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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 22, 2021 12:40:35 GMT -5
SILVERBACK GORILLACONGO LEOPARD
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 22, 2021 12:42:02 GMT -5
GORILLAS IN THE MIST BY DIAN FOSSEY:
Group sizes vary from two to twenty animals, And average about 10 individuals. a typical group contains: one silverback, a sexually mature male over the age of fifteen years who is the group's undisputed leader and weights roughly 375 lbs or about twice the size of a female, one blackback, a sexually immature male between eight and thirteen years weighting some 253 lbs, three to four sexually mature females over eight years, each about 200 lbs, who are ordinarily bonded to the dominant silverback for life, and, lastly, from three to six immature members, those under eight years
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 22, 2021 12:57:41 GMT -5
BOOK THE MOUNTAIN GORILLA: ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR, BY GEORGE SCHALLER:
archive.org/details/mountaingorillae00scha
Gorilla and leopard battled at night, the leopard being found dead in the morning.
Merfield and miller (1956), on the other hand stated: "gorillas, however, seem to have no fear of leopard...."
Recreation of a native of the account above:
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 22, 2021 13:17:21 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 25, 2021 20:23:34 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 25, 2021 20:28:56 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 25, 2021 20:33:54 GMT -5
MALE GORILLAS CAN FIGHT FIERCELY AND INFLICT SEVERE WOUNDS (FOSSEY, 1983). MALE GORILLA SKULLS FREQUENTLY SHOW EVIDENCE OF HEALED BITE WOUNDS (JURMAIN, 1997), INCLUDING CANINES EMBEDDED IN THE SKULL (FOSSEY, 1983).
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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 25, 2021 20:37:12 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Jul 3, 2021 20:49:52 GMT -5
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Post by tyrannosaurs on Jul 7, 2021 16:41:08 GMT -5
Feeding ecology of western lowland gorillas in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo: The feeding ecology of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) living in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, northern Congo, was surveyed for one full year. This is the first record to make clear the seasonal changes in the feeding habits of gorillas in a whole year, living in the primary lowland forest almost completely undisturbed. Fecal contents, feeding traces, and direct observation were analyzed with reference to a fruit availability survey. Although the gorillas fed largely on fruits in the forest, their basic diet was fibrous parts of plants, including shoots, young leaves, and bark. Terrestrial herbaceous vegetation, such as monocotyledons of the Marantaceae and aquatic herbs having much protein content and minerals, were frequently eaten even in the fruiting season. As these highly nutritious fibrous foods were superabundant all year, the major foods of the Ndoki gorillas seemed to be those plants. However, they selected fruits as their alternative food resources in the fruiting season. Gorillas foraged on many fruit species, while showing strong preferences for some particular species. The swamp forest, including marshy grasslands, was an important and regular habitat for the Ndoki gorillas. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02381342
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Post by tyrannosaurs on Jul 8, 2021 5:04:19 GMT -5
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Post by tyrannosaurs on Jul 8, 2021 5:07:11 GMT -5
Human–Ape Interactions in a Zoo Setting: Gorillas and Orangutans Modify Their Behavior Depending upon Human Familiarity: Understanding how human presence influences animal behavior, specifically the behavior of nonhuman primates, has important implications for methodology in cognitive and behavioral studies, for our understanding of human–animal relationships and for animal welfare in captive settings. Conducted in the San Diego Zoo, this study partially replicates an existing study on human–animal relationships, which focused on familiarity effects on the human-directed behavior of great apes residing in the Toronto Zoo. Such a replication in a new location and with different individuals is necessary to expand sample size and to better understand how ontogeny and living environment influence human-directed ape behavior. All-occurrence sampling of human-directed behavior was used to gather data on two gorilla groups and one orangutan group, all housed at the San Diego Zoo. The aim was to compare ape-initiated behaviors toward zoo staff with apeinitiated visitor-directed behavior, in accordance with predictions of the Human–Animal Relationship (HAR) model. Overall, human-directed behaviors were more frequent toward visitors than toward staff, mainly caused by increased visitor-directed visual behavior, specifically brief glances. Given that visual monitoring has been seen as fearful behavior, potentially related to predator monitoring, this would confirm the expectation that lack of familiarity will lead to increased visual vigilance. However, the visitor-directed visual behaviors may not be antagonistic or fearful. Considering the specific behaviors and exhibit designs, curiosity may be an equally likely explanation in this context. Aiming to also understand whether these groups exhibited species differences in human-directed behavior, it was found that orangutans engaged in more affiliative behavior overall than gorillas. Comparing our results with the previous study, we conclude that while effects of familiarity are present, those effects are modulated by both individual ontogeny and exhibit design. While the HAR model is partially supported, additional factors may need to be included to fully interpret the observed behavior. Additional research is needed to further understand the effects of species, sex, and ontogeny on the predictions of the HAR model. www.researchgate.net/publication/333224891_Human-Ape_Interactions_in_a_Zoo_Setting_Gorillas_and_Orangutans_Modify_Their_Behavior_Depending_upon_Human_Familiarity
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Post by Gorilla king on Jul 8, 2021 7:43:18 GMT -5
Reply #10, that first source "gorilla kills a leopard in a fight", i am pretty sure its the same account as in reply #6 as both come from the same author, John Alfred Jordan, British big game hunter and trader.
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Post by tyrannosaurs on Jul 8, 2021 7:52:00 GMT -5
Pretty sure myself upon further examination.
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Post by Gorilla king on Jul 8, 2021 7:54:09 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Jul 8, 2021 8:05:28 GMT -5
SILVERBACK GORILLA THROWING A STONE
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Post by Gorilla king on Jul 8, 2021 8:07:08 GMT -5
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Post by tyrannosaurs on Jul 8, 2021 8:13:59 GMT -5
That's the source! Thank you. I have been looking for this for YEARS!
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Post by Gorilla king on Jul 8, 2021 8:15:34 GMT -5
GORILLAS IN THE MIST BY DIAN FOSSEY
A man from a group of tourists approached two interacting groups of gorillas and was instantly charged by a silverback, who rolled with him for some thirty feet, breaking three of his ribs, and then bit deeply into the dorsal surface of the man's neck.
In another incident a young tourist tried to pick up an infant from group 5 "to cuddle". Before he got his hands on the youngster, the infant's mother and the group's silverback defensively charged, causing the boy to turn and run. He fell and both gorilla parents were instantly on his back, biting and tearing at his clothing.
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Post by Gorilla king on Jul 8, 2021 8:16:55 GMT -5
Many years later, after thousands of hours spent in the field, i found that interactions between distinct social units-lone silverbacks or groups, accounted for 62% of all wounds observed on male and female gorillas. From 64 skeletal specimens, i found that 74% of the silverback remains revealed signs of healed head wounds, and 80% had either missing or broken canines.
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