Documentarian James Reed on Witnessing Chimpanzee Patrols and Attacks

They may not care about you but you really care about them and , and it's sad . Yeah , it's very sad during the filming or , or at least on the show , there's one instance of the chimpanzees killing , uh , another chimp . Was there more of that ?

Documentarian James Reed on Witnessing Chimpanzee Patrols and Attacks

It's because in truth , the , it gets more serious if the chimps outnumber them significantly . So when , when chimps are kind of equal sized groups , when they come into contact , they're usually less violent situations , there's too much danger , there's too much danger , too much at stake . It's kind of a bit bravado .

Documentarian James Reed on Witnessing Chimpanzee Patrols and Attacks

They run at each other a few times . But if there's enough chimps on either side , you can pretty much know that in this immediate situation , no one's gonna get badly hurt . Uh , they get badly hit when they're outnumbered .

Documentarian James Reed on Witnessing Chimpanzee Patrols and Attacks

The Joe Rogan experience . Now , when the chimps are on patrol , that's a uniquely intense and aggressive moment and it's so wild to watch to see them . These hulking chimpanzees move through the forest in co ordination when you're there with that and you're very close to these violent encounters with the other chimps .

Documentarian James Reed on Witnessing Chimpanzee Patrols and Attacks

They're there to observe and try and understand it's not an emotional thing , but even even they , who have been there for many years and I think particularly because they've been there for many years . Sometimes you see an act of violence on a , on a chimp that you've known and been following around for ages . They may not care about you but you really care about them and , and it's sad .