For this alpha chimpanzee, a quick social finger-to-anus rub doesn’t reduce mirror-induced confusion

Description English/French. 𝐑.𝐈.𝐏. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 In the gabonese rainforest, Anne-Marie and Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE and Michel GUISS DJOMOU have set up their large mirrors to shoot the animals' reactions to their reflections (Equatorial Africa). 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗦, 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙-𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘. For young humans, it develops from relaxed “training” sessions at home, in front of the mirror in the company of their parents, who can already self-recognize and who have the words to explain the properties of the mirror to their young child. Among chimpanzees, in the insecure and unpredictable environment of the jungle, learning to self-recognize from one’s parents, who might not recognize themselves and who do not speak, is much more difficult. In front of a mirror, an 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲𝗲 effectively recognizes his group members’ reflections, and he also notices the presence of a stranger he has never met. What is this individual doing here? Why is he here? Why would I share with this stranger our group’s territory or females? In an attempt to intimidate this stranger he displays his large build, stands in a bipedal posture with arms outstretched, hair bristling, and violently slaps the ground with the palms of his hands on the ground. Because the reflection does the same thing, alpha males are often confused.
In some other of my videos we see how males have found ways to decrease anxiety arising from the mirror's presence. One way is pseudo-copulation (two males stand bipedally back-to-back and one briefly rubs his scrotum against the buttocks of the other male); see • Chimpanzees front of a... - in standing croup to croup (two males rub their rumps together) • Mother chimpanzee and ...
And now a new solution: a fast finger-to-anus rub by one male toward another!
In the case of an 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲𝗲, in the mirror she sees a female she has never seen before (her reflection): a stranger? Will the dominant males of the group share this newcomer? However, the female doesn’t appear jealous, and she might quietly stay near her reflection and gradually learn more about it, which will eventually lead to her recognizing herself in her mirror. As for 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 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 human youngsters
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CHEZ LES ANIMAUX COMME CHEZ LES HUMAINS, LA RECONNAISSANCE DE SOI DANS UN MIROIR N'EST PAS INNÉE. Elle est le résultat d'un entraînement au miroir plus confortable à la maison chez les jeunes humains en compagnie de leurs parents qui ont fait cet entraînement et qui ont les mots pour expliquer à leur jeune enfant les propriétés du miroir. Chez les chimpanzés, dans l'insécurité de la jungle, apprendre avec ses parents qui n'ont pas fait cela et qui ne parlent pas, c'est beaucoup plus difficile. Devant un miroir, chaque 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘇é 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 reconnaît effectivement ses voisins parmi les reflets, il remarque aussi la présence d'un étranger qu'il n'a jamais rencontré : son image qu'il ne connaît pas. Que fait-il là ? Pourquoi est-il là ? Pourquoi partagerais-je avec ce mâle inconnu le droit de s'accoupler avec les femelles de notre groupe ? Pour tenter d'effrayer cet étranger, il montre sa grande taille, se tenant en position bipède, les bras tendus, ébouriffant ses poils, et montre sa force en donnant de fortes claques avec la paume de ses mains. Comme son reflet adopte la même attitude, les mâles alpha sont souvent désorientés.
Dans d'autres de mes vidéos, certains mâles ont trouvé un moyen de faire baisser le stress du miroir, comme :
- en position d'une pseudo-copulation (Bipède dos à dos, un mâle frotte brièvement son scrotum contre les fesses d'un autre mâle) • Chimpanzees front of a...
- en position debout, dos à dos, deux mâles se frottent leur croupe • Mother chimpanzee and ...
Et maintenant une nouvelle solution : un frottement de doigts rapide réalisé par un congénère mâle !
Cas d'un 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘇é 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 : devant un miroir, elle voit une femelle qu'elle n'a jamais vue auparavant, un étranger ? (son reflet) : Une nouvelle femelle que les mâles dominants du groupe vont se partager. Telles sont les relations homme/femme chez les chimpanzés. Ainsi, elle ne connaît pas la jalousie et elle peut tranquillement rester devant son reflet et faire son apprentissage dans le miroir qui lui permettra de se reconnaître dans son reflet.
Cas des 𝗯é𝗯é𝘀 𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 : Devant un miroir, ils sont heureux de découvrir un nouveau compagnon de jeu qui prend plaisir à copier exactement chacun de leurs mouvements. Ils sont très curieux, exactement comme chez les jeunes humains.

[@zamfielis]

I do that to my friends to calm them down.

[@tamarikimani5701]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♀️

[@steveedwards1684]

LMAOOOOO

[@steveedwards1684]

I swear this comment is funny af

[@RBRB-hb4mu]

Me too

[@Ushgulubululum]

I do this to my girlfriend

[@jhyland87]

He's pressing on that like he's trying to close the elevator door faster.

[@bourbon_sketcher]

😂

[@duncan7593]

that is a roller coaster of a title.

[@Mandy7D7]

Thank you for bringing more understanding about these amazing creatures. There is nothing bad or harmful about these mirrors. The more we understand about our fellow living beings the better we can do for them.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*After reading numerous comments calling for the dismantling of these sadistic mirrors, 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. 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 160 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: 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/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 160 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 jungle: Good vision!

[@naveendahiya144]

@@XHB06400CANNES just avoid the hate. It's totally harmless. Keep doing it. You are doing an amazing work. 👍

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@naveendahiya144 *_A comment like yours is comforting after reading numerous comments calling for the dismantling of these cruel mirrors!_* 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 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? youtu.be/nYKpZnSae 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 How do elephants pick mangoes if the branches of the mango trees are too high? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3LIlWawappnn9U Fresh Water from Creeks triggers the urge to urinate in wild mammals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3YenSvbNBjopo In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo 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! Good vision!

[@naveendahiya144]

@@XHB06400CANNES Thanks, but I think I'll watch them later when I will be having some free time. I'm very curious about human and animal psychology.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@naveendahiya144 I really appreciate it when a viewer thanks me for my reply to his/her comment. Merci beaucoup !

[@luccvivid1965]

0:45 *Oh no theyre learning karate*

[@funkylentil6966]

Man, Imagine having to drive down that road regularly.

[@tinkmarshino]

imagine him in traffic!!

[@s-zz]

Me: reads title Me: "I'm sOrRy wHat?."

[@jyjyjy]

Interesting. I have a video of the same experiment with humans doing the finger massage relief technique while watching themself in a mirror. Might post that here. Or on some other website.

[@Katanaz]

I hope you didn’t search for this

[@BearMeOut]

Human : haha! Dumb monkey, why can't they realize something so simple? Also human : using plastic for 1 time bottled water, burning forrest, dumping factories chemical to the river, over fishing. That huge pool of water where we get our fish for eating? Let's dump our trash in there.

[@Amitmaurya-st4ii]

Koi o

[@Wilhelmofdeseret]

I’m going to mount you on my wall

[@mathildamn9651]

Imagine the people who did bring that mirror here. They could have faced some gorillaz, leopards, elephants... randomly

[@feaxvos8516]

ayo mans sus at 0:18

[@user-wk6gi1fc1x]

0:18 lollllll

[@vorox7658]

No

[@sunerezhep]

ахаха

[@adrianff8992]

Aaaaa piche sucio xd

[@liberatorg410]

I know lol

[@wildflowerred6323]

Now that’s what I call FRIENDSHIP! A pal who’s willing to do what it takes to support you in moments of need😂.

[@burn12k8]

Gay

[@Gem_Am_I]

This is so cool

[@facundosterzerforino1704]

Very interesting!! continue with the good work 😊 and good luck!!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*After reading numerous comments calling for the dismantling of these sadistic mirrors, 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. 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 160 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: 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/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 160 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 jungle: Good vision!

[@facundosterzerforino1704]

@@XHB06400CANNES Never let other people try to thear down the passion you, your wife and your friend have!!! you aren't doing any harm to these animals! but try to stay safe, i don't recognize the bugs but their name already make them really scary haha and i share with you the frustacion that can come by writing in english, is not my first language either, i speak spanish, well i'm going to see the elephants videos,Buena suerte!Good luck!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@facundosterzerforino1704 I thank you for the support that you bring me because if the presence of my mirrors can disturb some species in the jungle, quickly many of them get habituated to it and even take pleasure to observe their reflection in my mirrors. They are not kept on a leash like dogs with a master pulling on them when they want to sniff a good smell, nor always like dogs or cats, locked up in flats with cupboard doors covered with large mirrors. They are not kept for life in pens or cages, with the only distraction being watching human visitors stuck behind their fences or bars, and eating for survival food they have neither picked up nor hunted, but simply in a bowl slipped under the bars of their pen! Here in Nyonié, wild animals can go to these mirrors, as they wish, and stay in front of them for as long as they wish. No food is placed by humans next to the mirrors to attract them. The presence of my mirrors does not make life in the jungle any more cruel than it already is without them: The way these territorial and dominate animals are reacting to their own reflection is no different from how they would act towards a rival. They constantly encounter other opponents in the forest. And these opponents (or prey) have real claws, fangs, tusks and horns to defend themselves and shed blood. They also have to fight each other within their own family, herd or pride for status and territory or for access to food, females, and may die in these encounters. Don't forget to read the description attached to each of our 160 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@diegoarciniegas4712]

Me encantó, muy bueno 😄😄😄

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Un comentario como el suyo nos anima después de pasar días en el bosque gabonés manteniendo nuestros espejos y muchas cámaras con mi esposa. Atemperado por las tormentas, el cuerpo está cubierto de mordeduras de todo tipo de insectos (tse-tse, hormigas negras, etc.) y desafortunadamente el número de cámaras que se niegan a funcionar aumenta. Su comentario nos anima a perseguir nuestra abrumadora y un tanto peligrosa pasión. Por tu parte sigue viendo los nuevos videos que puse en línea en mi canal. Por favor, leia a descrição anexada a cada um dos meus vídeos publicados no meu canal do KZbin você vai saber informações muito interessantes sobre as reações dos animais frente aos meus espelhos na selva kzbin.infovideos Si no hablas inglés o francés, puedes usar este práctico software de traducción. Es gratis: www.deepl.com/es/translator

[@zemaddonzo3504]

Very interesting

[@SparrowIZ]

Agreed.

[@milhouse901]

How old are you Monsieur

[@DisFookenGuyOvaHere]

I've finally figured out 2001 A Space Odyssey

[@dhayes5151]

Getting 2001 vibes watching these

[@lottofever3061]

Why 2001 specifically?

[@kyletrueman17]

I wonder if, lost to time, early hominid history had a moment like this...

[@qah_er]

I don't think so, maybe you know your family well, but not the humans...

[@aplaceandathing]

Hey you should try this with a double-sided mirror.

[@scrubby2116]

Did man just try n sparta kick the mirror 😂😂

[@thegayorder3138]

Jaja me estoy enganchando a ver estos vídeos, da mucha curiosidad ver la reacción los diferentes animales que se encuentran con los espejos.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Mi esposa y yo no somos ni científicos, ni veterinarios, ni primatólogos, ni fotógrafos. Queríamos agradecer al Gabón, que ha acogido a nuestra familia durante más de 35 años, por mostrar en KZbin la diversidad de la fauna de este hermoso país y hacer que los usuarios de Internet quieran visitarlo. Nuestros primeros vídeos publicados en nuestro canal de KZbin mostraban esencialmente la fauna "pasando" delante de las lentes de nuestras cámaras trampa equipadas con detectores de movimiento: El paso de un elefante frente al objetivo de una trampa durante unos veinte segundos no es particularmente interesante. Por otra parte, un vídeo de elefantes jóvenes jugando en un río mientras los adultos están saciando su sed es mucho más agradable de ver. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aompmIWhiMaYitU Las crías de elefante se divierten durante el cruce de un arroyo (selva de Gabón). Para encontrar estos "puntos" es aconsejable alejarse del camino utilizado por los pocos vehículos 4x4 de Nyonié, para adentrarse en el bosque y caminar por los lechos de los arroyos y pequeños ríos. Esto no es seguro, sobre todo cuando se es viejo. Para progresar más fácilmente en el bosque, los animales utilizan este camino fuera de pista, sin viñas, arbustos, zarzas y árboles mezclados en el suelo debido a los numerosos tornados que se producen en esta región en la línea del Ecuador. Se nos ocurrió la idea de colocar espejos muy grandes al final de una larga línea recta de un camino off-road para captar sus ojos y "bloquearlos" frente a su imagen. También hemos colocado otros espejos bajo los árboles donde numerosos animales aprecian los frutos. En otros lugares en el medio del bosque habría sido muy afortunado para los animales encontrarse con su reflejo. Nuestro uso de los espejos ha sido de gran interés para los primatólogos, incluyendo a los miembros del PSG, no del club de fútbol Paris Saint Germain, sino del Grupo de Especialistas en Primates, que sólo han podido estudiar el auto-reconocimiento en un espejo en grandes simios en laboratorios con animales cautivos o nacidos en cautiverio, utilizados para el contacto con humanos. Estos animales no tenían que buscar alimento, defender a sus familias contra otros congéneres y depredadores, a veces imitando a los humanos, y por lo tanto tenían comportamientos distorsionados muy diferentes de los de los primates que vivían en completa libertad con su grupo o familia en una zona remota de la selva de Gabón. Nuestras cámaras han puesto de relieve un comportamiento muy particular entre los chimpancés de la región de Nyonié y han dado lugar a una publicación científica, Reflections in rainforest mirrors facilitate behavioral observations of wild chimpanzees Primates n°58 2017-01. En nuestros dos vídeos siguientes se filma este comportamiento: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWweJaCp7ZkaKc (Rump-Rump Rubbing in Chimpanzees = efecto antiestrés? Un comportamiento social nunca antes observado) y kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqfPmoekf5yCotE (chimpancés asustados se tranquilizan con pseudo-cojinetes y contactos de grupa a grupa frente al espejo). Así es como, incidentalmente en los animales salvajes, descubrimos y nos interesamos en su auto-reconocimiento en nuestros grandes espejos. Sigue viendo los nuevos videos que he publicado en mi canal kzbin.infovideos. Lea la descripción adjunta a cada uno de mis videos en inglés y francés. Encontrará información muy interesante sobre las reacciones de los animales a mis espejos en la selva. Si no hablas inglés y francés, puedes usar este práctico software de traducción. Es gratis: www.deepl.com/es/translator

[@tinkmarshino]

looks like me at my last birthday confused and hoppin crazy.. ;-)

[@Gnomo1111]

Jj

[@floflo1767]

0'18 is good 😮☺️😁👍

[@anttheknee64]

0:18

[@drkz8]

The one dude did a frontal kick, what a badass

[@XHB06400CANNES]

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝗽: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKrOgKOaiMh0n7c Front of mirror chimpanzee slap dance to scare intruders infiltrated their domain kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5Kyipxtipycqpo dance with intimidation jumps among chimpanzees in front of mirrors set in their jungle (Gabon) kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5K2XqSioNZ2mdU Chimpanzees tap dance of intimidation ?? Danses d’intimidation chez les chimpanzés face aux miroirs kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKjOiaeom62tatU MSR Mirror Self Recognition aggressive behaviors evolves to self directed behaviors kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHTTe5l6iK2habs In a storm, male chimpanzees are frightened by their reflections in a large mirror Please check out more of 180 videos posted on my channel: kzbin.infovideos After each viewing, don't forget to read its description, which contains additional information

[@MrEvelTattoo]

Someone has a way with words .

[@user-tb4mx1hn6q]

0:18💀😂😂

[@XHB06400CANNES]

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). On our KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos are published more than 180 videos captured by our trap cameras fixed in the Gabon jungle. The majority of them show encounters of wild animals with our 6 large mirrors. After watching each of our videos, don't forget to read the description in english attached to learn more about the behaviour of the animals in front of their reflection.

[@besacciaesteban]

I've been thinking a lot about the capabilities of apes in the last years. I am fascinated with the posibility that chimps could be taught the concept of farming, that is, the idea of destroying food now to collect more later. Do you know of any paper about that?

[@Youbarkimeow]

I'm laughing so hard lol

[@Gnomo1111]

I hope in live KZbin like that

[@MAANZImedia]

if you put a giant screen with kingkong !!?

[@margaretmcguire3241]

I heard it through the grapevine... sorry, but that's what I thought... with that vine and all... Lol

[@JustMe-tv1uo]

gachiHYPER

[@DARCZTOPS]

Hola bro, Quiciera PEDIRTE MIL DISCULPAS, por haber usado tu material sin consentimiento, Quiciera que de cualquier manera pudieras contestar el correo que te envie para que solucionemos esto, ya que pones en riesgo que eliminen mi canal, te pido de nuevo mil disculpas y que me ayudes a que no termine yo en la calle, excelente video ♥

[@adrianff8992]

Calla escuchemos kid munni

[@legoboom2835]

Под конец завелась она и уехала

[@christianvigna]

J’ai l’impression qu’ils viennent pour la 1 ère fois devant le miroir !

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Alors que toi-même tu es un témoin que ces miroirs sont installés depuis plus de 10 ans dans leur forêt. Ne pourrait-on pas imaginer que ces mâles dominants font semblant de ne pas avoir compris que ces reflets sont les leurs et, en montrant un comportement si belliqueux, ils justifient leur statut aux yeux des chimpanzés d'un rang inférieur qui les observent en arrière plan ? A+

[@konsul2006]

How the F did we evolve from that XD (just kidding)

[@zakazany1945]

We didn't evolve FROM them, we share a common ancestor

[@konsul2006]

@@zakazany1945 thank you for the correction. (I know).

[@argedjosue9134]

Xdxdxdxdxd imaginese un golpe de esos monos jajajjajja

[@Gnomo1111]

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[@argedjosue9134]

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[@Gnomo1111]

@@argedjosue9134 golpe

[@Gnomo1111]

golpe

[@phuccavedakrot3270]

🤣🤣

[@inxxxes]

someone try this ? 3:) have any adrenaline result ? :))))

[@a3raf]

Welcome, first I apologize to you for using your content. I did not know that I hope you withdraw the violation and the video will be deleted by us waiting for your reply Greetings to you

[@itsthe1]

Not my ancestors.

[@theokrisna]

No, they're kinda your long lost siblings

[@Tristy1x]

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[@DARCZTOPS]

Hi bro, I would like to APPLY A THOUSAND FOR APOLOGIES, for having used your material without consent, I would like you to be able to answer the email I sent you in any way so that we can solve this, since you put at risk that they eliminate my channel, I again ask you a thousand apologies and Help me not to end up on the street, excellent video ♥ Hermano y te pido compasion y disculpas, he estado llorando no quiero que mi ilusion se acabe aqui, Un saludo y suerte bro, Dios te bendiga Hola bro, Quisiera PEDIRTE MIL DISCULPAS, por haber usado tu material sin consentimiento, Quisiera que de cualquier manera pudieras contestar el correo que te envié para que solucionemos esto, ya que pones en riesgo que eliminen mi canal, te pido de nuevo mil disculpas y que me ayudes a que no termine yo en la calle, excelente video ♥

[@21jajego1]

You didn't make these mirrors for their good. You add links in your comments, it's your business. What they get in return for your benefits is stress. Percentage of animal curiosity. Really the animal kingdom does not need such inventions, they add nothing

[@XHB06400CANNES]

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 and becoming partially deaf. Fortunately my wife has a very accurate hearing. 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 full length mirrors. Keep watching my homemade videos (180 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