Paul Rosolie

She looks at me and I'm sitting there.

I'm over there talking to her and spider monkey.

And she looked at me and you hear her, she goes, I can't do this sound she makes, but she does this, this, whoa, she makes this spider monkey sound like, and she goes fine.

And then she, she, she's looking off the front end of the paddle and she's looking at the jungle and she looks back at me and she's like, you could just tell, she's like, I have no idea what's happening, but she accepted the help.

And the difference is, is that it's because I spoke her language in this case.

And I know that that would sound, that would be one of those stories that people would nail me on every time if it wasn't on camera.

You can see the moment that she makes direct eye contact with me and goes, okay.

And then as soon as we get to shore, she jumps off and runs off into the forest.

Oh, yeah.

And like, it's like you're in a foreign country and someone goes helping, helping, helping.

And you go, okay, sure.

Like, you know, you're not, you're not robbing me.

You're helping.

Right.

Um, but no, they're, they're incredibly, I'm telling you, I've had orphan spider monkeys so many times and, um, they wrap their tail around your neck and they hug you.

And you realize that that connection that they have with their mothers, when they hold onto them in the canopy, you shoot the logger, shoot the mother, and then I'm taking care of this baby.

They hold onto you and they need that love and that connection more than they need food.

If you put food or you put warmth of a body, they'll choose the connection over the sustenance.

Very tactile.

They're very loving.