Geladas on the

Photographer

Turgay Uzer

Category

Nature Photography - Wildlife

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2025

Country / Region

United States

An iconic animal of Ethiopia's Simien Mountains: The gelada monkey (theropithecus gelada), also known as the Bleeding Heart Monkey. To protect themselves from predators, they spend the night on tiny ledges on the impossibly steep cliffs of these canyons and climb back on the plateau at daybreak to graze. Which they do with grim determination all day because this grass is not nutritious.