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Tommy's Treehouse
Leaving The Herzstein Outpost and Baka Pygmy Village behind, The African Forest explorers encounter Pygmy art on a path through a shady grove. Word is Koolookambas have been sighted here. They continue to Tommy’s Treehouse, Gorilla Tommy’s home and base of operations, said to be one of his favorite chimpanzee viewing areas.
Inside Tommy’s Treehouse, sharp-eyed guests get a peek into Tommy’s life inThe African Forest, viewing his personal effects, biological collections, Koolookamba-related artifacts, photos, and videotape archives.
From these artifacts it’s clear that Tommy has devoted a lot of time and energy to pursuing and protecting the mystery ape. Tommy is nowhere to be seen, but a message indicates he’s somewhere in the forest on a Koolookamba-related field expedition.
A video monitor shows shaky video clips of alleged Koolookamba sightings. Another clip presents an interview with an African man who describes his own true-life encounters with the ape. In yet another video, a clearly shaken man describes a terrifying encounter with a bushmeat poacher.
In this setting, African Forest explorers can closely observe chimpanzees and gain insight into the animal’s behavior and their interactions with each other in much the same way as Gorilla Tommy collected his own research.
