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Subject: [Leica] Close encounters of the hairy kind
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 05:55:30 -0500 (EST)
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There was a moment where I thought lubrication was important. It was 'one of
those moments".  Thanks for looking


> On March 24, 2014 at 9:13 PM tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
>
>
> Holy Cow Alistair I can't imagine that one coming at me thinking I was in
> "HEAT!" :-)
>
> CHEERS,
> ted
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "afirkin" <afirkin at afirkin.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:47 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Close encounters of the hairy kind
>
>
> > 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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In reply to: Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] PESO: 1930)
Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin) ([Leica] Close encounters of the hairy kind)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca) ([Leica] Close encounters of the hairy kind)