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I was visiting a family of gorillas in Volcanos National Park, Rwanda. One of the rules of thumb is to not engage with gorillas too long in direct eye contact. This little guy and his sibling shown in a previous NFT clearly had a different game they wanted to play. I could feel theses little eyes watching me move all over the clearing in the forest. Taking a pulse on the situation, dad (the silverback) was passed out exhausted from eating. Mom seemed to be unsympathetic to the entire encounter. It seemed she had seen this game before and was glad someone else was willing to play. Due to my childish nature I played along. First with no camera, then remembering my whole purpose being there was for photography I had to snap a few images. Yes, I lost this game. I had to break eye contact to make way for one of his bigger family members. 10% of all African ape images from this collection will be donated to the Gabby Wild Foundation for her work saving wild animals globally.