Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) 'Fanwaa' juvenile, age five years old, Bossou, Republic of Guinea.

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile male, age five years, showing tool using behaviour. This is using leaf as sponge for drinking water from tree hole. Bossou, Republic of Guinea.

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) 'Jeje' adult male, using stones as tools to crack open palm nuts. Bossou, Republic of Guinea.

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile male using tool (stick) to extract prey from hole, Bossou, Republic of Guinea.

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) 'Fanwaa' juvenile age 5 years, playing, whilst mother 'Jeje' is using rocks to crack open palm nuts. Bossou, Republic of Guinea.

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) 'Jeje' adult male yawning, Bossou, Republic of Guinea.

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile 'Fanwaa' age 5 years, using stones as tools to crack open palm nuts. Bossou, Republic of Guinea.

Cyril Ruoso / Black lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani). Bangweulu swamp Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Black lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani) jumping across water in Bangweulu swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Bush fire, with bird of prey flying in distance, this is a major threat for Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) during the nesting season. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) conservationist in boat travelling through swamp looking for shoebill. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Conservationist ringing Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Conservationist making radio call from tree in Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) habitat, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) conservationist Elijah Mofya, Bengweulu swamp. Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Fisherman in Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Fisherman in Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Catfish caught with nets and smoked. They are the favourite prey of the Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) Bengweulu swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Conservationist dressed in Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) costume used to feed hand reared chicks before they are released. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Fisherman in Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) in flight, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) in flight, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) displaying, Bengweulu Swamp Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) landing. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) catching a catfish. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) catching a catfish. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months at the nest. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months at the nest. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months at the nest. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months at the nest. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months at the nest. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months at the nest. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months at the nest. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) chick, age two months at the nest. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) portrait, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) portrait, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) portrait, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) portrait, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) with person in the background, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) with an ice cream which it was given at a temple. Thailand

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) playing on cliffs, jumping into the sea near city, Thailand

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) playing on cliffs above the sea wtih town buidings in background, Thailand

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) living in disused building, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) living in disused building, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) playing in the sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) sititng on beach near city,Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) troupe playing and jumping in the sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) troupe playing in the sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) troupe playing in the sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) troupe playing and jumping into the sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile playing with mirror, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile playing with mirror, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) sitting on football on beach, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) troop playing in the sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) interacting in front of sign form hot stone massages, Gulf of Thailand, THAILAND

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) playing on the beach, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Burmese Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis aurea) using stone tool to crack open shells. Piak Nam Yai island, Adaman Sea, Thailand

Cyril Ruoso / Burmese Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis aurea) using stone tool to crack open shells. Piak Nam Yai island, Adaman Sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Burmese Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis aurea) using stone tools to break sea shells, intertidal zones, Piak Nam Yai island Adaman Sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Burmese Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis aurea) using stone tools to break sea shells, intertidal zones, Piak Nam Yai island Adaman Sea, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming. These macaques go underwater to play, or escape from a threat. When offering at temples are thrown into the water they swim and store it in their ch...

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming. These macaques go underwater to play, or escape from a threat. When offering at temples are thrown into the water they swim and store it in their ch...

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming. These macaques go underwater to play, or escape from a threat. When offering at temples are thrown into the water they swim and store it in their ch...

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming. These macaques go underwater to play, or escape from a threat. When offering at temples are thrown into the water they swim and store it in their ch...

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming. These macaques go underwater to play, or escape from a threat. When offering at temples are thrown into the water they swim and store it in their ch...

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming. These macaques go underwater to play, or escape from a threat. When offering at temples are thrown into the water they swim and store it in their ch...

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) grooming, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) infant, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) infant, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) infant suckling. Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) approaching with curiousity at his own refection in the camera lens, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) grooming each other on beach. Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) eating from a sea shell, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) eating from a sea shell, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) close up portrait, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Cyril Ruoso / Asian clams (Corbicula fluminea) on river bed, exotic and invasive species, River Lot, France, August.

Cyril Ruoso / Parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) underside view of gills and ring, growing in a meadow, Picardy France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) male, portrait, Burgundy, France, July.

Cyril Ruoso / Spider (Araneae) webs on Umbellifers (Apiaceae) Yonne, Burgundy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Fly agaric mushoom (Amanita muscaria) in woodland, Burgundy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Maple (Acer sp) leaf hanging in the air on a Spider (Araneae) web strand, Picardy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) female in long grass, Yonne, Burgundy, France, July.

Cyril Ruoso / Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) in a meadow, Picardy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) male amongst vegetation, Yonne, Burgundy, France, July.

Cyril Ruoso / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) juvenile male in a field, Burgundy, France, July.

Cyril Ruoso / Spider (Araneae) webs on Umbellifers (Apiaceae) Yonne, Burgundy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Spider (Araneae) webs on Umbellifers (Apiaceae) and other vegetation, Yonne, Burgundy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) in a meadow, Picardy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) young male in a field, Yonne, Burgundy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) young male in a field, Yonne, Burgundy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Dog rose (Rosa canina) twig covered in heavy frost, Yonne, Burgundy, France, December

Cyril Ruoso / Dog rose (Rosa canina) twig with hips covered in heavy frost, Yonne, Burgundy, France, December.

Cyril Ruoso / Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) covered in heavy frost, Burgundy, France, December.

Cyril Ruoso / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) covered in flies feeding, Picardy, France, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) covered in flies feeding, Picardy, France, October.