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"You have to behave properly. And you mustn't conceal yourself too well. If you suddenly appeared close to them and took them by surprise, then they would almost certainly charge."
A few moments after television viewers heard these words, they saw Sir David Attenborough being cuddled by the very group of mountain gorillas he had just described, lying alongside a huge male silverback, as two young infants inquisitively attempted to remove his shoes.
The iconic sequence, filmed more than 30 years ago in the forests of Rwanda, helped reshape our perceptions of this great ape, and has become a television classic.
It now ranks among Sir David's most favourite moments making wildlife documentaries, which are being made available to audiences online via the BBC Wildlife Finder.
A few moments after television viewers heard these words, they saw Sir David Attenborough being cuddled by the very group of mountain gorillas he had just described, lying alongside a huge male silverback, as two young infants inquisitively attempted to remove his shoes.
The iconic sequence, filmed more than 30 years ago in the forests of Rwanda, helped reshape our perceptions of this great ape, and has become a television classic.
It now ranks among Sir David's most favourite moments making wildlife documentaries, which are being made available to audiences online via the BBC Wildlife Finder.