A silverback gorilla briefly looks his reflection in the eyes and yawns: not tiredness, but arousal!

𝗔 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆. (𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵/𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵)
Silverback male gorillas (SBs) lead their group’s movements, and they are preoccupied with protecting the females and their offspring from external dangers. One source of threat is other SBs, who might try to take over the resident SB’s group by force. For this reason, when SBs encounter each other, their relations are usually agonistic, with intimidation displays that can escalate to physical aggression.
For many animals, seeing their own reflection in a mirror can also elicit aggression. In a small corner of the Gabonese rainforest, several large mirrors have been installed for more than 8 years. At first, whenever he saw his reflection, this SB engaged in typical agonistic postures and chest beating displays, while avoiding direct eye contact with his “rival.” Now, after many encounters with his own reflection and those of the other members of his group, he still clearly remains tense and defiant, sometimes charging and chest-beating, repeatedly showing tension yawns, and mostly avoiding to look the rival in the eye. On this occasion, however, the SB also engages in several bouts of direct eye-contact, suggesting that he might be starting to understand that the SB in the mirror poses little real threat. The reflection never fully appears, it never vocalizes, and only imitates what the SB does. Maybe this wild adult male gorilla is learning that the reflection is not another gorilla, but himself. As in human infants and great apes in captivity, self-recognition is not innate; it must be learned. Other videos on this channel show examples of wild African great apes learning about optical properties of mirrors, including a young blackback male gorilla in the SB’s group, and several chimpanzees.
Les gorilles mâles à dos argenté (GDA) dirigent les activités de leur groupe et se préoccupent de protéger les femelles et leur progéniture des dangers extérieurs. L'une de ces sources de menace est constituée par d'autres GDA, qui pourraient essayer de prendre par force le contrôle du groupe de ce GDA occupant les lieux. C'est pourquoi, lorsque les GDA se rencontrent, leurs relations sont généralement conflictuelles, avec des manifestations d'intimidation qui peuvent dégénérer en agression physique.
Chez de nombreux animaux, le fait de voir leur propre reflet dans un miroir peut également susciter l'agression. Au Gabon, dans une zone reculée de la forêt équatoriale, plusieurs grands miroirs sont plantés depuis plus de 8 ans. Au début, lorsqu'il voyait son reflet, ce GDA adoptait des postures agonistiques typiques et battait sa poitrine, tout en évitant le contact visuel direct avec son "rival". Maintenant, après de nombreuses rencontres avec son propre reflet et ceux des autres membres de son groupe, il reste clairement tendu et défiant, chargeant parfois et battant sa poitrine, tout en montrant à plusieurs reprises des bâillements de tension, et évitant la plupart du temps de regarder le rival dans les yeux. Cette fois-ci, cependant, ce GDA se livre également à plusieurs reprises à un contact visuel direct, ce qui suggère qu'il commence peut-être à comprendre que le GDA dans le miroir ne représente pas une réelle menace. Le reflet n'apparaît jamais complètement, il ne vocalise jamais, et se contente d'imiter les gestes de GDA. Peut-être que ce gorille mâle adulte sauvage apprend que le reflet n'est pas un autre gorille, mais lui-même. Comme chez les bébés humains et les grands singes en captivité, la reconnaissance de soi n'est pas innée ; elle doit être apprise. D'autres vidéos sur cette chaîne KZbin montrent des exemples de grands singes africains sauvages apprenant les propriétés optiques des miroirs, notamment un jeune gorille mâle black-back (dos noir donc pas encore dos argenté) dans le groupe du GDA, et plusieurs chimpanzés.
(Jim Anderson, Professeur émérite à l'Université de Kyoto)
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙓𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙐𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏-𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙍𝙍𝙀: 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙛. 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 40 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙯𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖. 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 200 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨.

[@grilledleeks6514]

He caught on after 10 years that its his reflection, and thinks he be lookin good. I like this guy.

[@CharlotteWebb1952]

He's definitely putting 2 and 2 together....You can see him processing...Amazing footage.

[@SuperYtc1]

He’s definitely not. 😂 He’s been at this for 10 years.

[@wingedhussar1453]

​@@SuperYtc1 10 years and he's finally getting it small steps

[@Owyourhurtingme]

Yeah he’s putting 2 and 2 together except he’s getting 3.

[@nattypatty3667]

Only thing I got was he actually used force later on in the video. Got tired of trying to intimidate and bounced.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

I think the gorilla actually learned a lot, mostly that he will not be hurt by the reflection.

[@Three_Sevens]

And it only took ten years

[@mattrogers5188]

He's ratcheted down the tension, at least

[@lukez9721]

This is a neat experiment. It’s always interesting to watch how these animals react when they see their reflection. It’s also cool to see these animals change their behavior when they see their reflection.

[@millenialmusings8451]

We often forget that we are also animals

[@Jaaduurocks]

Just gotta say, don't let a lot of these people on the internet get to ya. This is very interesting stuff and it's clear you're doing so much to ensure that the animals are as safe as possible and have actually increased the protection of the area with your experiments with mirrors and your recording equipment. I don't know how many people would do this work in a dangerous environment such as this jungle. But thank you to you and your wife. And I love the interactions you have in the comment section as well, along with the information you provide additionally!. I hope you stay safe, live long, and prosper.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Your feedback on my videos encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed we are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language (french) and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on...* May I suggest you some of my 170 home-made videos from my channel which have never been recommended by KZbin and which unfortunately have a very small number of views even though they are very instructive such as: First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY Fresh Water from Creeks triggers the urge to urinate in wild mammals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3YenSvbNBjopo Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6CcmIqfbdWNp6c Before buying ivory jewellery or carved ivory objects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJPYhZ1tpbOpfq8 and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Check out my 170 homemade videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle : Good vision!

[@AniFam]

It’s great to learn more about the silverback gorilla’s behaviors!! Animals’ self-recognition is a very interesting topic~💯❣️ Thank you for sharing this wonderful and informative video! 🤗👍 🔆AniFam〽️

[@engage1942]

I actually noticed an urge to yawn myself when nervous also. Well, maybe not NERVOUS nervous, but when you are kinda uncomfortable in a situation with people. It helps to lower the tension inside myself somehow. Curious

[@XHB06400CANNES]

That's right! Our cousin is really close to us humans. The gorilla's kinship with man is not in doubt today. Please watch my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGGul3Ror9eef5I This adolescent gorilla's attitude is also really very close to that of his human cousins (Gabon jungle) Check out more of my 170 homemade videos from my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them, you will find very interesting information. kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@engage1942]

@@XHB06400CANNES thank you for your work :)

[@Michela-gh3wg]

This footage is amazing!!!! Thank you for these experiments!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Your feedback on my videos encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed we are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language (french) and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on... and answer to numerous comments posted on my channel* It's a choice.. Watch more of my 180 videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision! *May I suggest you some of my homemade-made videos from my channel which have never been recommended by KZbin and which unfortunately have a very small number of views even though they are very instructive such as:* First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY Fresh Water from Creeks triggers the urge to urinate in wild mammals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3YenSvbNBjopo Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6CcmIqfbdWNp6c Before buying ivory jewellery or carved ivory objects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJPYhZ1tpbOpfq8 and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Check out my 180 homemade videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations. Good vision!

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

Great video... Thanks again for all your work.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Thank you to my loyal subscriber. Don't you find this video a bit monotonous? I'm thinking of publishing the long version of 8 minutes but I hesitate. What do you think about it?*

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

@@XHB06400CANNES I would watch it but I honestly have no idea about how well it would do. I personally find this fascinating (especially how they react to eye contact) but not sure how many others do.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@jimmyfortrue3741 Thank you for your reply. I'll see how the number of views of this video progresses before I put up an 8 minute version that might make people "yawn"!

[@JIMBOOO05]

The silverback made me yawn so many times

[@NoName-il8mo]

Thank you🙊❤

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Your feedback on my video encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. We are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on...* It's a choice.. May I suggest you some of my 170 home-made videos filmed in Gabon from my channel which have never been recommended by KZbin and which unfortunately have a very small number of views even though they are very instructive such as: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U Baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHqTYWyOga-lasU Elephants enthusiastically enjoying a healthy mud bath kzbin.info/www/bejne/boXFpKWdjsesf5Y an elephant crossing a river splashes camera trap kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6WZc5eDm9eLrqc A male elephant walks in the night, thinking of his next girlfriend. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpiwiJineMt0sLs Elephant VS camera trap in Gabon. kzbin.info/www/bejne/naLNkJWPZcxjeZI Elephant VS camera trap in Gabon. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHKye62EabWre6c a one-eyed elephant mows tall grass in front of the mirror for better camera trap field of view kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXqraGmjfq6imJY Eaters of waterlilies: Buffalo, Elephant, Sitatunga kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6bEfWZjid2Ij5I African Jacana a swamp dwelling antelope-pecker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoLdZneNaZtmaLc Shot in Gabon on the evening of the first major storm after the dry season. What is that? and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Watch more of my videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision!

[@engage1942]

absolutely love these videos

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Your feedback on my video encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion.* It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. We are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on... It's a choice.. Watch more of my videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision!

[@engage1942]

@@XHB06400CANNES I cannot imagine how you endure all of this, I am uncomfortable even if a few mosquitos are around me, cannot imagine how it is in the jungle. Thank you for your work! Keep it up! And hello from Russia :)

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@engage1942 *_After reading many comments calling for the dismantling of these cruel mirrors, I appreciate your comment which is a boost to our morale._*

[@SomeoneCommenting]

I think that he has always been so worried about watching every single movement that his rival does as a sign of threat or attack that he has never realized that the other guy always makes the same movements that he does. He's so focused on being aware and ready to counteract the slightest thing that "the other" may throw at him that he cannot notice the difference.

[@peterl1287]

I agree and I think that this innate need to protect and deal with threats is the main reason the silverbacks tend to struggle with the mirror experiment more than the females/young males.

[@rohitchaoji]

I wonder if Silverbacks at this stage can learn mirror recognition if other members of his group point it out to him. That does seem to be the case with females and younger gorillas as they have no reservations about looking at their reflections in the eye.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Indeed, the other members of his group have already helped him in his reactions to his reflection. Watch my videos kzbin.info/www/bejne/qquTkqmNj9SkoMk and after kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPFmGacdqplibc and you will see the result of this help because the silverback had already noticed the very different attitudes of the other members of his family towards their own reflection which he recognised in the mirror.* *_Case of gorilla babies_* In front of a mirror they are happy to discover a new playmate who takes pleasure in copying exactly every one of their own moves. They are very inquisitive exactly like youngs in humans. *_Case of a female gorilla_* In front of a mirror, she sees a female she has never seen before, a stranger? (her reflection): A new female for her husband, the silverback. Such are the male/female relationships in gorillas. So she doesn't know jealousy and she can quietly stay in front of her reflection and do her apprenticeship in the mirror which will allow her to recognize herself in her reflection. Keep watching the many videos I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the jungle: kzbin.infovideos

[@johnraina4828]

Amazing

[@Danilmorss]

Hm interesting how gorillas react to their reflections in horizontal planes, like water surface. Are they accustomed to such reflections as to something everyday, while with vertical reflections they behave as shown in your videos. And thank you very much for your videos! Very interesting!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

🙏🙏🙏 *I appreciate the evaluation you gave to my video.* *Have you succeeded to recognize your own image clearly by leaning over a puddle of rain water or a river?* Maybe just your shade on a sunny day? I believe that on the surface of the water its own image cannot be reflected perpendicularly but laterally. For this reason your neighbour, under some light conditions and some quality from the bottom of the pond or the river, can see distinctly your face but not his own. Please keep on watching my videos and don't forget to read the description attached to each of our 170 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@mariopejic5534]

@@XHB06400CANNES i have a question, you surely heard about what happened in Rotterdam where a gorilla could escape and murdered a Lady who visited him for a long time and always smiled and laughed at him ,which is a Provokation, i learned through your videos. I really would like to hear your opinion on that cause your an expert.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@mariopejic5534 My wife and I are neither scientists nor veterinarians nor primatologists nor photographers. We wanted to thank Gabon, which has welcomed our family for more than 35 years (in the retail sector), to show on KZbin the diversity of the fauna of this beautiful country and to make Internet users want to visit it. Our first videos posted on our KZbin channel essentially showed wildlife "passing" in front of the lenses of our trap cameras equipped with motion detectors: The passage of an elephant in front of the objective of a trap for about twenty seconds is not particularly interesting. On the other hand, a video of young elephants playing in a river while adults are quenching their thirst is much more enjoyable to watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aompmIWhiMaYitU Elephant calves have fun during a creek crossing (Gabon jungle). To find such "spots" it is advisable to get further away from the path used by the few 4x4 vehicles of Nyonié, to go deeper into the forest and to walk in the beds of creeks and small rivers. This is not safe, especially when you are old. To progress more easily in the forest, animals use this off-road trail, without vines, bushes, brambles and trees mixed on the ground because of the very numerous tornadoes in this region on the Equator line. We came up with the idea of placing very large mirrors at the end of a long straight line of an off-road track to catch their eyes and "block" them in front of their image. We have also placed other mirrors under trees where numerous animals appreciate the fruits. At other locations in the middle of the forest it would have been very lucky for animals to meet their reflection. Our use of mirrors has been of great interest to primatologists, including members of the PSG, not the Paris Saint Germain football club, but the Primate Specialists Group, who have only been able to study self-recognition in a mirror in great apes in laboratories with captive animals or animals born in captivity, used to contact with humans. These animals did not have to search for food, defend their families against other congeners and predators, sometimes imitating humans, and therefore had very different distorted behaviours from primates living in complete freedom with their group or family in a remote area of Gabon's forest. Our cameras have highlighted a very particular behaviour among chimpanzees in the Nyonié region and resulted in a scientific publication, "Reflections in rainforest mirrors facilitate behavioral observations of wild chimpanzees Primates n°58 2017-01". On our two following videos this behavior is filmed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWweJaCp7ZkaKc (Rump-Rump Rubbing in Chimpanzees = anti-stress effect? A social behavior ever observed previously) and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqfPmoekf5yCotE (scared chimps reassure themselves with pseudo-copulation and rump-to-rump contacts front of mirror). This is how, incidentally in wild animals, we discovered and became interested in their self-recognition in our large mirrors. Keep watching my homemade videos (170 pieces) that I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting explanations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle and share its link with your friends: kzbin.infovideos

[@tinkmarshino]

Such interesting work my friend.. I wish I could join you in your fascinating world of mirrors and behavior of wild animals.. Carry on and stay safe all of you!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Thanks to our loyal subscriber! *Your feedback on my video encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion.* It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. We are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on...

[@tinkmarshino]

@@XHB06400CANNES You, your wife and friends are amazing people.. The dedication and drive to carry on is inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to share with us some of your great work..

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@tinkmarshino You have overwhelmed us with your great compliment!

[@jorgemontenegro6964]

It's good to see that the old silverback is becoming self-conscious about how he looks like, at least, a little bit.

[@stanlee2200]

Hes very handsome and it seems hes taking a liking to the weirdo in the mirror bc hes handsome too lol...I love watching this guy as he is very protective and watches out for his family very well. A perfect example of the finest Gorilla DNA, and i love that chestnot brown on that big head.

[@wormhole331]

This guy is making me yawn like crazy too.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*In primates, apart from the yawning of rest before periods of sleep, there are "emotional yawning" mainly reserved for dominant males, triggered by "psychological tension".* *Allow me to suggest that you watch my following videos with yawns and to read each attached description?* kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5CmiqZurb-mfdk an ex-alpha male mandrill, thrown out by the horde, now a solitary, meets a mirror in the rainforest kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX6mgnt_lqh6pq8 A silverback gorilla briefly looks his reflection in the eyes and yawns: not tiredness, but arousal! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6TEamRso8Sbadk male mandrill with impressive canines kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4fEkGergrGieLc Female chimpanzees' fascination with mirror incenses male Please read the description attached to each of my videos published on my KZbin channel you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@franciscoman22]

That's definitively the most thinking he did in his life

[@tomiiSB]

thanks for the circles and arrows! without those i would be fixed on the trees or the leafs. joke! nice work thanks for the video

[@XHB06400CANNES]

I suggest you some of my 180 homemade-made videos from my channel which have never been recommended by KZbin and which unfortunately have a very small number of views even though they are very instructive such as: Baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U A male and a female leopard overuse a mirror for their SMS. The gorilla disapproves kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpOmkoOJYpVkpJY dance with intimidation jumps among chimpanzees in front of mirrors set in their jungle (Gabon) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5Kyipxtipycqpo a young male sitatunga (swamp-dwelling antelope) crosses the creek in two jumps - Gabon's jungle kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWSkmXepmrKfeas Blood-sucking Ticks often infest Elephant skin causing intense itching. How do they get rid of them? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnfcga1rp9eme8U In the jungle, a mirror must often be replaced kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKHIdoCKobeYh9k In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo How do elephants pick mangoes if the branches of the mango trees are too high? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3LIlWawappnn9U and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Keep watching the numerous videos that I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle : kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@tomsnowden6201]

Me in the bathroom stall with an intruder.

[@becominghero9754]

Xavier, the word arousal doesn't mean to most people what you have put here. I understand as a medical professional you mean sympathetic arousal or a rise in emotional tension, but most viewers will think you mean sexual, which is not the behavior described of this gorilla. It may help to use another word! I think it's really cool what you are doing, by the way.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*The word "arousal" is a precise word to describe an increase in physiological and/or psychological tension. It is true that the word is often associated with the adjective "sexual."* 🙏🙏🙏 *I appreciate the label you gave to our work.* May I invite you to watch especially my videos which, unfortunately, have a very small number of views and are very informative like: Baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY Baby gorilla is in mirror training class: Mom's coming to pick him up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rUpHmphK-bhtE Elephants calves playing in heavy rain in the Gabon jungle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIiuZ6SBqMt_rNk A calf elephant thinks its reflection in the mirror would be a young cow or a young calf: cute react kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ25h5uejrunibc For a baby elephant it is not easy to move through the jungle (Gabon): kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHmXgWCgdshpeLM In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Two Silverback Gorillas Fight in the Jungle - Animals Reactions in Huge Mirrors dirtied by a Leopard kzbin.info/www/bejne/anStYWeterGgfrc After each watching, don't forget to read my description with more information attached to each of my 170 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos Good vision! Thank you again.

[@smerzeer7740]

PFFF I’m ngl I was like “hold up the gorilla is getting aroused by himself?” It took me a minute to understand what was really going on 😂🤣

[@TheStengo]

Fascinating.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

🙏🙏🙏 *I appreciate the label you gave to my video.* *To the gorilla fanatics, I advise you to watch my following videos published on my channel **kzbin.infovideos** (do not forget after each viewing to read the description attached to each of my videos):* kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuYoo16jZqKqbc In the Gabon jungle a young male gorilla continues his learning in the mirror long version kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5SwqnWJYp1qgs0 a blackback gorilla makes some crazy faces at his reflection during learning in the mirror kzbin.info/www/bejne/pau9gKBsbZ18m9E a young male gorilla takes his mirror training seriously (unlike his family - 45 min long version) kzbin.info/www/bejne/amqWiWOlrdhojpY Unlike his family this young gorilla male takes his mirror training seriously in the Gabon jungle kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2Oqiql7eZKZhMk a Young Gorilla Male Keeps on Learning in Mirror in Gabon Jungle, at Night, under Heavy Rainstorm kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWS2gpdnpMSlZpI A Young Gorilla’s Reactions to his Reflections in Mirrors In Gabonese Jungle : a Dancer? a Drummer? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6LTYWOLqdOZndE Some innate behaviors in this adolescent gorilla are really very close to ours but not all ( Gabon) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rUpHmphK-bhtE Baby gorilla is in mirror training class: Mom's coming to pick him up kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX6lpYeDmbyifac Young gorillas learning in the mirror kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5q0gouGjteiqLc Silverback gorilla ignores his reflection

[@kallurathore4733]

He doesn't have ball to right him directly 🤣

[@bacilluscereus1299]

Move over Arnold! Dang that gorilla yawn made me copy him.

[@mcanuysal]

I have always thought that being an alpha male in both chimps and gorillas undermines/masks a potential intellectual breakthrough due to the stress and responsibility that they re under. But this one seems progressing and proving me wrong!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Perfectly! due to the stress and responsibility that they are under. Please watch reactions of an alpha chimp front of one of m mirrors as he is alone: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHmZqnSkmp1rf6c and please read my attached description

[@mcanuysal]

@@XHB06400CANNES I always read your descriptions mr. Hubert-Brierre. And I have seen all of your upload so far and I praise your work.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@mcanuysal *Your feedback on my videos and their descriptions encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion.*It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed we are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on...* It's a choice.. A big MERCI!

[@SynthOSphere]

Not only in chimps and gorillas... in humans too! The stereotype of the college jock, bully dude, alpha male at school, being most of the times an idiot.

[@chrispeters4405]

fascinating

[@XHB06400CANNES]

🙏🙏🙏 I appreciate the label you gave to my video. May I invite you to watch especially my videos which, unfortunately, have a very small number of views and are very informative like: Baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U Fresh Water from Creeks triggers the urge to urinate in wild mammals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3YenSvbNBjopo Amazing Antelope - The Water chevrotain dive and swim beneath the water surface kzbin.info/www/bejne/a53YeImtd5loack As First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo How do elephants pick mangoes if the branches of the mango trees are too high? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3LIlWawappnn9U Eaters of waterlilies: Buffalo, Elephant, Sitatunga: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXqraGmjfq6imJY Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6CcmIqfbdWNp6c Before buying ivory jewellery or carved ivory objects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJPYhZ1tpbOpfq8 and unfortunately there are many others in this case! After each watching, don't forget to read my description with more information attached to each of my 180 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos Good vision! Thank you again.

[@p0zyrPB]

In the end, the fight is only ever with yourself

[@deezupzeohdown957]

Man is he gonna feel dumb when he finds out 😂😂😂😂

[@tonyh6438]

He knows somethings not right the smell.

[@marcialima1859]

Eu gostei muito

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Para os fanáticos por gorilas, sugiro que assistam aos seguintes vídeos postados no meu canal* kzbin.infovideos *Por favor leia a descrição, em inglês e francês, anexada a este vídeo e também a cada um dos nossos 180 vídeos no meu canal. Você encontrará informações muito interessantes sobre os animais filmados por nossas câmeras na selva gabonesa. Se você não fala inglês ou francês, você pode usar software de tradução livre como o* www.deepl.com/pt-PT/translator translate.google.pt/?hl=pt kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuYoo16jZqKqbc Na selva do Gabão, um jovem gorila macho continua a sua aprendizagem na versão longa ao espelho kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5SwqnWJYp1qgs0 um gorila de costas negras faz algumas caras loucas ao seu reflexo durante a aprendizagem ao espelho kzbin.info/www/bejne/pau9gKBsbZ18m9E um jovem gorila macho leva a sério a sua formação ao espelho (ao contrário da sua família - versão de 45 min. de comprimento) kzbin.info/www/bejne/amqWiWOlrdhojpY Ao contrário da sua família, este jovem gorila macho leva a sério a sua formação em espelho na selva do Gabão kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2Oqiql7eZKZhMk a Young Gorilla Male Keeps on Learning in Mirror in Gabon Jungle, at Night, under Heavy Rainstorm kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWS2gpdnpMSlZpI Reacções de um jovem gorila às suas reflexões em espelhos na selva gabonesa: um bailarino? um baterista? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6LTYWOLqdOZndE Alguns comportamentos inatos neste gorila adolescente são realmente muito próximos dos nossos mas não de todos ( Gabão) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rUpHmphK-bhtE O gorila bebé está na aula de formação de espelhos: A mãe vem buscá-lo kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX6lpYeDmbyifac Jovens gorilas aprendendo no espelho kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5q0gouGjteiqLc O gorila de costas prateadas ignora o seu reflexo kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPFmGacdqplibc A família Gabonese Gorilla tem todas reacções frias ao seu reflexo espelhado, excepto o dorso prateado kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX6mgnt_lqh6pq8 Um gorila de costas prateadas olha brevemente o seu reflexo nos olhos e boceja: não cansaço, mas excitação! Boa visão!

[@timholt9948]

Thought he was going to flex and kiss his bicep like me

[@Trygon]

Fascinating stuff. I truly believe this work is laying the foundation for interspecies communication, terrestrial or otherwise.

[@DO-NOT-COMPLY-MANDATES]

Lol. Wow.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 (𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦) kzbin.infovideos kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuYoo16jZqKqbc In the Gabon jungle a young male gorilla continues his learning in the mirror long version kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5SwqnWJYp1qgs0 a blackback gorilla makes some crazy faces at his reflection during learning in the mirror kzbin.info/www/bejne/pau9gKBsbZ18m9E a young male gorilla takes his mirror training seriously (unlike his family - 45 min long version) kzbin.info/www/bejne/amqWiWOlrdhojpY Unlike his family this young gorilla male takes his mirror training seriously in the Gabon jungle kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2Oqiql7eZKZhMk a Young Gorilla Male Keeps on Learning in Mirror in Gabon Jungle, at Night, under Heavy Rainstorm kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWS2gpdnpMSlZpI A Young Gorilla’s Reactions to his Reflections in Mirrors In Gabonese Jungle : a Dancer? a Drummer? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6LTYWOLqdOZndE Some innate behaviors in this adolescent gorilla are really very close to ours but not all ( Gabon) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rUpHmphK-bhtE Baby gorilla is in mirror training class: Mom's coming to pick him up kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX6lpYeDmbyifac Young gorillas learning in the mirror kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5q0gouGjteiqLc Silverback gorilla ignores his reflection kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPFmGacdqplibc Gabonese Gorilla family all have cool reactions to their mirror reflection except for the silverback Good vision!

[@rerecycled7507]

What do you make of the fact that this one gorilla who's gotten used to this mirror for 10 years still don't get it, but a crow instinctively knows it's looking at itself?

[@yuppieMa]

Amazing. His level of self-consciousness is slowly progressing. But I still wonder why there are some animals capable of being self-aware while others seem to stay in a perpetual state of unconsciousness

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Not all animals have the cognitive ability to recognise themselves in a mirror, and for those that do, their social status can sometimes reduce their ability to recognise themselves! Thank you for checking out more of my 170 home made videos published on my channel and after each viewing read the attached description in english and in french languages to learn more about the behaviour of wild animals in this region of Gabon where our mirrors are set up. kzbin.infovideos

[@r.k845]

@@XHB06400CANNES Home made? You do all this by yourself?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@r.k845 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁: My wife and I are neither scientists nor veterinarians nor primatologists nor photographers. We wanted to thank Gabon, which has welcomed our family for more than 35 years (in the retail sector), to show on KZbin the diversity of the fauna of this beautiful country and to make Internet users want to visit it. Our first videos posted on our KZbin channel essentially showed wildlife "passing" in front of the lenses of our trap cameras equipped with motion detectors: The passage of an elephant in front of the objective of a trap for about twenty seconds is not particularly interesting. On the other hand, a video of young elephants playing in a river while adults are quenching their thirst is much more enjoyable to watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aompmIWhiMaYitU Elephant calves have fun during a creek crossing (Gabon jungle). To find such "spots" it is advisable to get further away from the path used by the few 4x4 vehicles of Nyonié, to go deeper into the forest and to walk in the beds of creeks and small rivers. This is not safe, especially when you are old. To progress more easily in the forest, animals use this off-road trail, without vines, bushes, brambles and trees mixed on the ground because of the very numerous tornadoes in this region on the Equator line. We came up with the idea of placing very large mirrors at the end of a long straight line of an off-road track to catch their eyes and "block" them in front of their image. We have also placed other mirrors under trees where numerous animals appreciate the fruits. At other locations in the middle of the forest it would have been very lucky for animals to meet their reflection. Our use of mirrors has been of great interest to primatologists, including members of the PSG, not the Paris Saint Germain football club, but the Primate Specialists Group, who have only been able to study self-recognition in a mirror in great apes in laboratories with captive animals or animals born in captivity, used to contact with humans. These animals did not have to search for food, defend their families against other congeners and predators, sometimes imitating humans, and therefore had very different distorted behaviours from primates living in complete freedom with their group or family in a remote area of Gabon's forest. Our cameras have highlighted a very particular behaviour among chimpanzees in the Nyonié region and resulted in a scientific publication, "Reflections in rainforest mirrors facilitate behavioral observations of wild chimpanzees Primates n°58 2017-01". On our two following videos this behavior is filmed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWweJaCp7ZkaKc (Rump-Rump Rubbing in Chimpanzees = anti-stress effect? A social behavior ever observed previously) and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqfPmoekf5yCotE (scared chimps reassure themselves with pseudo-copulation and rump-to-rump contacts front of mirror). This is how, incidentally in wild animals, we discovered and became interested in their self-recognition in our large mirrors. Keep watching my homemade videos (170 pieces) that I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting explanations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle and share its link with your friends: kzbin.infovideos

[@eclipse369.]

They are not in a perpetual state of unconsciousness lol. Ludicrous statement i would say. State of survival more like it. If you can say what its like to be something, then that something is conscious.

[@bbkingme8831]

He sczred of his self. Amazing hos i jus realized gorillas, tigers, etc never saw what they themselves look like. They dont know what they look like.

[@CMC440]

This Is Exactly Fight I Have With Myself Everyday?

[@deathproofduck6897]

Next he will start admiring his reflection. Then the narcissism begins...

[@christianvigna]

Je pense qu'il a compris que c'était bien lui dans le miroir... à 99%, Ciao CV

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Salut Christian ! Encore quelques séances d'étude des miroirs et alors ce dos argenté les utilisera, sans la moindre appréhension, pour examiner les parties de son corps qu'il ne peut voir directement, tout comme l'a fait le reste de sa famille dans de nombreuses vidéos mises en ligne sur ma chaine. Comme tu as pu le constater la description a été rédigée par le Professeur Jim Anderson, expert dans le comportement des primates et membre du PSG (Primate Specialist Group). Ca y est on peut à Cannes profiter à nouveau des terrasses des restaurants. Ciao à +

[@hoghuntrdogestyl]

That one guy in the gym while working out

[@Kwelinzito]

He wants to see if his reflection will run in the opposite direction. He obviously needs to repeat the experiment several times to get reliable results.

[@impaugjuldivmax]

is this a glass mirror or polished metal?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*If a synthetic mirror is perfectly usable in a flat, on the other hand in the forest the different points of light created by the sun through the canopy, produce false reflections in the mirrors. Synthetic mirrors and reflective adhesive tapes do not stay flat in bad weather. Reflections are therefore distorted images. So I use glass 3 mirrors (83x120x0,5cm) that I glue, with double-sided adhesive, to a 22 m/m marine plywood fixed on a wooden frame with 4 legs and 4 buttresses at the back. Watch my following videos and you will understand my explanations better:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKHIdoCKobeYh9k kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5vbqImdqtGSoq8 *I posted a video showing resistance of my mirrors to blows given by a very angry elephant. Tusks have succeeded in break the glass, but no shard of glass came off the plywood where it is securely bonded.* kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU *Watch please on KZbin videos with lions/lionesses front of synthetic mirror footed in Serengeti Park: what do you think about their reflections if these feline are not close to mirror?* Check out more of my 170 homemade videos from my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them, you will find very interesting information. kzbin.infovideos Good vision! May I suggest you some of my videos from my channel as: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rUpHmphK-bhtE Baby gorilla is in mirror training class: Mom's coming to pick him up kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZOcaWShbbZkbrc The only baby in the chimp’s group discovers a playmate in a large mirror set up in the Gabon jungle kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGWboX2GZ52Gf8k Baby chimp : learn of mirror progress kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZW1fWicba2ibbs Wild elephant moms and their tiny babies relax, spray, wallow and play in mud. Natures' pure bliss kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX6lpYeDmbyifac Young gorillas learning in the mirror Good vision!

[@Flokoli1]

I thought it was a Russian metal and not a polished one

[@gregorysamaniego36]

For one moment I wished he would come out of the bush with a can of shaving cream and a razor, to have a shave! Also it's mesmerizing how he immediately picked up on the warning bird call, and changed his plan of attack... so freaking smart! It's shame assholes kill them as Bush meat, and because of crop issues. I wish the government would provide fencing for commercial crops. That way there is no conflict between farmers and our cousins

[@Three_Sevens]

Ten years and he still hasn't figured out it's him. Yea this what people think we came from.

[@xWonders_worldx]

At 1:58 i was scared i thought he saw me 😬

[@jesseduff3536]

I don't think it's yawning cuz it's nervous.... It appears to me he's starting to realize it's actually him in the object. And it appears in flexing his teeth and looking in the eyes and touching the mirror he's starting to realize it's himself.

[@LessTalkingMoreWalking]

I see one powerful animal.

[@jehovajireh4079]

Que locura 🤣😅🤣😅

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Que locura. **_Por favor, explique su comentario para que pueda entender cómo el comportamiento de este gorila adolescente aprendiendo en el espejo se relaciona con la locura?_*

[@pcmasterwraith7676]

how does he not figure it out though, like just trial and error even cats, dogs, mice they just dont care or know no smell? but after he tried to reach arm around the side it was like a little light like maybe but no

[@snozzcumbers]

Do young male gorillas who learn the properties of the mirror grow up and forget due to their aggression towards the reflection?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuYoo16jZqKqbc In the Gabon jungle a young male gorilla continues his learning in the mirror long version and read the attached description where I ask myself the same question and to which my cameras have not yet given me an answer. Please read the description attached to each of my 170 videos published on my KZbin channel you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@mr.meeseeks8230]

Черт! Опять в мире животных показывают!

[@christopherkeillor9728]

Is the scientist ever put food in front of these mirrors? Hey that ape just picked up some food when I did! Would they try to feed the other? Or steel from the other?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

These wild animals can go to these mirrors, as they see fit and stay in front of them, as long as they wish. They are not tied as dogs with leashes, locked as dog or cats in flats especially with dressing rooms equipped with a full-length mirror! They are not imprisoned for life in pens or cages with the distraction of watching visitors standing behind their fences or bars, eating the food they have neither picked nor hunted as Harambe (a silverback gorilla), born in captivity and dead 17 years later, still captive , killed by a bullet in his enclosure! *_No food is placed by humans next to mirrors to encourage them to come._* I would like to point out that among the wild animals meeting these mirrors placed in this remote region of Gabon, some seem happy to look at themselves in these mirrors: as these leopards: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHaTgoWcZ9Wdp8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/el6kkqVvh5qdmLs as these chimpanzees: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGWboX2GZ52Gf8k as these young gorillas: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWS2gpdnpMSlZpI Look at how the silverback gorilla's behaviour has evolved near the mirrors his family is looking at kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPFmGacdqplibc Look at how the gorilla family's walking speed increases when they approach a mirror whose location they have memorized kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPFmGacdqplibc Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 180 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@VGERGWBH]

Think thighs save lives

[@theeutecticpoint]

perhaps someday, not today, but someday. The females eventually are able to get it, perhaps he will too.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_Case of a female gorilla_* In front of a mirror, she sees a female she has never seen before, a stranger? (her reflection): A new female for her husband, the silverback (harem chief). Such are the male/female relationships in gorillas. So she doesn't know jealousy and she can quietly stay in front of her reflection and do her apprenticeship in the mirror which will allow her to recognize herself in her reflection. *_Case of gorilla babies_* In front of a mirror they are happy to discover a new playmate who takes pleasure in copying exactly every one of their own moves. They are very inquisitive exactly like in humans.

[@abdulelahkhunji6871]

Why he is not looking 🤔🙄

[@MJOLNIRMARKSIX]

How did you reinforce the mirror to withstand a Gorilla slapping it like that? 1:48

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*If a synthetic mirror is perfectly usable in an apartment, on the other hand in the forest the different points of light created by the sun through the canopy, produce false reflections in the mirrors. Synthetic mirrors and reflective adhesive tapes do not stay flat in bad weather. Reflections are therefore distorted images. Watch please on KZbin videos with lions/lionesses front of synthetic mirror footed in Serengeti Park: what do you think about their reflections if these feline are not close to mirror? So I use glass 3 mirrors (83x120x0,5cm) that I glue, with double-sided adhesive, to a 22 m/m marine plywood fixed on a wooden frame with 4 legs and 4 buttresses at the back. Watch my following videos and you will understand my explanations better:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKHIdoCKobeYh9k *I posted a video showing resistance of my mirrors to blows given by a very angry elephant. Tusks have succeeded in break the glass, but no shard of glass came off the plywood where it is securely bonded: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU *and a video showing a mirror replacement:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKHIdoCKobeYh9k Two mirror breakages were made by great tuskers who, while inspecting a mirror's frame with their trunk, raised their heads and the extremity of one of their two long tusks hit the reflective surface hard. At the noise produced by the breaking of the mirror, not understanding what they had just done, they resumed their walk in the forest. Another one was broken by a silverback gorilla doing side charges to scare its reflection. Many primates hold lianas and branches in their hands, because this makes them feel stronger. Also this gorilla pulled behind him a long branch which, bouncing on the ground, went to break the mirror while the gorilla was running along the mirror: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaqXpqKupt9litU 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5vbqImdqtGSoq8 Watch more of my 180 homemade videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision!

[@MJOLNIRMARKSIX]

@@XHB06400CANNES way more detailed explanation than most people give. Thank you for being so thorough and sure I'll sub.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@MJOLNIRMARKSIX 🙏🙏🙏 *I really appreciate it when a viewer thanks me for my explanation that allowed him to learn more about wildlife. Merci beaucoup !* May I invite you to watch especially my videos which, unfortunately, have a very small number of views and are very informative like: Baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY Baby gorilla is in mirror training class: Mom's coming to pick him up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rUpHmphK-bhtE Elephants calves playing in heavy rain in the Gabon jungle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIiuZ6SBqMt_rNk A calf elephant thinks its reflection in the mirror would be a young cow or a young calf: cute react kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ25h5uejrunibc For a baby elephant it is not easy to move through the jungle (Gabon): kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHmXgWCgdshpeLM In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Two Silverback Gorillas Fight in the Jungle - Animals Reactions in Huge Mirrors dirtied by a Leopard kzbin.info/www/bejne/anStYWeterGgfrc Check out some of my other 180 homemade videos posted on my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@papacapim200]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ApaLiatLiat511]

Hahahaha

[@sanh6276]

What does he want to do ? www

[@siegfried2k4]

When I read the title “arousal” I thought the silverback was gay.

[@SynthOSphere]

I thought the yawning was simply a passive-aggressive way (very common in alpha male apes) to show the size of their teeth, to discourage their adversary.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*In primates, apart from the yawning of rest before periods of sleep, there are "emotional yawning" mainly reserved for dominant males, triggered by "psychological tension".* *Allow me to suggest that you watch my following videos with yawns and to read each attached description?* kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5CmiqZurb-mfdk an ex-alpha male mandrill, thrown out by the horde, now a solitary, meets a mirror in the rainforest kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX6mgnt_lqh6pq8 A silverback gorilla briefly looks his reflection in the eyes and yawns: not tiredness, but arousal! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6TEamRso8Sbadk male mandrill with impressive canines kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4fEkGergrGieLc Female chimpanzees' fascination with mirror incenses male Please read the description attached to each of my videos published on my KZbin channel you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@GetMeThere1]

In at least some primates, a yawning posture is made as a threat.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Perfectly! Please watch my two following vidéo and read the attached description about their yawing kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5CmiqZurb-mfdk kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6TEamRso8Sbadk Check out more of my 170 homemade videos from my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them, you will find very interesting information. kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@GetMeThere1]

@@XHB06400CANNES Thank you. Your videos are greatly appreciated by those of us who are keenly interested in animal behavior.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@GetMeThere1 by those of us who are keenly interested in animal behavior and who read the description attached to each of my videos.🙏🙏🙏 I really appreciate it when a viewer thanks me for my reply to his/her comment. Merci beaucoup ! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁: My wife and I are neither scientists nor veterinarians nor primatologists nor photographers. We wanted to thank Gabon, which has welcomed our family for more than 35 years (in the retail sector), to show on KZbin the diversity of the fauna of this beautiful country and to make Internet users want to visit it. Our first videos posted on our KZbin channel essentially showed wildlife "passing" in front of the lenses of our trap cameras equipped with motion detectors: The passage of an elephant in front of the objective of a trap for about twenty seconds is not particularly interesting. On the other hand, a video of young elephants playing in a river while adults are quenching their thirst is much more enjoyable to watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aompmIWhiMaYitU Elephant calves have fun during a creek crossing (Gabon jungle). To find such "spots" it is advisable to get further away from the path used by the few 4x4 vehicles of Nyonié, to go deeper into the forest and to walk in the beds of creeks and small rivers. This is not safe, especially when you are old. To progress more easily in the forest, animals use this off-road trail, without vines, bushes, brambles and trees mixed on the ground because of the very numerous tornadoes in this region on the Equator line. We came up with the idea of placing very large mirrors at the end of a long straight line of an off-road track to catch their eyes and "block" them in front of their image. We have also placed other mirrors under trees where numerous animals appreciate the fruits. At other locations in the middle of the forest it would have been very lucky for animals to meet their reflection. Our use of mirrors has been of great interest to primatologists, including members of the PSG, not the Paris Saint Germain football club, but the Primate Specialists Group, who have only been able to study self-recognition in a mirror in great apes in laboratories with captive animals or animals born in captivity, used to contact with humans. These animals did not have to search for food, defend their families against other congeners and predators, sometimes imitating humans, and therefore had very different distorted behaviours from primates living in complete freedom with their group or family in a remote area of Gabon's forest. Our cameras have highlighted a very particular behaviour among chimpanzees in the Nyonié region and resulted in a scientific publication, "Reflections in rainforest mirrors facilitate behavioral observations of wild chimpanzees Primates n°58 2017-01". On our two following videos this behavior is filmed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWweJaCp7ZkaKc (Rump-Rump Rubbing in Chimpanzees = anti-stress effect? A social behavior ever observed previously) and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqfPmoekf5yCotE (scared chimps reassure themselves with pseudo-copulation and rump-to-rump contacts front of mirror). This is how, incidentally in wild animals, we discovered and became interested in their self-recognition in our large mirrors. Keep watching my homemade videos (170 pieces) that I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting explanations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle and share its link with your friends: kzbin.infovideos

[@zakwanfashabinmohamedshahu5678]

gorilla want to slep this time la...

[@pokecaa9407]

Can a Silverback beat a big cat like a lion or Tiger??

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*For a gorilla to beat a lion or a tiger, they would have to encounter each other: However, such a fight can never happen because the geographical areas where these protagonists live do not overlap: there are no tigers on the African continent where gorillas are present in the jungle with thick undergrowth and lions in the large arid savannahs.* Keep watching the numerous videos that I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle: kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@polli-esterUK]

Walking that path alone. Who would you sooner come face to face with. A silver back or a Lion.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@polli-esterUK In Gabon, lions were living in the eastern part covered with high dales with savannah vegetation and small gallery forests. The last one was killed near the town of Moanda around 1980. Only one male back from neighbouring Congo has been filmed recently. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i7fKKol9-Chqs In central and western Gabon (area where my mirrors are set up), covered by a dense rainforest, lions cannot live there. Please read my descrition attached to this video and to each of my videos published on my KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle.

[@elizabethdaniels3127]

What's the point of this I don't understand what they're trying to learn

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Have you read my description attached to this video? Dont forget after watching each one of my 180 videos published on my channel: kzbin.infovideos to click on the "SHOW MORE" option to read the accompanying description attached to each one of them. You will learn more about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle

[@elizabethdaniels3127]

@@XHB06400CANNES thank you I will do that it was my first time watching your channel

[@AverageAlien]

What

[@carlossummers5693]

Put the mirror on the ground!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

I posted a video showing resistance of my mirrors to blows given by a very angry elephant. Tusks have succeeded in break the glass, but no shard of glass came off the plywood where it is securely bonded. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU But my mirrors are not designed to be placed flat on the ground, the frame resting each day in a pool of water due to daily storms and not designed to withstand the weight of the elephants passing over it. Moreover, what is the point of putting a mirror on the floor when its purpose is to attract the curiosity of the animals and not to discover its existence by trampling on it? Check out more of my 170 homemade videos from my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them, you will find very interesting information. kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@shucksful]

Not the sharpest tool in the shed

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*The non-self awareness in a mirror is not a lack of intelligence.* In animals as in humans, self recognition in a mirror is not innate. It is the result of the more comfortable training in the mirror at home among young humans in the company of their parents who have done this training at home and who have the words to explain to their young child the properties of the mirror. Among primates, éléphants and felids, in the insecurity of the jungle learning with his parents who have not done this and who do not speak, this is much more difficult even for intelligent individuals. An adult human, facing a mirror for the first time in his life, while unaware of its properties and even its existence, would also behave irrationally. It is only the lack of knowledge of the mirror that makes him react in this way. To date: only Humans, Orangutans, Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Gorillas (blackbacks), Rhesus Macaques, Bottlenose Dolphins, Asian Elephants, Orcas, African Grey Parrot and Magpies have shown the ability to recognize their own reflections after an even long training in the mirror for some ones. Please read the description attached to each of my 180 videos published on my KZbin channel you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@klam_knooz]

I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to sincerely apologize for inadvertently violating your rights as a content creator on KZbin. I acknowledge that I am new to the platform and was unaware of the specific rules and regulations that govern its usage. Upon realizing my mistake, I immediately removed the video in question and took the necessary steps to educate myself about KZbin's policies and guidelines. I now understand the importance of respecting the intellectual property rights of others and the negative impact that unauthorized use of content can have on content creators like yourself. I would like to kindly request that you consider withdrawing the takedown request for the video. I assure you that I have learned my lesson and will be more cautious in the future. In addition, I would like to extend my support by recommending your channel to others without any expectations or compensation. Once again, I deeply apologize for any inconvenience or distress my actions may have caused. Thank you for your understanding and for considering my request ................................................................................................................................. J'espère que ce message vous trouvera en bonne santé. Je tiens à m'excuser sincèrement pour avoir involontairement enfreint vos droits en tant que créateur de contenu sur KZbin. Je reconnais que je suis nouveau sur cette plateforme et que j'ignorais les règles et réglementations spécifiques qui la régissent. Dès que j'ai pris conscience de mon erreur, j'ai immédiatement retiré la vidéo en question et entrepris les démarches nécessaires pour me familiariser avec les politiques et les directives de KZbin. Je comprends maintenant l'importance de respecter les droits de propriété intellectuelle d'autrui et l'impact négatif que l'utilisation non autorisée de contenu peut avoir sur des créateurs de contenu tels que vous. Je vous demande humblement de bien vouloir retirer la demande de suppression de la vidéo. Je vous assure avoir tiré les leçons de cette expérience et ferai preuve de plus de prudence à l'avenir. De plus, je souhaiterais vous apporter mon soutien en recommandant votre chaîne à d'autres personnes sans aucune attente ni compensation. Encore une fois, je m'excuse sincèrement pour les désagréments ou les soucis que mes actions ont pu causer. Je vous remercie de votre compréhension et de prendre en considération ma demande.

[@Freud5709]

Looks like he does never get that it's him in the reflection. Not after 10 years! All he learned is that it's most likely no threat - that's it, not more. You are also wrong about humans. If a human never saw a mirror and he is normally intelligent and put in front of it for the first time when he is 20 or around that age he will instantly recognize himself in that mirror. It will take him a few minutes to see it correctly. And the gorilla? Not after 10 years - that's how stupid they really are compared to humans. Also, primitive human tribes know that their reflection in the water resemblance themself - they don't even need a mirror for that.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*1) Have you been able to recognize your own image clearly by leaning over a puddle of rain water or over a river or a lake? Maybe just your shade on a sunny day? On the surface of the water its own image cannot be reflected perpendicularly but laterally. For this reason your neighbour, under some light conditions and some quality from the bottom of the pond or the river, can see distinctly your face but not its own.* *2) I saw a scene where white explorers meeting a Papuan tribe shot a polaroid photo of a man and a woman side by side: Both of them recognized the other and didn't want to admit to being the second person in the photo because each didn't know what he looked like, having never seen himself!* *3) In the following video* kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXibaHuXnrRsj9U *, an excerpt from the report of the French director Jean-Pierre Dutilleux on a first contact with the Toulambis tribe in Papua New Guinea shows adult dads who were afraid to see themselves in a mirror, but who after a few minutes understood the reflective properties of this object. Compared to the silverback gorilla alone facing his reflection in a very large mirror, avoiding direct eye contact with it, or with a chimpanzee group all together front of a mirror, it was easier for these Papuans, endowed with speech, standing in the middle of their quiet tribe, in front of a very small mirror with a white one that shows its reflective property, to understand, their reflection through the comments of other tribe members.* Check out more of my 180 homemade videos from my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them, you will find very interesting information. kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@SoCyniqal]

Arousal my arse man, the dude yawned and as soon as he looked at the mirror he tried to smack it silly

[@user-kh1kx3mt8s]

It's so funny how we laugh without remembering that we were no different from those gorillas just thousands of years ago. Don't overlook what constant human development and socialization have made you laugh on KZbin now The day will come when the earth is in ruins that gorilla's blood is no different from yours.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

The kinship of the gorilla and the chimpanzee with man is not in doubt today. Moreover, the "great apes" are classified in the same primate family as man: the hominids. *_We are all tailless primates! Despite some differences such as the length of the limbs or the shape of the jaws, similarities are obvious in the skeleton: large skull to house the voluminous brain, large rib cage and long arms._* But man is closer to gorillas or chimpanzees than to orangutans. A genetic resemblance has been discovered: man is said to have about 99% of his genes in common with the chimpanzee and only slightly less with the gorilla. The gorilla is therefore, after the chimpanzee, the second closest cousin to man! *_And we would have a common ancestor, who would have lived in Africa only 8 to 10 million years ago._* Please watch my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGGul3Ror9eef5I This adolescent gorilla's attitude is really very close to that of his human cousins (Gabon jungle) Check out more of my 180 homemade videos from my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them, you will find very interesting information. kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@user-kh1kx3mt8s]

@@XHB06400CANNES I am from Korea. I agree with you and thank you. Many humans hope to realize their foolishness by watching the videos you make.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

​@@user-kh1kx3mt8s 🙏🙏🙏 I really appreciate it when a viewer thanks me for my reply to his/her comment. Merci beaucoup ! Greatings from Cannes (France) to Korea. Keep watching my other 180 homemade videos posted on my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@handleofswod]

So it's a gay gorilla

[@dh88k]

That guy never recognize himself, never looked himself straight in the eyes until the very end of this clip right before he finally attempted a real charge, all others where feints with little contact. I have a hard time believing that that individual had been exposed to the mirror for ten years and still see it as an existential threat. On another note yawning (exposing your canines) in us primates is a sign of domination.