I very rarely photograph flowers, and even more rarely animals. I am afraid of many animal species, including monkeys.
My bad experience with monkeys dates back to a trip to Gibraltar. There were a lot of them there. Feeling uneasy, I went back to the tour bus.
I was shocked to discover that a monkey had climbed into the bus, which had been left open; as soon as it spotted me, it snatched the sunglasses I was wearing right off my face.
Years later, when I went to China, there were plenty of monkeys there too...Sometimes I could not avoid them, especially when I was climbing up the steps to some temple on the mountain....
I came across this monkey in Hunan. Seeing that it was busy eating, I mustered my courage to take this picture.