncing rapidly from left to right. I was laughing so much at the crazy gait, I had a hard time to keep the little guy in sharp focus. |
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