Bonobo Kids Play Just Like Human Kids - Kung Fu Kicks and All, Shutterspeed Interview Part 1

We were so lucky to interview wildlife adventure photographers Adam Bates and Julie Calvert of Shutterspeed Travel after they spent two weeks at Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary in Africa’s DRC. Lola does the amazing work of rescuing young bonobos orphaned by the hunting and habitat destruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo. About 50 bonobos - babies, adolescents and adults - live at the Sanctuary and heal, grow and play. The goal is to release them back into the wild as their African rainforest grows safer…in the meantime, Lola is on the edge of the rainforest, so the apes are living as if they are in their natural habitat. Adam and Julie played, watched and photographed Lola’s bonobos, and they were gracious enough to tell us all about this once in a lifetime experience. They had so much to tell us, that we’ll be breaking this interview into several posts.