Video: Selfie lessons from a chimp
A chimpanzee in Kenya has captured an extended selfie using a 360-degree camera that she stole from a New York Times photojournalist on assignment.
Photographer Sam Wolson had set up the 360-degree camera on a GorillaPod flexible mini-tripod while shooting footage of chimps at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
Perhaps wanting a closeup and 15 minutes of fame, one of the chimps grabbed a stick and pulled the camera over to her side of the fence. She then shot an “extended 360 selfie” of herself and anotrher chimp while investigating the GorillaPod.
Wolson says that he managed to get his camera gear back after about 25 minutes by "trading a Fanta soft drink," something we probably wouldn't recommend.