In search of the Silverbacks
May 12th 2015 Trekking through lush forest whilst following the tracker who is making a path with his machete. Then you hear some bamboo cracking and leaves shaking...we are less than 2 metres from Lucky the Silverback and head of the Hirwa group, who is tenderly grooming a youngster. Babies stay close to their mothers but still eager to explore; the teenagers are beating their chests and wrestling with each ot
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