This one-handed chimpanzee is a chimp like its congeners except in front of large mirrors

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Ten years ago Anne-Marie and Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE, with their friend Michel DJOMO GUISS, started installing trap cameras, monitored by a sensitive infrared motion sensor motion detector, in a remote region of the Nyonié rainforest in Gabon, near the equator line and not far from the Atlantic Ocean coast. In the first videos of a group of chimpanzees, they noticed the presence of an adult one-handed male, without his right hand and without part of his forearm. Could it have been caught in a cable trap or a poacher's leg-hold trap? I have a doubt because these traps are intended to keep their prey prisoner before it is picked up by the poacher. However, in this case the section of arm being clear, I rather imagine the leopard's jaw when this primate was a baby. He has overcome his disability and his behaviour is identical to that of the other members of the group. Curious to know if he was climbing trees and swinging from branch to branch, we placed trap cameras directed at the canopy in the area where this group was most frequently filmed on the ground. But to date, no results have been achieved.
Then, in front of some trap cameras, we installed large mirrors (+/- 244X122cm) to film the reaction of wild animals to the presence of their reflection and its evolution during repeated exposures. As in humans, self-recognition in a mirror is not innate in mammals and in birds: it results from a training in the mirror which, in species that may recognize themselves, is very long because, unlike in humans, their parents have not recognized themselves and do not speak to explain the properties of a mirror to their children.
In front of these mirrors, these chimpanzees spend many hours observing their reflection in the serenity of the jungle. The behaviour of some of these primates even suggests that they recognize themselves in their reflection. However, to be more formal, the cameras recorded only one unrepeated use of a mirror to look at parts of their body that they cannot see without their help, for example the inside of the mouth or the rump.
For an unknown reason, linked to his trauma? the one-handed chimpanzee stays away from the mirrors and very rarely participates in this learning process. Most of the time he runs near a mirror by tapping his feet on the ground and by slapping with cupped hand on the ground., anxiety replaces serenity and for some less advanced in their learning, their reflection becomes an unknown invader.
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Il y a 10 ans Anne-Marie and Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE, avec leur ami Michel DJOMO GUISS ont commencé à installer des caméra-pièges équipées de détecteur de mouvement dans une région reculée de la jungle de Nyonié au Gabon, près de la ligne de l’équateur et non loin de la côte de l’Océan Atlantique. Sur les premières vidéos d’un groupe de chimpanzés, ils constatèrent la présence d’un mâle adulte manchot, sans main droite et une partie de l’avant-bras. A-t-il été victime d’un piège à câble de braconnier ou en raison de la section nette, des mâchoires de panthère alors qu'il était bébé ?
Il surmonte son handicap et son comportement est identique à ceux des autres membres du groupe. Curieux de savoir s’il montait aux arbres et se balançait de branche en branche, nous avons placé des caméra-pièges dirigées vers la canopée dans la zone où ce groupe a été le plus fréquemment filmé au sol. Mais sans résultat à ce jour.
Par la suite, devant certaines caméra-pièges, nous avons installé de grands miroirs pour filmer la réaction des animaux sauvages à la vue de leur reflet et l’évolution de celle-ci lors d’expositions répétées. Comme chez les humains, la reconnaissance de soi dans un miroir n’est pas innée chez les mammifères ou les oiseaux : Elle résulte d’un apprentissage au miroir qui, chez les espèces susceptibles de se reconnaitre, est très long car au contraire de chez les humains, leurs parents ne se sont pas reconnus eux-mêmes et ne parlent pas pour expliquer les propriétés d’un miroir à leurs enfants.
Devant ces miroirs, ces chimpanzés passent de nombreuses heures à s’observer dans la sérénité de la jungle. Le comportement de certains suggère même qu'ils se reconnaissent dans leur reflet. Pour être plus formel, l'utilisation répétée de miroirs pour regarder des parties de leur corps qu'ils ne peuvent pas voir miroir, comme par exemple l'intérieur de leur bouche ou leur anus.
Pour une raison inconnue, liée à son traumatisme ? le chimpanzé manchot reste en retrait des miroirs et ne participe que très rarement à cet apprentissage. La plupart du temps soudainement il court près d’un miroir en tapant des pieds le sol, alors l'anxiété remplace la sérénité et pour certains moins avancés dans leur apprentissage, leur reflet devient un envahisseur inconnu.

[@FirstMavrix]

Does anyone know how he lost his hand human trap, rival chimp bit it off, or something else

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Please read my description attached to this video as to each of my 160 videos posted on my KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle. You will find the answer.

[@ASR-Ansori]

I'm gonna guess it was bitten off

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@ASR-Ansori Please read my description attached to this video as to each of my 160 videos posted on my KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle. You will find the answer.

[@timidequinox1789]

Probably lost his hand breaking the mirror

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@timidequinox1789 *_Your comment is meant to criticize my mirror pose in the Gabonese jungle. I will therefore prove your bad faith; _* My first mirror was installed at the beginning of 2011 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4fIdYuahrN9adE (see timestamp on febuary 11, 2012) and my first video with this one-armed chimpanzee was taken on April 14, 2010 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5_cdX-Hap6mldk (see timestamp)

[@javiergarza8626]

1:15 handless chimp "hey you want to yell for about 10 seconds with me? 🙂" 2nd chimp "yeah sure" 1:36 "I'm fast AF boi"

[@Noneofyourbusiness_.I._]

It’s amazing how wild animals such as the one handed chimp manage to survive so long with such disability. It is truly extraordinary 👍

[@LindaC616]

They are very resilient

[@randquadrozzi5850]

Hope everything is good with you Mr Xavier as there haven't been any of the awesome videos you make in awhile.

[@user-qg8uf7wv9k]

O! Poor! It's very pity! 🙊 Very strong! Thanks for your help him!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

This one-armed chimpanzee for over 10 years, one of the dominant males in the chimpanzee group in the area, does not need any help. He is certainly much happier free among his congeners than imprisoned in a zoo for life in pens or cages with the only distraction of watching visitors standing behind their fences or bars. Hit the “show more “ option, I attach a description with more information to each of my 130 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos

[@muthlong6397]

Thanks for great videos, I am very much enjoyed it.

[@GeneralArmorus]

1:35 uh oh the restless one is back better move out of the way LOL

[@ccsinstalacoeseletricas8191]

2:59 he seems more aggressive, they just got off of his way without complaining or counterattack against him

[@XHB06400CANNES]

This alpha (dominant or silverback) chimpanzee is much more aggressive than his congeners. This may be due to his handicap. The other chimpanzees have moved out of his way without complaining or counter-attacking him, because he has a right to respect because of his status. One would have thought that seeing the reflection of a one-armed chimpanzee in the mirror would have helped him to understand the properties of the mirror. For some unknown reason, related to his trauma, this one-armed chimpanzee stays away from mirrors and very rarely participates in this learning process. Most of the time, he runs near a mirror, tapping his feet on the floor and tapping his hand on the floor. anxiety replaces serenity and for some less advanced learners, their reflection becomes an unknown invader. Keep watching the other videos on my channel kzbin.infovideos *Don't forget to read my description attached to each of my videos: Good vision!*

[@shridharasg2635]

At 2:11 enough is enough, my mother is calling so I'm going.

[@Vortex_one]

So interesting how they all get away when he starts to act up

[@xdmobb17x17]

He been thru some wars Gotta b the big dawg

[@Lady8D]

Very interesting! I wish it was possible to talk about what's in his mind during those moments. As someone with a physical disability myself, I definitely understand the urge to lose my cool sometimes...I wonder if he's feeling what I sometimes feel when confronting my limitations

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In his brain, doesn't this one-armed man associate the mirror with the trauma he suffered? Hence his fear, his irritability towards these intruders in his forest?

[@Lady8D]

Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE Perhaps. For me personally looking in the mirror doesn't bring to mind my past trauma but my current struggles. If he feels as we do then I would guess that seeing himself in the mirror reminds him of his disability, whereas away from the mirror he's learned to overcome it. Then, once reminded of his disability & weakness he seems to feel the need to lash out at whoever's around - kind of like "I'll show you who's weak as I beat you up" It seems as though away from the mirror he's able to forget his difference and in front of the mirror he's suddenly very reminded of it again and afraid his buddies are thinking of it as much as he suddenly is. I hope that makes sense =)

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Yes that makes sense but I dont think that front of a mirror he is yet self-aware and so the mirror cannot remind him of his disability

[@Lady8D]

Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE I think I see what you were saying before about him associating the mirror with his trauma but I don't know, I'd think he'd only associate the mirror with his trauma if the mirror was somehow involved in his trauma. It's quite interesting to see how he interacts with the others both in front of and away from the mirror - I hope one day we can learn to communicate with them as we do each other...wishful thinking, I know. I still hope for it though.

[@paulagwhyte1720]

They do start to realize that they are seeing themselves. It's a process and some of them are smarter than others, just as in humans, some seem more superstitious of the mirrors or angry and others are quite interested. But most animals who find these mirrors end up enjoying them. One of my favourites is the video in which the elephants do NOT want to share the mirror with a leopard!

[@leongt1954]

I'm sure if my eyes done deceive me the chimp has 2 arms but only 1 hand

[@XHB06400CANNES]

If you look closely at this dominant male chimpanzee, he had part of his forearm amputated: Perhaps by the jaws of a leopard as an infant or he put his hand in a leg-hold trap whose powerful jaws eventually cut off part of his forearm as he struggled to pull it out. 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

[@Lady8D]

0:43 seconds in) them sitting like that, facing in alternating directions/watching each other's backs - is this common or just coincidence?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Often sitting or walking they look to the right and left and especially to the canopy where other members of the group move from branch to branch

[@Lady8D]

The data you're gathering with all of this is invaluable, imo. Many thanks!

[@kaybee8205]

I think that the details that you give in the descriptions of these videos are important enough to actually be in the video. Perhaps there is a way to include these details and stories in future videos without taking away from the videos themselves?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*My knowledge of the English language is only scholastic and very far away (I am 76 years old) and therefore I use translation software. Synchronising the pictures with my words in English with a French accent is impossible for me and not everyone speaks English. Non-English speakers can translate my attached descriptions with free software as:* www.deepl.com/translator translate.google.com/

[@ExpeditionTech]

Quite intriguing. I am somewhat reminded of a single child that does not want a brother or sister. Some children feel they will receive less attention and love from the group or parents. Surely, he must comprehend that this new stranger is also an amputee.

[@lavenna522]

My first thought was that it could be Mweya from Ngogo who lost his hand because of a trap but when I searched up the location of Gabon and the Kibale National park I'm not sure if this could be possible. Is it even possible that a chimpanzees troop wander this far?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Between Gabon and the Kibale National Park there are more than 2300 km, so it is unbelievable that Mweya de Ngogo and his troop of chimpanzees ventured this far because in the case of chimpanzees that are territorial primates, the territory measures no more than about 50 Km2. Is the location of the cut exactly at the same level of the forearm? Is Mweya also an alpha male whose handicap has made him an aggressive individual? Check out more of my 160 homemade 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 huge mirrors in the gabonese jungle : kzbin.infovideos

[@jblbassking3951]

Nice

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Such a comment 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 addition to the published images. It's a choice. Thank you again. Watch our other videos of the channel and don't forget to read the description each time. You will learn some very important information. kzbin.infovideos.

[@jayrad8321]

wow

[@gualbertolemus4464]

Chimpanzee act Like the people When get the first cell wit screany

[@gualbertolemus4464]

Chimpanzee do Like de people in de tablet or iphone something 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jocianerodrigues6107]

Eu gostaria de saber o que será eles pensam quando se veem no espelho os Gorila🐵🙆🙆🙆🙆😨😨😨

[@dirkblom8200]

🐒🌫️ 1:47

[@megagemboss9281]

It's a horse

[@martinw.309]

I don't want to know what the poor monkeys have a terrible headache in the evening, because the thoughts in their brains are going back and forth because they don't understand what the secret of the mirror is.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Although they do not understand the secret of the mirror, these chimpanzees certainly have less terrible headaches in the evening than the human workers who know the mirror secret, when they return home in the evening after their day's work at the factory.Don't forget to read the description attached to each of my home-made videos published on my channel: kzbin.infovideos

[@f__kyoudegenerates]

they are apes not monkeys

[@patriciasantana1837]

Coitado .oque teria acontecido ?

[@milenalemos4928]

Deve ser entre briga entre eles mesmo chinpanzes são bem agressivos, ainda mais com bandos rivais

[@gteaz]

I see two arms and one hand.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Please let me know how I have to change the title of my video?*

[@repentless1789]

Monkey lives matter

[@__744XX]

Cowards

[@XHB06400CANNES]

do you mean that this one-armed man, because of his handicap, lacks physical courage? After each watching, don't forget to hit the “show more “ option. I attach a description with more information to each of my 130 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos