Sunday Safari - Planet of the Apes

Today is my youngest daughter's 18th birthday, and along with many other privileges, 

she got to choose the weekly Safari theme. This picture gallery is dedicated

to the very bright and independent Julia, born on the Fourth of July 

John Reddinger, Sleeping ape

Leia Bell, Orangutans mother and child

Miquel Barceló

Celestino Piatti, thanks to One1more2time3

Charley Harper, from Giant Golden Book of Biology

thanks to Grain Edit

Lucho Rodriguez, from Qué monos!

James Mollison, Talita, from the fantastic

James and Other Apes

Bombo, La scimmia

Eric Carle, 1997

Sebastiano Ranchetti, Gorilla

Claude Lalanne, Gorille de sûreté II, 1970

Iwona Chmielewska from Thinking ABC

Graham Carter, Kong

John Kuzich/Ed Bedno Illustration from Graphis Annual 67/68,

thanks to pinkjetpack aka the fabulous sandiv999

Francesco Bongiorni, Risky provocation