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RE: Expedition chimpanzee: arrival
This is super cool. Ive always wanted to go and just be a wall flower with stuff like this lol. Do you ever get nervous following them around? Have you ineracted with them?
hey @justsailey, thanks for the enthusiasm! I don't get nervous following them because they are very shy and avoid us. We've habituated them to our presence, where we get to watch closely, but we are careful to say at least 7m away to keep them safe from our diseases. We don't interact with them, because any small interaction can lead to them wanting to interact more. Right now, they treat us like suspicious trees, which is a great thing for science and their well-being.
Oh wow! Thanks for replying. Thats so cool!