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black waiting in vain for the animals to betray their presence by dropping partially con-
sumed fruit on our heads. The next morning, just after dawn, he woke us in our tent in a
state of high excitement. Determined to make amends, he had risen in the dark to follow
some cries. He dragged us off the path up a steep slope, our hearts racing from the rapid
transition from deep sleep to violent exercise, and there at eye-level, not five metres away,
weretwoaye-ayesmakingmoreaye-ayeswhilearejectedsuitorslunkoff.Thefemalewas
grasping a vertical bamboo stem while the smaller male hung on doggedly below/behind
her.Theyseemed bemused butunfazed byourpresence, andwerestill blissfully conjoined
when we left them 20 minutes
