PHOTO OF THE DAY July 21, 2004  

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Where Simen Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, Africa
When 2002
Photographer Michael Nichols

"Head flung back as if to howl, the monkey merely yawns. His concealed fangs and red chest say he's on top—at least until a male with bigger teeth or a badder attitude overthrows his regime. But looks deceive. 'Male geladas are just peacocks,' says [biologist Chadden] Hunter. 'There's no question who really runs the show.'"

—From "Kings of the Hill?," November 2002, National Geographic magazine


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