ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2022 Submission

Bella the mandrill came to Ape Action Africa primate sanctuary in Cameroon as an orphaned youngster where I got to care for her. With enviable agility (like most mandrills) and an effervescent personality she sometimes twirled upside down on a limb to grin at her caregivers. Here she is as the elegant mother raising her own young.