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 .

Documentarian James Reed on Witnessing Chimpanzee Patrols and Attacks

That's a very real thing and , and , and , you know , and it can get serious but their relationship with people is just completely different to a relationship . Chimps might have with people in captivity or if they've been kept as pets or something . Um , yeah , it's just , it's not , I , I totally get it and those are exactly the sort of things I wanted to know before I stepped in and go , go .

Documentarian James Reed on Witnessing Chimpanzee Patrols and Attacks

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 . Is there any concern there that you could get caught up in this sort of violent frenzy and maybe be in danger of being attacked or , you know , the there , there isn't actually .

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 .