[Leica] Close encounters of the hairy kind

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin)]

Thanks Jay Doug and Sonny,
it was one of those rare experiences indeed and no real time to 'shit' 
yourself.
After you spend the hour with the group, you become pretty confident they 
mean
you no harm. In fact they barely even acknowledge your existence. To be 
honest
however if he was in the mating mood I suppose you just roll over and think 
of
"England" ;-)

Cheers

Alastair
> On March 24, 2014 at 8:30 PM Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>
> 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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