A doctoral student of his named Wu Hai-yin happened to be studying the macaques of Kenting, which are gradually dying out, and hoped he would work with her in making a videotape about them for educational purposes.
林曜松看了劉燕明的片子，不覺心動，正好當時他博士班學生吳海音在墾丁研究已逐漸稀有的台灣獼猴，遂與劉燕明合作，希望拍攝一卷錄影帶做教育推廣之用。