Tara Stoinski
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So we have had these females that were really interested in mating when they were like 11, 12.
And then suddenly we're like, oh, because they're not females.
They're males.
So that's how difficult it is.
It's crazy.
Oh, my God.
So, yeah, the gorillas showed up.
We were worried, are they going to do a lot?
And I think at the time they thought they might use a lot of archival footage and then intersperse it with the modern day.
And then they got so much.
I mean, it's the most the gorillas have ever been filmed.
I think they had 250 filming days.
Wow.
But Rwanda's really strict about time spent with the gorillas to protect the gorillas.
So that 250 days was one hour a day.
One hour at a time.
So to be there and be lucky enough to get these moments on film is just crazy.
Yeah.
And these gorillas, the filmmakers don't stay in the forest.
So they're in and out.