Gabon' Jungle: Elephant families refusing to share a large mirror with a leopard (long version)

𝐑.𝐈.𝐏. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬
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Anne-Marie and Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE along with Michel GUISS DJOMOU have set up very large mirrors in a forest in the west of Gabon. (250 cm x 122 cm). In this natural and uncontrolled environment numerous camera traps have been placed in front of each of these mirrors in order to film animals’ reactions to their own reflection from different angles and at different distances. Over the past few months an imposing male leopard has become addicted to his reflection. These huge mirrors are installed in his domain. He refuses to share them with other wild animals and does not hesitate to face a mother elephant and her children.
Some of my subscribers regretting that my videos are not long enough this video contains all the leopard's trap camera shots (assembled end to end) in front of this mirror from 13 PM before his meeting with elephants, during the face to face and after until he left the mirror at 23PM
Also if two short versions taken by two trap cameras of different brands and under slightly different angles of view, have already been published on my channel, • Gabon' Jungle: An Elep...
• In the Gabonese jungle...
At 15:43 It's the cry of a monkey sitting safely in the big tree above the mirror. A few seconds later you can see the image move slightly because the monkey's movements in the tree caused a small dead branch to fall on the camera pole and then a few leaves fall to the ground in the camera's field of view. You can hear several warning messages (han-han / han-han) of this monkey to warn his congeners of the presence of a predator (the leopard) at the base of the tree where the mirror is set up.
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Anne-Marie y Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE con Michel GUISS DJOMOU instalaron espejos muy grandes en un bosque del oeste de Gabón. En este entorno natural e incontrolado, se colocaron múltiples trampas fotográficas delante de cada uno de estos espejos para filmar, desde diferentes ángulos y a diferentes distancias, las reacciones de los animales a su reflejo. Con el paso de los meses, una imponente pantera masculina se hizo adicta a su reflejo. Como estos grandes espejos están plantados en su dominio, se niega a compartirlos con otros animales salvajes y no duda en enfrentarse a una madre elefante acompañada de sus hijos.
Algunos de los suscriptores de mi canal lamentan que mis videos no sean lo suficientemente largos. Por eso este video contiene todas las tomas (ensambladas de punta a punta) de este felino frente a este espejo desde la 1:00 pm, antes de su encuentro con los elefantes, durante el cara a cara y después hasta su salida del espejo a las 11:00 pm.
También una segunda versión corta tomada por otra cámara trampa de otra marca y desde un ángulo de visión ligeramente diferente fue publicada en mi canal, • In the Gabonese jungle...
15:43, un mono sentado en el árbol sobre el espejo hace que una rama muerta caiga sobre el poste de la cámara y que algunas hojas caigan al suelo en el campo de visión de la cámara. Por han-han / han-han este mono advierte a sus compañeros del peligro
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Anne-Marie et Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE avec Michel GUISS DJOMOU ont installé de très grands miroirs dans une forêt à l’ouest du Gabon. Dans cet environnement naturel et incontrôlé, de multiples des pièges photographiques ont été placés devant chacun de ces miroirs afin de filmer sous différents angles et à différentes distances, les réactions des animaux face à leur reflet. Les mois passant, un imposant mâle panthère est devenu addict à son reflet. Ces miroirs de grandes tailles étant plantés dans son domaine, il refuse carrément de les partager avec les autres animaux sauvages et n’hésite à faire face à une mère éléphant accompagnée de ses enfants.
Certains des abonnés à ma chaine regrettent que mes vidéos ne soient pas assez longues. Pour cette raison cette vidéo contient toutes les prises de vue (assemblées bout à bout) de ce félin devant ce miroir depuis 1h de l'après-midi, avant sa rencontre avec les éléphants, pendant le face à face et après jusqu'à son départ du miroir à 23h.
Egalement une seconde version courte prise par une autre caméra piège d'une autre marque et sous un angle de vue légèrement différent, a été publiée sur ma chaîne, • In the Gabonese jungle...
À 15:43, c'est le cri d'un singe assis en sécurité dans ce grand arbre au-dessus du miroir. Quelques secondes plus tard, vous pouvez voir l'image bouger légèrement car les mouvements du singe dans l'arbre ont provoqué la chute d'une petite branche morte sur le poteau de la caméra, puis de quelques feuilles au sol dans le champ de vision de la caméra. Vous pouvez entendre plusieurs messages d'avertissement (han-han / han-han) de ce singe pour prévenir ses congénères de la présence d'un prédateur (le léopard) au pied de l'arbre où est installé le miroir.

[@cristianfuentes6164]

fascinating behavior, excellent work

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Thank you for such a comment that encourages us to continue this time-consuming and somewhat dangerous passion to share with you the beauty of Gabonese wildlife. We will continue to publish new videos on my channel. Don't forget to read my description, in English and French, attached to each of them. You will learn some very interesting information about jungle animals: kzbin.infovideos

[@luisjavierboterohernandez4683]

@@XHB06400CANNES No sabe español?

[@luisjavierboterohernandez4683]

@@XHB06400CANNES que idioma es el sullo

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@luisjavierboterohernandez4683 No hablo español, pero uso software de traducción para responder a las preguntas en español. En general, las descripciones que se adjuntan a mis vídeos están escritas en inglés porque la mayoría de los usuarios de Internet las entienden y luego en francés, que es mi lengua materna. KZbin limita la longitud de las descripciones y a menudo no hay más espacio para otra descripción. Acabo de comprobar y añadir una descripción en español. Por favor, léalo y hágame saber si hay alguna corrección que hacer. Sigue viendo los nuevos videos que he publicado en mi canal y si entiendes inglés o francés, lee la descripción adjunta a cada uno de ellos. También puede utilizar www.deepl.com/translator para traducirlo. Encontrará información muy interesante sobre las reacciones de los animales a mis espejos en la selva: kzbin.infovideos

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Your compliment is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed, we are not sitting comfortably in our armchairs, publishing, without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. A comment like yours cheers us up after my wife and I have spent days alone in the Gabonese forest for the maintenance of our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, changing memory cards, cells, batteries, cleaning lenses, removing fallen branches in their field of vision, walking up beds of creeks to find areas where animals are crossing over to install new traps 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, back in the camp, we do the editing with for each video a 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. Thank you. Keep watching the other videos on my channel 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: 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 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! Thank you again.

[@cakebuu887]

Poor cat wasted a whole day looking at a screen. Reminds me of another species.

[@vespertaz896]

ouch

[@theprolificnetwork4670]

Brilliant

[@spacewalker9463]

Different reasoning though😅

[@great_channel]

Ok boomer

[@donniev8181]

The infamous tiktoker

[@intussunt4278]

Leopard: hmmm. A strong and handsome opponent. We shall duel!....Ah! It appears as though you are very skilled! And still very handsome!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please watch the nightly version 𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 (𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU Check out more of my 160 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!

[@mariaceciliaescandon823]

Poor cat, he is getting stressed with a non-existing enemy threatening to invade his territory. That is why he can not leave the place.

[@berklia]

LOVE how the leapord develops a love/hate relationship with his mirror image, sometimes quarreling with it, sometimes taking a nap with it, sometimes purring & rubbing up against it with affection.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Without these mirrors,* jungle life is cruel and monotony : These animals encounter other opponents in the jungle constantly. And those opponents (or prey) have actual claws, fangs, tusks, and horns to fight back with and shed blood. They fight or they flee or both. They fight amongst themselves within their own herds and prides regardless of species for food, status, for mating right and territory and might die in those encounters. *With these mirrors, I break the monotony of the daily life of some animals in this remote area of the gabonese rain forest. 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.* 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

[@LucVNO]

I'm watching a giant cat have an existential crisis.... odd.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please watch the nightly version 𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 (𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU Check out more of my 160 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!

[@thealienmaster5729]

@@XHB06400CANNES its he having a existential crisis yes or no?

[@ajp4860]

The leopard just wanted to fight but then fell in love. In psychology it’s called mirroring. LoL

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please watch the nightly version 𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 (𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU Check out more of my 160 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!

[@guillermochavez2170]

My sister is like that all day in front of the mirror, she thinks she owns the bathroom.

[@brucea9871]

Tell me about it. When we still lived with our parents my youngest sister would be in the bathroom forever. I'd like to know what takes women so damn long in there. (That was before cell phones so she couldn't have been playing with her cell phone.) They should show consideration for others and realize other people need it too.

[@Zeichentrick01]

@@brucea9871 please never forget....most women only have one hobby...themselves. That's why ;)

[@dandelion1627]

For the very first time in her life, the leopard has never really ponder so hardly and deeply. The horror, joy, and enlightenment of self awareness.

[@18141776hhhh]

Dande lion Yeah I think of the scene from 2001 A Space Odyssey when the ape man beholds the obelisk

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please watch the nightly version 𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 (𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU Check out more of my 160 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!

[@Deeman92788]

Leopard gets charged by Elephants. Looks back at the mirror Leopard like "Are you coming too?" Lol

[@janeilnold5863]

Leopard: "Oh no, there's a leopard trapped in that metal box! Don't worry, I'll save you!" Elephants: "What a dummy. Get lost!....Oh no, there's elephants trapped in that metal box!"

[@scrotex6592]

Janeil Nold bahahahaha

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please watch the nightly version 𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 (𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU Check out more of my 160 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!

[@dinkumannely3963]

I'm happy you did not put any silly music in the background, the sounds in jungle are serene and awesome. Lol that poor lepord was there till late night.

[@spactick]

ha! he's still there

[@littledudefromacrossthestreet]

get him a huge box somewhere around and he'll forget there even was a mirror lol

[@lindamclean8809]

The fact that the leopard can't smell the intruder in the mirror must confuse him a lot

[@dhaivatshukla6749]

Thats the point

[@RachaelWard]

4:31 - The trees start rustling like Jurassic Park, the leopard runs for it expecting the T-Rex and................ Baby Elephant comes out all gangsta!

[@traktor321]

Yeah.with mighty backup 😀

[@scoobysnacks]

The leopard cant' seem to figure out if it should be dominant or submissive, and it cant' figure out why the other leopard disappears when it goes behind the mirror. Remarkable.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

🙏🙏🙏 *I appreciate the label you gave to my video.* This male leopard behaviour changes from one minute to the next, of desire for company, of desire to fight with a rival, an intruder in his territory who strangely has no smell and is mute. Or maybe this male rubs himself on the mirror because a female leopard in estrus did it earlier leaving her scent? He only meets females during the mating season. To invite the females in heat, he emits a guttural sound called " sawing call ". This call also warns rival males not to enter his domain:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 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.

[@CRD0204]

That leopard is absolutely gorgeous

[@1halnass]

They have to be losing their minds! To be walking along minding your own business. And come across the place where stuff doesn't make sense anymore.

[@robertsrt]

Wes Guill losing*

[@xblackcatx1312]

It’s like watching CNN, which I definitely don’t do, nor any TV.

[@jamesdepugh7163]

The poor thing is exhausted trying to figure this one out

[@_s_lena4160]

The leopard is so adorable when it rolls over 🥰

[@gitknownmedia3655]

Leopard just wants a friend ☺️

[@BaderFPV]

Leopard fell in love with himself. I really don’t blame him 😍

[@LateNightHacks]

Leopard be like, I'mma fight you!, -after some huff and puff-> alright alright, I see we are evenly matched, how about we go our way? -some time passes-> damn, you didn't fall for it huh? -some stink eye exchange later-> ok, ok, maybe you are not that mean after all, how about touch nose and make friends? -some hours later-> dude!, you are my bestest buddy, I'mma fight the elephants for you! -runs away in panic, comes back later-> yeah, sorry about that, they were kinda big and scary, we are good though right? yay

[@ekongot]

This was hillarious...had me laughing so hard

[@muguly4591]

I think the cat was genuinely interested in what it was looking at. You can see it transition from defensive/territorial to curious and fascinated.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Leopard is solitary and territorial animal. So this male leopard doesn't feel alone. These mirrors break a certain sameness in his life in the rain forest. *Front of these mirrors this male leopard behaviour changes from one minute to the next, of desire for company, of desire to fight with a rival, an intruder in his territory who strangely has no smell and is mute. He dont search an odourless mate because to invite the females in heat, he just has to make a guttural sound called " sawing call ". This call also warns rival males not to enter his domain:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 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 attached to learn more about the behaviour of the animals in front of their reflection.

[@brian8653]

Some people are so sensitive. It is literally a mirror in a jungle. It's not harming anyone, neither the animals or their way if life. It just adds something new and interesting to their everyday. Animals can get bored just like humans and this helps them explore a little more than what they are used to!

[@andrewv.157]

He skip lunch and breakfast for this maze of reflexion :D

[@beamer.electronics]

Fascinating video, many thanks. Elephants; "come away children - that looks dangerous"! Gorillas; "Argh, don't take any notice of that thing - it's human monkey junk"! Leopard; "I'll be aggressive" - reflection equally aggressive? "I'll respond by being submissive" - reflection equally submissive? "Reflection looks and smells like me - could it be a lost member of my family"? "Blimey, reflection looks so handsome - this thing is mine". "I'm exhausted - I really need to lie down and ponder this thing" :)

[@loveishappiness7330]

The elephants were protecting the “other elephants in the mirror” that they had seen, from the leopard! They didn’t want the leopard sharing those other elephants, not the mirror!

[@rogmacbar1012]

Animals are so pure, so innocent. The human being is the one who damages everything and ends the lives of these creatures, children in their essence.

[@dandangerous6417]

The Leopard looked a little uncomfortable, although he marked and held his ground. " He looks about my size, and Just as pissed off as me! It could go either way".

[@richlv422]

A little into themselves...fighting for the mirror 😂😂😂

[@Passeiporaquit]

Maybe the leopard just want a company, he comes many times to the mirror

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*In felines, while lions are programmed to live in large family groups (pride), male leopards are genetically programmed to live alone, to live without any female (except during mating periods) and without their own offspring and therefore to be single throughout his life. So this male leopard is a solitary and territorial animal. He occupies a territory that overlaps a few smaller female territories. He doesn't feel alone and dont search an odourless mate. He doesn't need any friend, any lifepartner. **_"This male leopard is not in love with his own image reflected in a mirror in the jungle as Narcissus, an impossibly handsome figure from Greek mythology, fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water."_** These mirrors break a certain sameness in his life in the rain forest. Front of them This male leopard behaviour changes from one minute to the next, of desire for company, of desire to fight with a rival, an intruder in his territory who strangely has no smell and is mute. Or maybe this male rubs himself on the mirror because a female leopard in estrus did it earlier leaving her scent? He only meets females during the mating season. To invite the females in heat, he emits a guttural sound called " sawing call ". This call also warns rival males not to enter his domain:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 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.

[@The_ZeroLine]

13:03 - Just like a kitty cat. Congrats on reducing poaching through your mirrors and camera traps.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Thank you for your congratulations about poachers! Merci beaucoup ! 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!

[@sandraarriaga832]

It’s far more interesting seeing animals in their natural habitat rather than in a cage every day of their lives. Thank you for these videos!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_A comment like yours is comforting_* - after reading numerous comments calling for the dismantling of these sadistic mirrors, - after my wife and I have spent days alone in the Gabonese forest to maintain our mirrors and many photographic traps, change memory cards, batteries, clean lenses, remove fallen branches in their field of vision, walk up the creek beds to find areas where the animals cross to install new traps etc... Soaked by tornadoes, the body is covered with insect bites of all kinds (horse flies, gorilla flies, tsetse flies, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work is increasing due to the 95% humidity level. This is a choice. Thanks again. Check out my other homemade videos of the channel and don't forget to read the attached description each time. You will learn very important information. kzbin.infovideos

[@asoldier3229]

Poor Leopard, he just wants a friend.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In felines, if lions are genetically programmed to live in large family groups (prides), leopards are programmed to live alone, to be solitary felines. Lone lions are males who have been driven from the pride. This male leopard doesn't feel alone. He desires to fight with a rival and dont search an odourless mate. He only meets females during the mating season. To invite the females in heat, he makes a guttural sound called " sawing call ". This call also warns rival males not to enter his domain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 On our KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos are published more than 160 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 attached to learn more about the behaviour of the animals in front of their reflection.

[@GlobalistJuice]

The leopard has become grateful for his friend in the mirror, as adult life is one of solitude for the male leopard, it's comforting to have a calm friend that's not trying to bite his head off.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

To invite the females in heat, he has to make a guttural sound called " sawing call ". This call also warns rival males not to enter his domain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 On our KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos are published more than 160 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 attached to learn more about the behaviour of the animals in front of their reflection.

[@kuyt3400]

Leopard to mirror : "my precious"

[@crapadopalese]

6:31 -- "What's that? Oh, don't mind those elephants, you handsome devil, you!"

[@Buschwick]

What a beautiful cat.

[@margaretmcguire3241]

Leopard - *"I know ur there, I can see u!* Leopard - *"ur delusional, there's no one here but u."* Poor confused leopard *"I'll wait"* House cats react similar untill they figure it all out. Great video. Thank u for shaeing.

[@JSB-2Z-2K]

lol mine didn't care. This leopard really got confused tho. At one time he was like "I'll stop here before this rectangle so the mean leopard won't appear" so funny

[@theprolificnetwork4670]

So many times in life we are actually fighting ourselves and don't even know it

[@RetrogradeBeats]

Thats a true love hate relationship he has with that mirror

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Exactly: This male leopard behaviour changes from one minute to the next, of desire for company, of desire to admire himself in his reflection and of desire to mate. Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 100 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@crazeeborg]

I agree. You can see evidence of behavior change throughout the video. I also believe he may have a hint of narcissism is too lol.

[@RammatRamzi]

The cat must be thinking, "WHERE does he go every time I walk around this thing?"

[@irishpanic]

The elephants are thinking the same thing

[@muskokamike127]

Looks like the big leopard isn't too keen on sharing the mirror with the other leopard either lol

[@ximoa.2399]

That poor leopard was about to go mad

[@Commentator541]

Such magnificent animals!!! I wish we had more random cameras installed in the wild, it would be fascinating to see all the animal behavior.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*More "random" cameras would not bring more triggers and especially the main difficulty is that the detected animals do not stay only 3 to 5 seconds in the field of view of the trap* We are neither scientists nor veterinarians. We wanted to thank Gabon, which has welcomed our family for more than 35 years, 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/j5zQgXWiabODrJo (In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River). 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. I have put online two other shorter versions of this encounter between a leopard addicted to mirrors and a family of elephants walking on the path along our mirror number 6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4ukgJJmbKyXidU same camera 2 minutes version 16 million views kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpLSe3eOj7ara9U an other camera of a different brand and under slightly different angle of view On our KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos are published more than 150 videos shot by our trap cameras in the jungle in Gabon. A majority of them show encounters of wild animals with our 6 large mirrors. After each watching do not forget to read the description attached to each one to learn more about the behaviour of animals in front of their reflection

[@serialarchitect]

Leooard goes into existential meltdown and the elephants are somewhere between "do I look fat?" and "not sure I like this witchcraft, but damn sure the cat can't have it"

[@kekom1758]

that leopard seems to have become a narcissist, "look at that handsome cat" lol

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In felines, lions are genetically programmed to live in a pride while leopards are genetically programmed to live alone. Lone lions are males who have been driven from the pride. Leopard is solitary animal. These mirrors break a certain sameness in his life in the rain forest. Front of them this male leopard behaviour changes from one minute to the next, of desire for company, of desire to fight with a rival and of desire to mate. Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 180 videos published on our channel: kzbin.infovideos

[@colleenlewis156]

This leopard is so enamoured with himself he can't leave for too long😻😻😻

[@minkalampinen9519]

Poor leopard, he's actually salivating and panting from the stress. He can't reach his enemy but also can't leave the area bacause it's his territory and he has to protect it.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

If the mirror placement seems to have screwed up their mind, these large mirrors break the monotony of the daily life in the rain forest. Wild animals can go to these mirrors, as they see fit and stay in front, as long as they wish. No food is left by human next to the mirrors to encourage them to come. I would like to point out that these wild animals. Among the wild animals meeting these mirrors placed in a remote region of Gabon, some seem to be happy to look at themselves in these mirrors: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWS2gpdnpMSlZpI kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPFmGacdqplibc 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. Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 160 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@bluesira]

I think he is panting, etc bc it is the hot part of the day. You can see him take a nap about a minute into the video, so he can't be all THAT stressed! LOL x'D

[@ep.3390]

Leopard is encountering love at first sight. With its own shadow, hahahaha

[@rcnelson]

The mirror gave the leopard paws to reflect.

[@ManInTheBigHat]

Best comment!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please watch the nightly version 𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 (𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU Check out more of my 160 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!

[@johnrobles1572]

Very facinating to be able to observe this behavior.

[@phinecove1734]

My cat used to look round the edge of the TV if there were big cats on the screen and they walked out of shot.. as if he was trying to figure out where they went. I think this leopard is doing the same thing when he keeps hanging around at the edge of the mirror. He thinks it’s another cat but can’t figure out where it goes.

[@RICHbeGROUNDED]

Elephants come in like"AYY WHO THAT IS ROUND THERE"

[@EBiz-tv9jq]

Leo is absolutely in love with his image. What a narcissist.

[@plasminus]

Or maybe not? At first he thinks it is someone else. Then tries to understand how the other animal could be stuck inside a flat mirror. I wonder if Leo does ever come to terms that it is his reflection?

[@hihi2667]

plasminus whoooosh

[@jasonwilde197]

THIS is what KZbin was made for. Not eating Tide pods or jumping off things.

[@daemia]

I also love how the animals seem to understand that the mirror is a special object and stay close to it to investigate, at least until survival forces them to keep moving in search of food.

[@Commentator541]

Daemia I know!!! You can also see that some are confused and think there is another animal behind the mirror, while others like elephants are just trying to protect it as they see value in it. Fascinating!

[@kazbah1217]

The colours on the leopard are mind blowing 👌

[@XHB06400CANNES]

For leopard fanatics, I publish a 19-minutes long video containing all the leopard's trap camera shots (assembled end to end) in front of this mirror from 13 PM before his meeting with elephants, during the face to face and after until he left the mirror at 23PM kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4rOd2tqYsaXhdE Also a second short version taken by another trap camera of a different brands and under slightly different angle of view, have already been published on my channel, kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpLSe3eOj7ara9U Listen to another leopard sound similar to the exhaust from a KTM bike that having trouble starting: a guttural sound (produced at the back of the throat) to invite females in heat for mating and to warn rival males to keep out, male leopards emit a repeated sequence of roars called "sawing", because it sounds like a wood plank being cut with a saw : kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 On our KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos are published more than 160 videos capture with our trap cameras in the jungle in Gabon. A majority of them show encounters of wild animals with our 6 large mirrors. After each watching do not forget to read the description attached to each one to learn more about the behaviour of animals in front of their reflection.

[@AishawithanEye]

6:36 - "One last look, mi amor, before I must go."

[@kooganh6276]

LMAOOOOOO

[@cflo1386]

@04:34 Elephants sure know how to make an entrance.

[@DogOfHades]

Sign of intelligence is how quickly an animal realises its a mirror. The Leopard is not getting any awards on that anytime soon.

[@twist7799]

The Leopard is conscience, But not self aware.

[@alexandergolke1325]

Did your momma give you that name when you realized that our reality is a matrix ?

[@DogOfHades]

@@alexandergolke1325 Interesting. Tell me, have *you* looked yourself in a mirror?

[@el_equidistante]

The Leopard didn't think it was another cat, he just wanted to see how he looks when his attacking!

[@Gem_Am_I]

Elephants came in ratchet asf 😂😂😂 they pulled up like, YEAH WE IN DIS BIT*H, WHERE EVERYBODY AT!?

[@Gem_Am_I]

Question Questioning Question yes 😂😂😂😂

[@kekom1758]

15:31 here, it seems that the leopard is thinking: "he's too f*cking good, he's just perfect...he's just like me!" LOL

[@ccoodd26]

The leopard looking in the mirror is an example of high instinct and low consciousness.

[@luzpensante6336]

Asi es, los animales practicamente sin mucha conciencia es como si no la tuvieran ni un poco, son robots organicos.

[@legginglovers966]

Isn’t this how the story of narcissism started... he loved his reflection

[@lPsychoMax]

Leopard: Hello? Police? There's an incredibly handsome man in my house; oh wait a second. Don't worry. It's only me! Elephant: That's the third time this week, he's called us! Let's go take that mirror away!

[@icitlalistardust9060]

Aux auteurs : ne tenez aucun compte des critiques ridicules qui sont formulées à votre encontre ci-dessous. Elles ne méritent pas votre diligence à répondre. On ne protège bien que ce que l’on connaît bien. Votre démarche est scientifique, intéressante, elle ne perturbe en rien le monde qu’elle observe, et nous éclaire vraiment sur certaines fonctions cognitives de ces mammifères. Par ailleurs, ce spectacle est particulièrement touchant. Bref, merci de votre travail et continuez à nous le faire partager...

[@daemia]

Hearing the sounds the leopard makes is simply amazing, incredible work.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Listen to an other leopard's sound: "sawing call", a guttural sound to invite females in heat and warn rival males to keep out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8

[@daemia]

I'm really greatful people like you guys exist and possess the passion that you do, it's probably the only way for many people, myself included, to enjoy the sights and sounds of these animals reacting to something this unique. Thank you again for your hard, wonderful and creative work, and for sharing it with the world!

[@teresagary7158]

What I find interesting is, all the animals looked behind the mean in expectation of their opponent being behind the mirror. When the cat found none, she went so far as to mark her territory! You go girl!!

[@bclaverenz1]

Teresa Gary ...Good Point

[@irishpanic]

I saw that too. It was a male but that's exactly what was happening

[@JSB-2Z-2K]

6:50 lol the elephant said "move!" with his hand

[@Lacoste7-6-7]

Such beautiful animals.

[@ernestodeavila8076]

This is like space odyssey 2001 when the cavepeople find the oblisque.

[@godswarrior22]

Leopard Is like I officially trust nothing

[@wethepeople7629]

Leopard was like... thought I was the only male in this neck of the woods

[@abe-oozer84]

Loving that elephant version of a shoo shoo gesture :3

[@MrToaster1123]

I like to think he’s practicing his moves in the mirror. RAWR XD

[@tubularfrog]

Such beautiful animals. Thanks for sharing this video of how baffled the cat is by the mirror. The elephants don't seem to care.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*After reading numerous comments calling for the dismantling of these sadistic mirrors, 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 descriptionin 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: 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 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! Check out my 160 homme made 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!

[@ninjabluewings]

What a GORGEOUS! set of Elephants 😍😍😍 they look really healthy and have perfect unbroken tusks and perfect ears too

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In this video the leopard faces a first family of elephants whose matriarch has crossed tusks (not perfect because her trunk cannot swing between her tusks) and later on a second family whose matriarch does not have perfect ears because her left one is partially cut out on its edge. Please Watch again ! Keep watching the 160 homemade videos published on my channel and don't forget to read each description attached to each of the videos: kzbin.infovideos

[@blmi5591]

Wonderful videos. Just found them and could not stop watching!

[@C0ntr4d1ct0r]

Seems like the leopard is feeling totally lonely. I've watched the entire video and it seems that it stayed all day long interacting with his reflection thinking that it was another leopard.

[@andy-the-gardener]

no. its mainly an aggressive territorial reaction, indicated by posturing, ears back, scent marking, agitated tail flicking and low menacing growl. hes angry and wants to drive the other one away but its not reacting normally so hes confused.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In felines, lions are genetically programmed to live in a pride while leopards are genetically programmed to live alone. Lone lions are males who have been driven from the group. So this leopard male doesn’t feel lonely. He doesn't have the need for companions. He only meets females during the mating season. To invite females in heat he makes a guttural sound "sawing call". This call warn rival males to keep out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 On our KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos are published more than 100 videos shot by our trap cameras in the jungle in Gabon. A majority of them show encounters of wild animals with our 6 large mirrors. After each watching do not forget to read the description attached to each one to learn more about the behaviour of animals in front of their reflection

[@jermainekngdom3154]

@@XHB06400CANNES he is playing. He knows it's a reflection. He already checked the boundries and know there is no other cat. My nephiew acts like this too.

[@beatrixthegreat1138]

andy the gardener I figured with the rubbing his face against the frame he started feeling safe.

[@frederickhargro5153]

Damn those elephants came from out of no where. 4:31

[@bnk091182]

I'm gonna just lay over here and act like you're gone. When I get up, you better be.

[@justicewillprevail1106]

Leopard is so determined. He refuses to give up. Maybe he’s looking for a friend. He’s lonely.

[@scar445]

nah mate. its a solitary creature by nature

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In felines, lions live in groups called "pride" when it contains males with females and their offspring or "coalition" when it contains only mature males. Leopards, on the other hand, are genetically programmed to live alone in a territory where several females and their immature offspring live alone and separately. *_Have you ever seen images of a leopard couple (male + female) whose female is not in heat, in the estrous state?_* *_Have you ever seen images of a leopard couple whose female is in gestation?_* *_Have you ever seen pictures of a leopard couple being accompanied by their offspring?_* *_If the leopard could feel loneliness, why wouldn't he live in a couple?_* So that this male leopard does not feel lonely. He does not need companions. He only meets the females of his territory during the mating season, inviting them to copulate if they are in season. To do so, he emits a guttural sound similar to that of a saw against a log called a "sawing call". This call also warns males from neighbouring territories to keep out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 On our KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos are published more than 160 home-made videos shot by our trap cameras in the Gabonese jungle. Most of them show wildlife encounters with our 6 huge mirrors. After viewing each of our videos, don't forget to read the description attached to each one to learn more about the animals' behaviors in front of their reflection.

[@dwarfminerwillie]

I love how hes standing up and looks like hes boxing at times.

[@terrancecharles8107]

The animals are just curious and confuse and i think if humans see the mirror for the verry first time they will act the same way ..

[@nerdomania24]

just show the mirror to the baby. first question will be "what is it?"

[@krw73]

The way the cat is camouflaged at the 0.45 second mark is amazing.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Perfectly observed as its fur colour is identical to that of the dead leaves on the ground!* 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!

[@Wayne_Robinson]

That leopard's mind was blown! It's almost like a drug that he couldn't put down.

[@RavenMoonChild00]

Domestic cats do this as well and eventually learn that the mirror cat is not a playmate, opponent, or any concern at all.

[@Bokaj01]

4:31 your welcome The leopard found an iPad...this is his new spot now...he'll never leave...hunting days are over.

[@kirkyorg7654]

love how the little elephant charges through first say hey you better run momma's coming lol tough guy

[@micheledreams4771]

I’m an elephant lover and can’t get over how merciful they were toward the leopard! They could have crushed him easily and yet they let him go. They were so cute with their big ears and trumpet noises! Who appreciates elephants the way I do? Elephant 🐘 ❤️Love

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*For fans of bulls, cows and elephant calves, I suggest you watch the following home videos posted on my channel. Don't forget to read the description attached to each of them, you will find very interesting information.* kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHbWfYNvg8hpfbM A great tusker elephant swims 300 meters across the Ndogo Lagoon kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4G7oIaPo6l7las family of elephants is frightened by their reflection in a mirror and rushes to protect the baby kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJi7f4xorKyEZ7M An elephant trapped in a poacher's snare kzbin.info/www/bejne/foHOZqmNpLOHebM An elephant injured by a poacher’s snare recovers after self treatment kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXKufX6ApbZgq8k Soft erection by suckling in an elephant baby kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5qaqoFop9yneLM Elephants in need of mating, sexual intercourse only every 4 years due to gestation and nursing time kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZW1fWicba2ibbs Wild elephant moms and their tiny babies relax, spray, wallow and play in mud. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIiuZ6SBqMt_rNk Elephants calves playing in heavy rain in the Gabon jungle kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY first mud bath of a cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts in Nyonié (Gabon) 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/kHmXgWCgdshpeLM For a baby elephant it is not easy to move through the jungle (Gabon) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpSzmYd7g9Z3nq8 an elephant calf learns mirror and how to use its trunk to eat bindweed (grab / skake the sand off) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ25h5uejrunibc A calf elephant thinks its reflection in the mirror would be a young cow or a young calf: cute react Check out more of my 180 homemade videos from my channel kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@hom0s4cer]

yeah, elephants are cool. The way they came running thru the bushes - Töörrööö

[@jackjones849]

The elephants wouldn't be able to catch the leopard even if they wanted to lol

[@djw5415]

So an elephant and leopard walk into a bar with a big mirror

[@jasonwilde197]

Leopard be like, "Maaaan, you look like that cat that owes me money!"

[@nomfundomasuku2443]

Those animals are so beautiful 😱😍♥️

[@scopeitout]

I FREAKIN' LOVE LEOPARDS!!!

[@skyfaith7]

Dang, I just can't figure this out, says the beautiful Leopard, let me lay down and think about it. Lol

[@Glower22x4]

The leopard struggling with it's own self realisation.

[@nowthenzen]

The leopard is like "come out and fight me, you coward!" but at the end it's like "I think I've fallen in love!"