Rwanda Gorillas ... punchy photography

[gramps]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-floored-30-stone-ape-s-roundhouse-punch.html

This is the astonishing moment a 6ft 6in, 30st angry silverback gorilla took a swing at a wildlife photographer at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Christophe Courteau was punched by alpha male Akarevuro, a Rwandan silverback, while photographing the Kwitonda gorilla group. Akarevuro was intoxicated by his diet of fermenting bamboo stems at the time of the incident and may have felt threatened by Mr Courteau, mistakenly seeing him as a rival male. The aftermath of the ape's attack was caught on camera by Mr Courteau's friend, and shows the gorilla pushing the man flat on his back before trampling over him.

 

[RacingSnake]

Wow, what a photo!

 

[jerry12953]

"Oi, you? You lookin' at my bird.......?"

 

[JDPrism]

Mike Tyson would be proud of that one

 

[simonblue]

Well worth it to get that shot

 

[dinners]

The sky looks a bit blown