Monkeys are...

"so very soft and poke-able... right?"
(I was a little tempted to give a Japanese monkey the kancho)
We were IN THE THICK OF IT, no zoom here guys! I was breathing on wild primates at the top of an isolated mountain, in a foreign country. Super logic-based decision making, just super... You know this is going to be a good story!
We got so excited seeing the monkeys, and were so busy saying "ooh" and "ahh" at photogenic baby monkeys, that Drew and I managed to forget the first rule of thumb about wild animals. Your little buddies - are wild.