[Leica] Close encounters of the hairy kind

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

What an experience. I would have loved to be in your shoes!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:17 AM, afirkin <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> This is Gihishamwotsi, the beta silverback in the Sabyinyo group. The 
> leader is
> very old now and Gihishamwotsi is 'mating' pretty much at will now, so is
> effectively taking over the family. He was lying in a bamboo clearing in 
> the
> dark jungle of zone 2 as I was photographing him. He got up and began 
> walking
> towards me:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nsalzpv
>
> after this shot I stopped 'shooting' and assumed the submissive position as
> 200kgs of muscle brushed past my left arm. Quite a thrill, and to be 
> honest I
> did not feel scared, as they are such gentle creatures and don't see us as 
> a
> threat.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
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