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

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

Um , it's , you and me and when violence does break out , what is that experience ? Like , I mean , when you're seeing Chimp on chimp violence from several feet away . That has to be wild .

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 .

Documentarian James Reed on Witnessing Chimpanzee Patrols and Attacks

And their only warning was that definitely don't get too close . You know , the , because the level of excitement , um , around the chimps during these encounters , you know , if there's ever a time when they could accidentally come very close to you or suddenly see you and get a bit of a fright , you know , that they wouldn't want , they wouldn't want to take that sort of a , a risk with us . So they did , they did , we were warned , you know , keep a respectful distance from that .