"Every year, as CGI capability improves, a richer and richer variety of fantasy monsters and creatures appear in movies and TV series. We drift into new worlds and escape from our own. Yet—and here is the irony—there are animals on our planet today that are almost beyond the stuff of fantasy but are in fact very real.⁣
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I am not sure what this large gelada baboon was thinking, but I am going to guess that he found my presence, 12,000 feet up, a little irritating. This was his patch of land, and who the hell was I to be trespassing? I have travelled the world in search of fresh detail and fresh content, and that March, in the Simien Mountains, was a truly special experience. Not for him, I am sure, but certainly for me." - David Yarrow