Two Silverback Gorillas Fight in the Jungle - Animals Reactions in Huge Mirrors dirtied by a Leopard

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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 (Central Africa) 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. The leopard's frequent rubbing of his reflection in the mirror has coated the mirror with the oils that protect his fur, (Panthera pardus) from of his paw pads and drool. The dirtied mirror makes it difficult for the camera traps to film a clear image of the animals' reflections. The camera trappers must wash the mirrors frequently in order to not miss out on exceptional footage which could be obscured due to dirty mirrors as in the case of this duel between two silverback gorillas. Robin Alcorn translation.
Gorillas are basically calm animals, they are usually led by a dominant male gorilla, the adult male gorilla will change the color of the fur on his back to silver that's why it is called a silverback. If a silverback gorilla sees a silverback that is not from his group he will show his strength by standing straight without making eye contact, if an opponent shows a challenge by hitting the chest or hitting the ground they will start a fight, the losing silverback will leave the group he led, and the winning silverback will take the territory and the females of the losing silverback, the silverback will only take care of the children of his offspring so the winning silverback will kill the children of the losing silverback.(Calvin Augusta, comment dated 16/10/2021 to my video • Gabon: This Silverback... )
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. Se frottant fréquemment à son image, il enduit les miroirs de la graisse protégeant sa fourrure, du gras de ses pelotes et de sa bave. Cela rend plus difficile la vision des reflets filmés par leurs pièges photographiques.
Aussi ces photo-piégeurs doivent laver souvent les miroirs pour éviter à avoir à regretter que des scènes exceptionnelles soient rendues peu visibles en raison d’un miroir sale comme cela est le cas dans ce duel entre deux dos argentés.
Les gorilles sont des animaux fondamentalement calmes, ils sont généralement dirigés par un gorille mâle dominant, le gorille mâle adulte change la couleur de la fourrure de son dos en argent, c'est pourquoi on l'appelle dos argenté. Si un gorille à dos argenté voit un gorille à dos argenté qui n'est pas de son groupe, il montrera sa force en se tenant droit sans établir de contact visuel, si un adversaire montre un défi en se frappant la poitrine ou en frappant le sol, ils commenceront un combat, le gorille à dos argenté perdant quittera le groupe qu'il dirigeait, et le gorille à dos argenté gagnant prendra le territoire et les femelles du gorille à dos argenté perdant, le gorille à dos argenté ne prendra soin que des enfants de sa progéniture, donc le gorille à dos argenté gagnant tuera les enfants du gorille à dos argenté perdant. (Calvin Augusta, commentaire du 16/10/2021 à ma vidéo • Gabon: This Silverback... )

[@charlieinfinite9434]

1:49 ... "Who's the prettiest kitty? You are! No. You are!"

[@testortrapzz2830]

First time I saw a narcissistic Leopard.

[@mufiterden2058]

Hayvanlar aynalardan hoşlanmıyor çünki ayna karşısında düşmanını gördüğünü sanıyor bumu hayvanların memnunuyeti gördümki bütün hayvanlar tepki veriyor yani saldırıyor bu durum sizi keyflendiyor galiba orada kuş var kaplan var goril var fil var sanırım bu videoların bir çoğu sizin bence bu aynayı koyan vahşeti seviyor

[@MegaZenaro]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@catherineblack2970]

Typical cat.

[@tamo9520]

Oh My Gosh that fight was excruciatingly loud! For what seems t be such a quiet animal, I had no idea that they screamed like that!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Well noticed! Please watch my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPFmGacdqplibc and you will find this chilling scream at 4:12 *The silverback scream is meant to scare off a rival roaming around his family as one can see in the mirror a fast moving silvery grey silhouette on all fours resembling a gorilla or perhaps an alpha male chimpanzee?* *Or this scream of the head of the family means either a call to order to one of his females who has wandered off with her child into the jungle, out of her control (protection) zone. The next cry is the child refusing to obey its mother to join the other family members around the mirror.* Keep watching the other videos on my channel and on't forget to read the description attached to each of them kzbin.infovideos

[@steven1739]

It's probably the only time this leopard gets to meet another leopard that doesn't try to kill him LOL

[@ncwordman]

I love that leopard. He's beautiful and, probably for the first time, he gets to see just how gorgeous he is. He seems to be in a state of utter bliss.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Leopards produce a number of vocalizations, including growls, snarls, meows and purrs. To invite females in heat for mating and to warn rival males to keep out, male leopards emit a repeated sequence of roars, guttural sounds (produced at the back of the throat) 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 180 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.

[@catherineblack2970]

At the same time he/she continues to foul up the mirror. That cat was giving the mirror maintenance guy a work out. LOLOL

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@catherineblack2970 Please watch my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3zQqaahpbqonZY The jungle mirror must be cleaned often so that chimps gorillas and mandrills can look at themselves and after watching read its attached description. 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!

[@MrBasinator]

1:30 when you know a big Leopard is coming so you have to hurry washing the mirror 😆

[@Falckie8008]

Damn that leopard has a lot of self love I wish I could be like him XD

[@user-lp9je4og5f]

RIP ears

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Listen a little softer leopard's sound for ear: "sawing call", a guttural sound to invite females in heat and warn rival males to keep out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 130 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@kashmello]

I love the mic during the gorilla fight- _dead silence_ *SCREAMS OF THE DAMNED*

[@Japanology]

Next up: Leopard brings meat to his mirror friend.

[@kimilamb3262]

The next time someone asks me what’s a job I wouldn’t have I’m going to show them this window washer. 😂

[@fablewalls]

Isn't he just the most gorgeous cat?

[@mysteryman9641]

Where are all the animals hiding when he is cleaning the mirror. 😆

[@XHB06400CANNES]

They wait nearby until I have finished cleaning the mirror so that they can come back to observe perfectly either their own image, that of a rival or that of a female leopard in heat. Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 130 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@duchessarcher66]

That leopard hides in the shadows and waits for the poor guy to clean the mirror...

[@XHB06400CANNES]

to thank him for the frequent cleaning of the mirrors soiled by him so he can better observe either a rival or a beautiful female in heat or his own image. Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 120 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@ListerMetal]

2:21 is my alarm in the morning from now on.

[@Jodank]

Xd

[@onie4024]

That Leopard spends more time in front of the mirror than Kim Kardashian....

[@MeTaLcOrE1616]

That human is addicted in cleaning the mirror

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Thank you for your comment. *The addicted to mirror cleaning* Keep watching the new 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

[@brandygipson1675]

I love the reflection experiments. Animals are extremely intelligent and don't think enough people give them the credit they deserve. I'm glad that these are done. I even noticed in one where one of the gorillas was looking towards the camera, almost like he knew he was being watched but he still was trying to figure out the mirror. I love this kinda stuff!

[@hyzercreek]

Intelligent? That leopard is dumber than a brick.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

He does not look straight in the eyes the image of a silverback in the mirror as he wants to avoid challenging this rival entered into his domain to steal some of his females. (eye’s contact in silverback gorillas = fight) ). In front of the mirror, 6 cameras were placed to film or photograph the detected animals from different angles. Also this silverback, does not look at the reflection in the mirror, but looks in the opposite direction where the cameras are fixed and so he don't look especially at one camera . Please read my comment under its Custom Thumbnail on "SHOW MORE". I explain this behavior in silverback gorillas. After watching each one of my 160 videos published on my channel: kzbin.infovideos

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Non-recognition of self in a mirror is not a lack of intelligence. In apes, as in mammals or as in humans, self-recognition in a mirror is not innate. It is the result of the more comfortable learning in the mirror at home among young humans in the company of their parents who have done this training and who have the words to explain to their young child the properties of the mirror. This learning in the mirror can last several weeks and it is only around the age of 2 years that the young human understands that in the mirror it is not a play partner who makes the same movements as he does. Among chimpanzees or gorillas, in the insecurity of the jungle learning with his parents who have not done this and who do not speak, this is much more difficult even for intelligent individuals. Some animal species perform inconsistently on the mirror test. Chimps and orangutans have unambiguously passed, but they don’t always. In captivity learning in the mirror seems easier and therefore seems to allow better results in mirror self-recognition. An Asian elephant named Happy passed in 2006 after staring into a really big mirror, and examining a mark on her head with her trunk-but two other elephants at her sides failed. No African elephant has passed the mirror test (Gallup mark test, mirror self-recognition test MSR). No dog, no home cat, no lion or no leopard. Please read the description attached to each of my videos published on my KZbin channel you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@comegetthathitter6935]

...sure

[@diy-anything1347]

The Jaguar love's him self!🤣🤣🤣

[@XHB06400CANNES]

If you had read the title of my video and the description attached to my video, you wouldn't have written that nonsense because as indicated that the video was filmed in Gabon (Africa) and that the cat is a leopard (Panthera pardus) and not a jaguar (Panthera onca) only found on the American continent where no elephants are found on this continent. Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 120 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@nickcage2553]

That leopard ruined the filming of a perfect gorilla fight .

[@LeO-hm3tj]

Damn leopard~ 😂 every time that mirrow was cleaned, he came..

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Watch my other video about mirror cleaning in rain forest ; The jungle mirror must be cleaned often so that chimps gorillas and mandrills can look at themselves kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3zQqaahpbqonZY After each viewing of videos of my channel dont forget to 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

[@YouOnlyIiveTwice]

Leopards are the most beautiful of all the big cats. Such an amazing patterned fur for camouflage.

[@betacrest10]

That cat really loves seeing himself.

[@mrandersson2009]

you should train the apes to clean the mirror.

[@donnacouch7430]

he is just so cute and in love with himself lol

[@R.O.T.C._SEEM]

The big cats kept messing it up

[@ironplays.]

2:23 RIP headphone users.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Sorry! The warning 𝐑.𝐈.𝐏. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 is well mentioned under its thumbnail image but unfortunately it is not possible to increase the size of the font. Keep watching my videos (160 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 : kzbin.infovideos

[@edzelvanidos793]

This is so fascinating to watch. You can clearly what these animals do in their own habitat.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

This is thanks to the trap cameras which allow to enter in the intimacy without, in the majority of the cases, disturbing the animals during the day. At night when the animals trigger these cameras, some are initially disturbed by the light of their flash but they quickly get used to it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4eWopWie5x_bqM kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpiwiJineMt0sLs kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2Oqiql7eZKZhMk kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGXKg4qEhp2pftk kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHKye62EabWre6c kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3iYoWmrmc2jZ7s Keep watching my homemade videos (160 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

[@jayclark2790]

Jesus, I would hate to be in front of an angry Silverback lol.

[@Elsagwene]

haha This is awesome!! I love it. Also liked seeing how you had to clean up the mirror every time the leopard came. hahaha xD too funny. :)

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Why would we be attacked if our arrival was loud enough to warn the animals of our presence and so that they would not be surprised by arrival of the mirror cleaners. Leopards, chimpanzees and gorillas are grateful to us and to Michel for the regular cleaning of the 6 mirrors placed in their region. So they prefer to wait nearby until we have finished our work and left the mirror area to come back to observe perfectly either their own image, that of a rival or that of a female leopard in heat. I rely a lot on my wife's very good hearing to detect the presence of animals and to avoid surprising them. For example, a mother elephant (with baby) who has heard us from a distance will warn us to turn back, while a mother with her cub, surprise by our presence nearby will react more severely. Look at this beautiful river crossing location: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo Its our choice to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. Keep watching my videos posted on my channel and read the description attached to each one. You will find very interesting information on the animals' reactions to my mirrors in the jungle: kzbin.infovideos

[@gamermind6158]

How do you know when it's safe to clean the mirror?

[@MrPantalonero]

My man asking the real questions

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Why would we be attacked if our arrival was loud enough to warn the animals of our presence and so that they would not be surprised by arrival of the mirror cleaners. Leopards, chimpanzees and gorillas are grateful to us and to Michel for the regular cleaning of the 6 mirrors placed in their region. So they prefer to wait nearby until we have finished our work and left the mirror area to come back to observe perfectly either their own image, that of a rival or that of a female leopard in heat. I rely a lot on my wife's very good hearing to detect the presence of animals and to avoid surprising them. For example, a mother elephant (with baby) who has heard us from a distance will warn us to turn back, while a mother with her cub, surprise by our presence nearby will react more severely. Look at this beautiful river crossing location: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo Its our choice to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. Keep watching my videos posted on my channel and read the description attached to each one. You will find very interesting information on the animals' reactions to my mirrors in the jungle: kzbin.infovideos

[@eka6714]

@@XHB06400CANNES so you're saying that leopard will wait him to clean the mirror, i thought leopard is an ambush predator and as soon as you look away showing your back they'll jump on you

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@eka6714 *_Humans are not part of the diet of Gabonese leopards._* They eat small game such as antelopes, red river hogs, palm rats and small monkeys. The size of the humans seems to intimidate them. You who seem to have a great experience of wildlife, I will be more suspicious by sending a text message to the leopards of the region for my arrival, specifying that I will be accompanied as usual by my wife but from now on by two armed guards!

[@Trazynn]

I saw a documentary of newly contacted Amazon tribes and what those people feared most was a jaguar. They all had close relatives eaten by them.

[@GenericWhiteBitch1980]

This is just epic... who ever came up with this idea was genius it’s so fun to watch and I’m sure it’s fun for the animals too 😍

[@kkttss1928]

The leopard/cougar thing just wanted a friend

[@vermemmeadsf]

You are doing amazing work especially with chimpanzees. In a way you are helping them evolve abilities that they will understand and can teach to other monkeys for years to come.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_A comment like yours is comforting after reading numerous comments calling for the dismantling of these sadistic 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: 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!

[@payattention3022]

3:38 I see your camera- you aint foolin no one

[@flamezmelt]

Pay Attention 🤣🤣🤣 funniest random part

[@johnames6430]

2:25 I've seen stuff like this happen at Disney Land, Boat Cruises, Denny's, and even at the mall

[@sadiyarabia3194]

I could watch these all day. It takes a giant mirror to bring out a whole community of jungle animals.

[@Pozorrogo]

Kudos to the window washer, holy crap I wouldnt want to do that with all those animals lurking

[@XHB06400CANNES]

The installation of a mirror generates noise and therefore the animals do not stay close by. On the other hand, when my wife and I alone in the Gabonese forest, we collect the memory cards from our cameras, clean our mirrors, change the batteries, clean the lenses, remove the fallen branches their field of vision or the vines growing against their lenses, walk up the bed of streams or small rivers to find new areas where animals cross to install new cameras, I rely a lot on my wife's very good hearing to detect the presence of animals and to avoid surprising them. For example, a mother elephant (with baby) who has heard us from a distance will warn us to turn back, while a surprise by our presence nearby will react more severely. Look at this beautiful river crossing location: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo Its our choice to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. Keep watching my videos posted on my channel and read the description attached to each one. You will find very interesting information on the animals' reactions to my mirrors in the jungle: kzbin.infovideos

[@blueduck8431]

Leopard sees reflection... Leopard: HAAAY THERE GIRL!

[@User-rg9vs]

IDK WHY BUT 2:25 HAD ME DYING “WAUAHGTUAHGVOIOPRAGFAAAQ”THATS ALL I UNDERSTOOD💔☠️🤣

[@ingeborgpostelnik4748]

had a really good laugh!!! thank you...

[@TheGeminancer]

I would be addicted to my own reflection too if I was a leopard XD ...leopards are truly the most beautiful creature on earth. much more so than human beings.

[@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 Solitary animal, leopard produces a number of sounds such as roaring, meowing, snarling or growling. To invite females in heat for mating and to warn rival males to keep out, male leopards emit a repeated sequence of roars (guttural sounds produced at the back of the throat) 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 captured 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. So my home made videos with leopards as: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnYqKkaa1sqdU 𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 (𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3-rXmOadrSSodk A young leopard plays with her mirror reflection under her mother's control in the jungle (Gabon) kzbin.info/www/bejne/el6kkqVvh5qdmLs Leopards VS mirror - 3 years later same mom with her new cub (identification demonstrated in clip) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZCYYWqGYqmYn8k leopard: learning of mirror don't progress kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHaTgoWcZ9Wdp8k leopard VS mirror: What a great seducer! and so on.

[@surfrookie1]

That's one lonely Leopard...Poor guy

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In felids, lions are genetically programmed to live in large family groups (prides), while leopards are genetically programmed to live alone. So this male leopard doesn't feel alone and dont search an odourless mate. He doesn't need any companions. 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.

[@TheCorrectionist1984]

@@XHB06400CANNES , so he really does not think that is another leopard in the mirror?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@TheCorrectionist1984 if you think he really doesn't think it's another leopard in the mirror then what does he think of his reflection?

[@TheCorrectionist1984]

@@XHB06400CANNES , i don't think we can no just based on the fact it doesn't match cording or territorial. it would be nice to see some self-directed behavior like the gorillas and chimps do. Like when they scratch their butt in the mirror. Lol

[@cheesenipspartymix]

Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE does he just like rubbing the mirror because it’s a flat surface then?

[@galady8632]

The leopard obviously realized he is and looks awesome and now is his time to enjoy what the jungle sees on a regular basis

[@XHB06400CANNES]

For your information: In animals as in humans, self recognition in a mirror is not innate. It is the result of the more comfortable training in the mirror at home among young humans in the company of their parents who have done this training and who have the words to explain to their young child the properties of the mirror. Among primates, éléphants and felids, in the insecurity of the jungle learning with his parents who have not done this and who do not speak, this is much more difficult even for intelligent individuals. To date: only Humans, Orangutans, Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Gorillas (blackback), Rhesus Macaques, Bottlenose Dolphins, Asian Elephants, Orcas, Grey parrots (African/Gabon grey Parrots) and Magpies have shown the ability to recognize their own reflections after an even long training in the mirror for some ones. Three asian elephants in captivity at the Bronx Zoo in New York were standing in front of an huge mirror with each one two crosses just been drawn on their forehead. A white cross and a colorless cross. A only one named Happy, has touched with her trunk repeatedly the painted white cross but ignored the other colorless painted cross. The test failed with the other two. *No African elephant has so far passed the self recognition test in a mirror. No cat as leopard, tiger or homecat, no dog passed this test.* Please read the description attached to each of my 160 videos published on my KZbin channel you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@galady8632]

@@XHB06400CANNES ... Wow! Sorry you felt any disrespect or inappropriate intent via my remark. My only intent was a tongue-in-cheek mental reference to so many people that focus on mirrors and selfies. I personally found the cat's interaction with the mirror very interesting. The unique stimulation has to be beneficial for all the jungle creatures. I applaud the focus on the enrichment of the jungle animal residents. Obviously your knowledge of the situation far exceeds mine. That was never questioned. Rather than risk further offending you i will quietly leave this channel. I have always loved animals. I do not wish to bring negativity to any site, particularly one that focuses on such magnificent creatures. I wish you a peaceful future.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@galady8632 Merci beaucoup !

[@silver120mp]

like your channel; best of luck in your research

[@deeped7249]

I like how the one at 1:15 moved his head from in view of the mirror to out of view....smart

[@cockertoo8920]

There's obviously something in the mirror cleaner that turns the cheetah on!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Indeed the taste of the mirror cleaner used to degrease and wash the mirrors could be an explanation for this male leopard's addiction -cheetah- to mirrors and not to his image.Watch my other videos of the channel and don't forget to read the description each time. You will learn some very important information. kzbin.infovideos

[@heidikickhouse-]

@@XHB06400CANNES Get a grant from some generous foundation for a bright young MIT post-doc to invent an anti-slobber film for mirrors so it slides right off with gravity and leaves no trace on the mirror. Oh sorry, I took a little detour to FantasyLand there. We had a cat for years that would rub cheek to cheek with my husband and slobber him all up, I'd tell him it was a huge compliment. I would have said anything, as long as the rascal didn't do it to me, it was so yukky.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@heidikickhouse- *To try to repel out of my mirrors that leopard that's always dirtying them, I've been unsuccessfully changing my window cleaner. I used bleach which had the effect of attracting him even more. I used recipes, which have proven effective in keeping domestic cats away, such as spraying white vinegar or a mixture of water and mustard. Unfortunately, daily tornadoes erase the traces of these repellents.*

[@JesseP.Watson]

Great footage..Thanks.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

🙏🙏🙏 *I appreciate the label you gave to my video.* May I invite you to watch especially my videos which, unfortunately, have a very small number of views and are very informative like: Baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY Baby gorilla is in mirror training class: Mom's coming to pick him up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rUpHmphK-bhtE Elephants calves playing in heavy rain in the Gabon jungle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIiuZ6SBqMt_rNk A calf elephant thinks its reflection in the mirror would be a young cow or a young calf: cute react kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ25h5uejrunibc For a baby elephant it is not easy to move through the jungle (Gabon): kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHmXgWCgdshpeLM In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Two Silverback Gorillas Fight in the Jungle - Animals Reactions in Huge Mirrors dirtied by a Leopard kzbin.info/www/bejne/anStYWeterGgfrc Good vision! Thank you again.

[@PikaPunch44]

Lol I can't imagine the window washer being like GOSH DAMN leopard AGAIN!?

[@JayS64]

The leopard is so funny

[@hyzercreek]

Plot twist: After the mirror was taken down, the leopard pined away for the other leopard, until one day he saw it on a pond, and drowned.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Have you been successful in clearly recognizing your own image clearly by leaning over a puddle of rain water, in a pond ? Maybe just your shade on a sunny day? On the water's surface its own image cannot be reflected perpendicularly but laterally. For this reason your neighbour, under some light conditions and some quality from the bottom of the pond, can see distinctly your face but not his own. Thus, an animal cannot clearly see itself in a pond or a puddle and therefore, it cannot learn in the mirror because for it as well as for humans, self recognition in a mirror is not innate. Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 160 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@hyzercreek]

@@XHB06400CANNES I'm an optometrist I don't need a lecture on optics.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@hyzercreek And so as optometrist you can clearly yourself if leaned above a pond ?

[@hyzercreek]

@@XHB06400CANNES Yup. Just like the ancient greek mythologists did when they invented Narcissus, before there were mirrors.

[@Supernaut710]

That leopard has more self esteem than anyone else😂😂

[@XHB06400CANNES]

He never be selfaware! 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. 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 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.

[@evand4144]

Wish I loved myself as much as that leopard loves himself :(

[@1_fishin_magician153]

7 seconds in....that Leopard is in love... lol

[@louielouiepks]

The best part is watching the cleaning. I like his technique. I have learned a great deal about cleaning mirrors. I think I can apply that to my windshield in my auto and windows at my house.

[@anthonyali7309]

Bravest Janitor ever

[@MareechiatTheHalkhoriyaTimes]

This is really funny!

[@lisaetinger2248]

Thank you Xavier😁

[@IHKAMJOURNEY]

we always pray for you ...may you always be safe from all dangers when your life with wild beasts and the ferocious forest

[@philjames3163]

Who's that handsome Devil in the mirror?

[@jw1741]

Their personalities shine through in this mirror experiment and the Jaguar is super courageous and affectionate compared to all of the other animals especially the cougar which has everything in common with a Jaguar, but completely different. Fascinating!!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

If you had read the title of this video, you would not have had use the word "jaguar" because it is indicated that the cat is a leopard (Panthera pardus) and not a jaguar (Panthera onca) only found on the American continent where no elephants are found on this continent. Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 130 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@mpa324]

Should give the leopard a limit on that mirror, he's hogging it

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Or this leopard should clean from time to time, the mirror gets dirty by him, to allow other animals in the area to continue their learning in the mirror by clearly seeing their reflection. For this purpose Michel leaves on the back of each of our mirrors a piece of sponge in half a bottle of soapy water. Please read the description attached to each of our 130 videos published on our channel kzbin.infovideos

[@MrGlenn7710]

...dang I wish the mirror was clean we could a seen that fight!..

[@cl9156]

great reactions

[@spizz6744]

Lol leopards love their selves

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Leopards don't only love themselves. Front of mirror their behaviour changes from one minute to the next, from a desire for company to a desire to fight with a rival and then to a desire to mate. Some of them can even spend the night in front of a mirror by checking from time to time for the presence of their reflection in the mirror. Don't forget to read the description attached to each of our 130 videos published on our channel: kzbin.infovideos

[@spizz6744]

@@XHB06400CANNES cool

[@kellykirkwood4567]

1:03 My glass patio door at any given time. Five dogs, 6# - 60#. I give up. 😂

[@efwfew]

Incroyable vos vidéos, bravo. Vraiment intéressant.

[@pemburubersyair884]

Good job sir

[@bigfrank1010]

Love it

[@Lady8D]

I would NOT like to hear that in person!!! So cool to hear on video!

[@r.ishwarr.ishwar6155]

Super Tq sir

[@XHB06400CANNES]

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು. ನನ್ನ ಇತರ ವೀಡಿಯೊಗಳನ್ನು ವೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿ: kzbin.infovideos

[@temuulmunkhtur]

Whenever I see a primate, I just wanna give them a you know little head bop, can't unsee the similarities man

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

A very long time ago I went to a zoo, and I went with a really religious Christian and my mother (she was my mother‘s friend, who is also super Christian). My favorite animals to observe there were the chimpanzees and orangutans, for obvious reasons. I muttered out loud how could anyone possibly not see the fact that we are closely related, even just looking at a chimp’s ear, and they lost their minds with such an idea. It is so frustrating talking to people who don’t accept evolution, and therefore won’t even accept what is right in front of their eyes.

[@karldubelheimer3959]

They're smart enough to avoid a real fight. We should take note of this.

[@JoelCarli]

Do leopards recognize themselves in the mirror?

[@sarban1653]

I think they do based on how close they were to it and the rubbing that they constantly did. Some house cats are said to recognize their reflection so it wouldn't be far fetched to believe that some leopards could as well.

[@jstash9364]

How do you know when it’s safe to clean the mirror and what do you do if it’s not

[@hulkman129]

Large intervals when no animal is around tells him to go clean the window

[@jstash9364]

@@hulkman129 I get that but I don’t think that’s very reliable surely?

[@hulkman129]

@@jstash9364 needs passion in the first place to do this.

[@edmundsim6251]

Wait for Sunday. Animals rest on a Sunday.

[@uptownscenery9175]

Gorilla was like whats this mirror doing here and they are recording got damn humans again

[@annettegenovesi4012]

Xavier your video was most excellent and instructional. I really enjoyed this and will look forward to seeing more of the "monkeying around."

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Your feedback on this video encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion.* It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. We are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on... It's a choice.. 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/lamwlWmmrt6AmMU Some chimps are angry at mirrors, while others are calm 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 After each watching, don't forget to read my description with more information attached to each of my 160 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos and check out my videos published on this channel Good vision!

[@annettegenovesi4012]

@@XHB06400CANNES Thanks for explaining the process. Great videos for sure.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@annettegenovesi4012 🙏🙏🙏 I really appreciate it when a viewer thanks me for my reply to his/her comment. Merci beaucoup !

[@mrsdin3739]

The big cat drool like house cat... Lol My cat drool if we pet him n he overjoyed it.

[@user-lr8sn4id9g]

Me: skims through the video to find the fight part My ears at 3:12: *IMPLODE*

[@Kaiju_2004]

1:53 a leopard's can you feel the love tonight

[@kendram6579]

Love story of the century

[@-.-8932]

gorrillas,leopard,monkeys,guy with sandals.... wait

[@Sinvisigoth]

Is it definitely his reflection and not the smell of the cleaning products? He's drooling like a domestic cat with catnip.

[@chynawov4879]

That 🐆 was lonely

[@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.

[@Eleonora1960]

@@XHB06400CANNES M. Hubert-Brierre, I also thought the beautiful Leopard, though being a solitary creature, might feel, that day, somehow lonely... as he's purring at the image he sees in the mirror :) Am I humanizing him, maybe? :) Anyway, I felt a sentiment of tenderness for this gorgeous, powerful creature... ❤ Thank you for sharing - precious explanations as well

[@hubert-brierrexavier8270]

@@Eleonora1960 🙏🙏🙏 I really appreciate it when a viewer thanks me for my reply to a comment! Merci beaucoup ! Keep watching my other 170 homemade videos posted on my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each of them you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@superbanks3311]

I don't think the leopard is narcissistic, he just like the texture of the mirror.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

or he appreciates the taste of the product used to wash and degrease the mirrors ! Keep watching my videos (160 pieces) 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

[@miltonvargas]

The Leopards lonelyness Feel so sad. Maybe he didnt see another one like His species long Time ago. Or maybe The familiarity of shapes AND marks seems to be looking a relative (he spit AND drool in The mirror, thats means Trust AND smelling baunds)....really Feel sad about him.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In felids, if lions are genetically programmed to live in large family groups (prides), leopards are programmed to live alone. So this male leopard doesn't feel alone and dont search an odourless mate. He doesn't need any companions. 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.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@TheBrabon1 I've received a very interesting explanation from Bob The Ranger about this very important drooling ( kzbin.info ) This leopard "is definitely acting like he sees a rival male, with some confusion as to why there is no smell or sound. Once he gets to the mirror he realizes there is some kind of physical barrier between him and his rival so is making sure that barrier carries his scent in his side, he us seeing his rival do the same thing so the drooling intensifies.

[@mathildamn9651]

@TheBrabon1 I don't know, but my cat spit as much as this leopard when I pet him !!!!

[@ithappens007]

Damn cats really be lonely out there..

[@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 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 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! 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 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.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@XHB06400CANNES You said in a different company that at times it was clear he had a desire for company, and that his mood changed often. So...

[@LiiT3xGaming]

Cool videos

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_A comment like yours is comforting after reading numerous comments calling for the dismantling of these sadistic 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: 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!

[@LiiT3xGaming]

@@XHB06400CANNES you're welcome, i saw some comments before very disrespectful and rude. These videos probably took a long time to make.. I find them very informative and interesting to watch, so keep it up and let the hater hate 👍 Cheers. P.S Thanks for the tip i'll check those videos out. Thank you :)

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@LiiT3xGaming Your compliment 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 trap cameras, some facing huge mirrors set up in a remote area of the Gabonese virgin forest and collect their memory card. Then we do the editing with for each one 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... Keep watching the other videos on my channel kzbin.infovideos Please read the description attached to each of my videos you will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle ! 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.

[@joalfonsiuswolfenstein8386]

Saliva... Saliva Everywhere

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Watch my Following video and read my description attached to kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3zQqaahpbqonZY Watch my other videos of the channel and don't forget to read the description each time. You will learn some very important information. kzbin.infovideos

[@lisaetinger2248]

He was slobbering because he was excited. I think he was young and wanted a companion. Or he was frisky and wondering what was wrong with the girl in the mirror.😁

[@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. Leopard is lone 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. 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 Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 130 videos published on our channel: kzbin.infovideos

[@arturocaso7494]

I wonder why this male leopard got so atracted to the mirror, seems that ir is not the reflexion but the feeling of the texture!

[@TontonGringo]

Les gorilles, chimpanzés et mandrills n'ont pas l'air d'apprécier les actes de vandalisme des léopards, qui salissent régulièrement leur jouet favori. Merci encore pour ces formidables vidéos et pour le travail que vous faites pour nous en faire profiter.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Merci de regarder cette vidéo montrant l'obligation de dégraisser et laver nos miroirs fréquemment pour permettre aux grands singes d'avancer dans leur apprentissage au miroir en observant distinctement leur reflet et de finalement comprendre que le reflet est eux-mêmes : kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3zQqaahpbqonZY et que si cela n'est pas fait très régulièrement on peut le regretter vivement comme dans la vidéo que vous avez visionnée kzbin.info/www/bejne/anStYWeterGgfrc car nos miroirs sont surutilisés par les panthères de la région comme réseau social kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHnFaZypdrZlZ5Y et cela perturbe les études du miroir par ce jeune adolescent gorille. *D'où nous est venue l'idée des miroirs ?* Mon épouse et moi sommes, ni photographes professionnels, ni scientifiques, ni vétérinaires. Nous voulions remercier le Gabon, nous ayant accueilli pendant plus de 35 ans dans le secteur de la grande distribution, en montrant sur KZbin la diversité de la faune de ce beau pays et donner envie aux internautes de le visiter. Nos premières vidéos diffusées sur notre chaîne KZbin montraient essentiellement des animaux sauvages "passant" devant les objectifs de nos caméras pièges équipées de détecteurs de mouvement : La marche d'un éléphant devant l'objectif d'un piège pendant une vingtaine de secondes n'est pas particulièrement intéressante. Par contre une vidéo de jeunes éléphants jouant dans une rivière pendant que les adultes étanchent leur soif est beaucoup plus agréable à regarder : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aompmIWhiMaYitU *Pour trouver de tels "spots", il convient de s'éloigner du sentier emprunté par les quelques véhicules 4x4 de Nyonié (camp à 30 km de notre zone de piégeage), pour s'enfoncer plus profondément dans la forêt et remonter les rivières en marchant dans leur lit. Cela n’est pas sans danger surtout lorsque l’on est âgé.* Pour progresser plus facilement dans la forêt, les animaux utilisent le sentier des tout-terrains, sans lianes, sans buissons, sans ronces et sans arbres entremêlés au sol, suite aux très nombreuses tornades dans cette région à cheval sur la ligne de l’équateur. Alors, Il nous est venu l’idée de placer de très grands miroirs au bout d’une longue ligne droite afin d’attirer leur curiosité et de les « bloquer » devant leur reflet. Nous avons également placé d’autres miroirs sous des arbres dont nombreux animaux apprécient les fruits. A d’autres emplacements au milieu de la forêt, il eut fallu beaucoup de chance pour que les animaux croisent leur reflet ! Notre utilisation des miroirs a suscité un grand intérêt chez les primatologues, notamment les membres du PSG, non pas le club de football du Paris Saint Germain, mais le Primate Specialist Group (Groupe des spécialistes de primates), qui n'avaient étudié la reconnaissance de soi dans un miroir chez les grands singes que dans des laboratoires avec des animaux captifs ou nés en captivité, habitués au contact avec l'homme. Ces animaux, imitant parfois l'homme, n'avaient pas à chercher de nourriture, à défendre leur famille contre d'autres congénères et prédateurs, avaient donc des comportements déformés, très différents de ceux des primates vivant en toute liberté avec leur groupe ou leur famille dans une zone reculée de la forêt gabonaise. Nos caméras ont mis en évidence un comportement très particulier chez les chimpanzés de la région de Nyonié et cela ont donné lieu à une publication scientifique, "Reflections in rainforest mirrors facilitate behavioral observations of wild chimpanzees Primates n°58 2017-01". Ce comportement est filmé sur nos trois vidéos suivantes : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWweJaCp7ZkaKc (Frottement de la croupe chez les chimpanzés = effet anti-stress ? Un comportement social jamais observé auparavant) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqfPmoekf5yCotE (des chimpanzés effrayés se rassurent avec des contacts de pseudo-copulation et de rump-to-rump devant le miroir) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnrXfKmNZs-ag80 (Chimpanzees front of a Mirror in the Gabon Jungle Grooming Power displays Copulation, Grooming again) Regardez nos autres vidéos de la chaine et n'oubliez pas à chaque fois de lire la description qui y est jointe après celle en anglais. Vous y apprendrez des informations très importantes. kzbin.infovideos

[@CajunA79]

That big cat wants a mate lol

[@possocho]

Lol

[@uknowho9448]

2.30 headphone users be warned because this is going to be next level😂

[@XHB06400CANNES]

The warning to headphone users is clearly mentioned under the thumbnail before the description of the video. Listen a little softer leopard's sound for ear: "sawing call", a guttural sound to invite females in heat and warn rival males to keep out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH3YpGeYibytnK8 Please do not forget to read the description attached to each of our 130 videos published on our channel

[@mertinlad]

superbe chaine, les réactions et les comportements des animaux sont très intéressants ! J'attendrai avec impatience vos prochaines vidéos !

[@metzicrowden8218]

Looks like Jaguars are happy to see each other

[@DeVon675]

Isn't this man risking his safety by cleaning. The mirror where all these animals gather?

[@sanSDI]

The mirrors are mostly near a path for vehicles. Animals flee if they here the sounds of the car. At least i would say that to me again and again if i had to clean there.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Why would we be attacked if our arrival was loud enough to warn the animals of our presence and so that they would not be surprised by arrival of the mirror cleaners. Leopards, chimpanzees and gorillas are grateful to us and to Michel for the regular cleaning of the 6 mirrors placed in their region. So they prefer to wait nearby until we have finished our work and left the mirror area to come back to observe perfectly either their own image, that of a rival or that of a female leopard in heat. I rely a lot on my wife's very good hearing to detect the presence of animals and to avoid surprising them. For example, a mother elephant (with baby) who has heard us from a distance will warn us to turn back, while a mother with her cub, surprise by our presence nearby will react more severely. Look at this beautiful river crossing location: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo Its our choice to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. Keep watching my videos posted on my channel and read the description attached to each one. You will find very interesting information on the animals' reactions to my mirrors in the jungle: kzbin.infovideos

[@Trust-me-I-am-a-dentist]

That Leopard is a big boy...wow.

[@igotajopamerica3040]

I'm wondering if the cats smell the cleaning solution (maybe ammonia) and think its a mate. Like humans smell purfume.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Maybe the dish cleaner I use to degrease my mirrors has aphrodisiac properties. Keep watching the new 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

[@GetMeThere1]

I think that leopard is desperate for a mate.