Getting Close to Macaques | Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero | BBC Earth

The island of Sulawesi in Indonesia is home to all manner of curious creatures. Perhaps none as strange as the macaques native to the island, who have mohicans, no tails and are seemingly unlike any others in the world…

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Taken from 'Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero' (2013)
Comedian Bill Bailey embarks on an exotic and thrilling journey to retrace the steps of one of the greatest unsung heroes of natural science and exploration - Alfred Wallace. This is the story of a brilliantly eccentric British explorer who survived man-eating tigers, head-hunting tribesmen, pirate attacks and sinking ships. Alfred changed the way we see life on Earth, but he has since been written out of history. Bill has become obsessed with Wallace and shares his passion for wildlife and Indonesia.

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[Ratrrj]

Placing a hand on his arm and looking at him ❤

[aircooledgaming]

0:43 "Strange hair, big foreheads, and permanent look of surprise on their faces"
*camera pointing at Bill*
lmao

[belindam]

Okay, so second to David Attenborough himself, Bill Bailey is such a brilliant choice to host a wildlife documentary! Love him! 😊

[aroundandround]

Guy nipped all jokes about him in the bud by beating us to the punch.

[BGTAnimalAttacks]

Bill Bailey is such a brilliant choice to host a wildlife documentary! Love him!😍😍

[logandunavant]

This is another great reason to be a fan of Bill Baily.

[WJen]

The way it went up to him, tapped him, and basically went "You're alright in my book" 😂

[bolynn]

Admire his nonchalance when those impressive teeth were so near his ear!😮😮😮

[dadeharyanto]

They were shaved in the same barbershop. 😂😂

[PINEPUPPY]

The diversity of life forms on this planet is mind boggling!

[glacieractivity]

I want to adopt that fellow holding a camera called "Bill". He seems to be very rare to find "in the wild" recently as he shows evidence of kindness. Now there is something to protect at all costs.

[vjc]

Wallace was amazing - he doesn’t get enough recognition for his work! Hope this documentary becomes available to watch in Australia❣️

[tiffanymarie]

I do love when other animals treat humans like we're the zoo attraction. Turnabout is fair play 😂

[SmokeDog]

I had no idea Bill Bailey was doing documentaries for the BBC, need to see the full thing asap

[FuccoTheClown]

This is the Jungle Book version of Black Books.

[hajnamcgrath]

He is not just an animal lover, but amazing musician and comedian. An amazing person. I absolutely adore him. ❤ I always admired people who are working with animals. Then I realise it’s not the animals but the humans need to be afraid of more.

[GingerCC-hebe]

Bill says they are peculiar looking, then to the camera "what?" Hilarious!

[johnsullivan]

The macaque touched him and probably thought, 'dude, I feel so bad you lost so much hair and turned that sickly colour.'

[annanika]

Amazing and made my day this little video😊

[dennismurray]

This was an absolutely brilliant doco by the inimitable Bill Bailey.