relatives

I can't stop staring at this photograph (by Cyril Rusoo on the National Geographic site).

It also reminds of a book that blew my mind, called Monkey Portraits, by photographer Jill Greenberg. I won't try to explain - you have to see for yourself (below).

Oh, and one is snuck in just for being a redonculously adorable buddy with no underlying points about our ancestry.

yes, yes, and yes.

Still from a video about cute sloth babies at the Aviaros Sloth Orpahnage from this site here.   Apparently it was posted to raise awareness for a fungus which is killing red-eyed tree frogs. Personally I got stuck in sloth-love. This guy is my favorite!
Hello, buddy!
here's the vid:

Meet the sloths from Amphibian Avenger on Vimeo.