Tara Stoinski

Like, this is my forest.

This big guy's here.

But I'm the alpha.

This is my forest.

I'm just going to let him know.

I will say I've never seen a tourist get pulled.

I'm sure some of our team members have that are with the gorillas more.

And, you know, the males, when they display, they like to pick stuff up and throw it.

If you're in the way, they might scooch you.

But no, I take people to Rwanda all the time to see the gorillas.

Never have had anyone get hurt.

Bee stings are more likely what might bother them in the forest or an ant bite than the gorillas themselves.

The guides are really good.

They can read their behavior.

Yeah, and move you to the right spot.

And the gorillas, they've seen people every day of their life.

So I think, honestly, in their minds are like, okay, it's that hour where these weird ones that stand on their two feet instead of being, you know, on all four.

Yeah, they're here for an hour and they're going to leave and then we'll just go about our day.

The kids are really interested.

A lot of times they'll want to check you out.