Martin:
Friday morning and we're off tracking Apes again - but this time it's chimpanzees we're in search of not Gorillas. But the denizens of Kibale Forest, near fort Portal, are not inclined to come down from the tree tops to say hello. We get a few glimpses, including of a mother and baby making their way through the forest and we hang around a long time at the bottom of trees stretching our neck muscles looking up into the canopy but it seems as though we won't get an awful lot closer this morning.
Until we come across one of the oldest members of the troop. Unlike his younger relatives he seems more than happy to hang out with us at ground level. At the risk of being anthropomorphic over this he clearly seems to be enjoying the attention of our cameras. Striking pose after languid pose - the aging supermodel of Kibale. A Bill Nighy of the forest.