Gorillas

Insidious Von

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Need to be protected for future generations.

No way this camera man could get away with this with a chimp clan, they'd tear his face off. He's playing it right, it's not the kiddies he has to worry about.

 
The guides played it right and made non threatening noises. Good thing none of the tourists unloaded in their pants (experienced group) the smell would have pissed him off.

 
I love gorillas, especially the babies.

[video]https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/day-baby-gorilla-debuts-san-diego-zoo-cradled/story?id=27924971[/video]
 
The San Diego Zoo is the Augusta National of zoos. Most zoos do not have its sterling reputation - like the Cincinnati.

The killing of Harambe illicited intense public anger. Were the parents ever charged with public mischief? Harambe was far more valuable alive than dead. Had he been not the center of public attention and not in a watery space, Harambe probably would have the child piggyback through the enclosure. He didn't know his own strength as he attempted to get the child away from intrusive eyes. Some brave soul said that he would have gone through Harambe to save his child - really? Mountain Silverback Gorillas have the strength of a dozen men. Without a high powered rifle, Harambe would have torn his limbs off before the assailant could have said Earl Camembert.

 
Well remedy555, if every thread was about communist preversions it would get boring. JV stopped making figurines, he played like Kong against the Wiz.

 
Hoping to go to Rwanda with my camera this fall for a guided photo tour.
 
Chimps are not only aggressive but they also regularly eat meat. Mountain gorillas are strict vegetarians. The Rwanda families (I was able to visit five of them in a week) are used to people in small groups. A maximum of eight people get to see them for one hour r each day. They remain inquisitive and sweet in their interactions - you can’t touch them but they can and will touch you. While watching the rest of my group photograph a family I was standing next to a tree and a young female tapped me in the shoulder, stared into my eyes as I turned, and played with my hair. Truly amazing.
 

Chimps are complex creatures with human characteristics, that's why they are considered our closest relative. Gorillas and their Sumatran relatives the Orangutans (which could be extinct by 2035) subsist on a higher level.

OTB, for a conservative, you are truly enlightened, how many injections will you need to take for that trip? Dukoral is too little for such an expedition, Rwanda isn't Las Vegas.

 
Chimps are not only aggressive but they also regularly eat meat. Mountain gorillas are strict vegetarians. The Rwanda families (I was able to visit five of them in a week) are used to people in small groups. A maximum of eight people get to see them for one hour r each day. They remain inquisitive and sweet in their interactions - you can’t touch them but they can and will touch you. While watching the rest of my group photograph a family I was standing next to a tree and a young female tapped me in the shoulder, stared into my eyes as I turned, and played with my hair. Truly amazing.


That's incredible.

Once if a lifetime experience. I wish I had the money to go do this.
 
When we were in West Africa...we were chased by a rogue elephant
He was pissed that we were invading his space...so we ducked into a group of trees and came out the other side....right smack into the middle of a group of 50-60 baboons...adults and babies.
We all froze...and our guide said...dont get between momma and baby..(well duh!!)
Their canines were 2-3...inches long and a couple big males were almost 4ft tall...THAT was the only time i was scared ...elephant...pfft...spitting cobras..pfft...hippos chasing our river boat....pfft...it was the fucking baboons!!