The chimpanzees of the Mountains of the Moon

Imagine yourself lurking in the heart of a tropical forest.

Less than ten meters away, wild chimpanzees. Their eyes meet yours. You hear their laughter, their frenzied games. You see them eating figs and wild ginger, using tools, caring for their young. This is what Sabrina and Jean-Michel Krief have been living for over fifteen years. These are the adventures that this beautiful book invites you to share.

You'll discover the patience with which Sabrina, a veterinarian and primatologist at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, studies wild chimpanzees on a daily basis. The result is a wealth of discoveries about their way of life, their diseases and, in particular, the way they treat themselves.

You won't be able to resist Jean-Michel's exceptional shots of chimpanzees captured live in their natural environment. Scenes that are particularly difficult to immortalize... and which may soon be a thing of the past. Because the survival of chimpanzees, like that of all other great apes, is threatened in the short term by human activity. A prospect that Sabrina and Jean-Michel cannot accept, as they work to ensure that humans and apes live together peacefully and sustainably.