http://prefectlife.net/blog/?p=135 Just another WordPress site Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://prefectlife.net/blog/?p=135#comment-178 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.prefectlife.net/blog/2006/12/135#comment-178 I so badly wanted to reach out and pet him when he was only 3 feet away but the tracker put himself in between and started grunting in a deep baritone to keep the silverback away. We spent an hour with the Susa group and it was truly amazing, just like Destination HD on the Discovery channel, but better.
A number of times various gorillas would walk towards us, including one of the babies, but the guides would physically pull us back when they got within 6 feet. They said it was to protect us, but I think it’s more for the gorillas’ safety. One sneeze and we could wipe them out.

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