Vine or branch in hand, gorillas and chimps are emboldened to attack their reflection in a mirror.

[@jeffmays7177]

It's gotta be frustrating when your best ways of showing how strong you are get perfectly mimicked at the exact moment you preform said show of strength feat

[@zacknathandosdos2531]

8

[@papadopp3870]

…then, when you are bright enough to find a weapon or two, your opponent finds at the EXACT same time, the EXACT same weapon. Even your elder brother cannot help. I would imagine primate psychiatrists visits soar after the weekend the portal appeared in the forest.

[@Gansalf64]

As a kid we went to the zoo. I singled out 1 chimpanzee ana mimicked him. What he did I did. It didn't take long for him to go ape shit throwing sawdust around chucking a hissy and having a melt down. We were asked to move on.

[@blaacksugar7714]

Dude that's just breakdancing.

[@AG-ol2gb]

He's anticipating my every move!

[@lonkkil]

Imagine losing your alpha status to your own reflection

[@Rudy-179]

💀

[@blipsauce1143]

Poetic

[@alizaidanthamyeez740]

I love how the youngest ones are seemingly the least freaked out

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Please read my attached description containing the scientific explanations of these Great Ape behaviours by Jim Anderson, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University:* _Like human babies, monkeys and apes first react to their own reflection as if they were looking at another, unfamiliar member of their species. However, this strange individual only imitates; it doesn’t interact normally, and it sometimes suddenly appears then disappears from view. The reflection clearly perplexes the viewing monkey or ape, and the behavioral reactions it elicits depend on factors such as species, age, sex, social status, and presence of others. For example, infants might approach their reflection........._ 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!

[@jomr4249]

They’ve been through less sh*t in life lol

[@alizaidanthamyeez740]

@@jomr4249 true

[@kiiingst0n]

Too young to realise danger.

[@majesticslug3399]

Young enough to not be flooded with testosterone or trauma

[@SpazzAttack78]

1:50 "the calls of the chimpanzees in the background encourage him to continue" So funny to me for some reason. "Don't be a wimp!" "Go get him Fred!" "Show him who's boss!" "He's shying away, keep at it!"

[@JesseP.Watson]

It is so utterly spell-binding to watch their mind's at work. Thanks very much for thinking to make this footage public - it's very special indeed. The black-back sneaking a quick peek at his rear end is just hilarious too.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_A comment like yours is a great moral booster after reading comments calling for the dismantling of these cruel mirrors!_* *Your feedback on my videos encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed we are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language (french) and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on... and answer to numerous comments posted on my channel* It's a choice.. Watch more of my 180 videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision!

[@cornpop838]

“Minds at work” they are literally chimps LMAO not much is going on in their mind but hey go ahead and romanticize dumb shit 😭😂

[@SeriKula]

Agreed ❤.. The mind is a wonderful thing

[@mynamesjudge]

Using the stick seemed like a good idea until she realized that her opponent had also armed herself with a stick!

[@Johnnyjawbone]

And it was almost the same size!

[@gv2010]

This proves to me that mirrors only exist because the earliest humans wanted to look at their own genitals.

[@WranglerJess97]

My sister pulls the same BS in the mirror every morning, until she gets her make-up on and recognizes herself.

[@Neon-rk2bg]

🤣

[@JohnAnto85]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🍀

[@brandongreene9615]

Your sister looks at her genitals and “anal region” in the mirror every morning? Damn

[@WranglerJess97]

@@brandongreene9615 Yeah, and she also does summersaults after taking laxatives!

[@MiPix2D]

😂

[@paradigm_sh1ft532]

"Better get myself a stick so I can feel - OH SH*T WHERE DID SHE GET THAT EXACT SAME STICK!!!???"

[@MS-yx3dr]

The baby chimp was able to figure it out. He was like "mom, mom it is just a mirror"🤣🤣🤣

[@franciscoreyes7370]

Just like giving a human child an ipad.

[@MS-yx3dr]

@@franciscoreyes7370 Exactly, lol😄😄😄

[@TC-be7kx]

All fear is learnt

[@DutchFurnace]

@05:14 The checking to see if there's someone else around, while slowly moving up one leg, before going to town, was hilarious.

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Папилома-м3к]

💀💀💀💀

[@keylime6]

I like how the first thing they do after they realize how it works is to check out their own ass 😂

[@robertpittman6358]

What did we learn. When the great apes realized it was their own reflection they looked at their junk.

[@JuJul1]

I remember when I was a kid, I thought the mirror is a portal to a different dimension where everything is reversed but we can't get through because our alternate dimension counterpart will do the same thing and keep blocking us

[@bobsmith5441]

Sure

[@raven11356]

I wonder if they think like "man, that other chimp is good."

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*During the first exposures, each alpha chimpanzee (silverback) effectively recognizes his neighbors among the reflections, he also notices the presence of a stranger he has never met: his image he does not know. What is he doing there? Why is he here? Why would I share with this unknown silverback the right to mate with the females in our group? In an attempt to frighten this stranger he has never met (his image), with whom he does not want to share the females of his group, this chimpanzee shows his large build, standing in a bipedal position, arms outstretched, ruffling his hair, and shows his strength with heavy loudly slaps with cupped hands on the ground. These slaps on the ground must be very noisy because this alpha chimpanzee want to show his power and thus scare the invader of his domain (his own image) and push him to escape. His reflection taking the same attitude, he hesitates to fight it.* Under these conditions, learning to use the mirror is not possible and cannot be successful for silverback chimpanzees. After a long practice in mirror in laboratory, some chimpanzees have performed unambiguouslyon the mirror test, but not always.To learn more about these wildlife encounters with giant mirrors installed in the jungle in Gabon, after watching, read the accompanying description of each of my 180 videos published on my KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos

[@benderisgreat95able]

I love how the babies had the most logical approaches to what was going on.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*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 the properties of the mirror to their young child. To do this training, the child needs be exposed to his or her reflection several times and quietly examine it: his or her face, body and the gestures (attitudes) it reproduces. This learning in the mirror can last several weeks and it's only around the age of 2 that the young human understands that in the mirror it's not a playmate who's doing the same movements as him, but himself. An adult human, facing a mirror for the first time in his life, while unaware of its properties and even its existence, would also behave irrationally. It is only the lack of knowledge of the mirror that makes him react in this way. A video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXibaHuXnrRsj9U , from the report of Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, on a first contact with the Toulambis tribe in Papua New Guinea shows adult dads who were afraid to see themselves in a mirror. Among chimpanzees, in the insecurity of the jungle learning the mirror with their parents who have not done this and who do not speak, this is much more difficult even for intelligent individuals. *_Case of a female chimpanzees:_* In front of a mirror, each female sees a female she has never seen before, a stranger? (her reflection): A new female that the dominant males of the group will share. Such are the male/female relationships in chimpanzees. So she doesn't know jealousy and *_she can quietly stay in front of her reflection and do her apprenticeship in the mirror which will allow her to recognize herself in her reflection as shown in some of my videos_* *_Case of babies:_* In front of a mirror any baby is happy to discover a new playmate who takes pleasure in copying his every move identically. *_Case of a silverback chimpanzee (alpha male)_* In front of a mirror, each alpha chimpanzee (silverback) effectively recognizes its neighbor among the reflections, but he also notices the presence of a stranger it has never met: his image he does not know. What is he doing there? Why is he here? Why would I share with this unknown silverback the right to mate with the females in our group? In an attempt to frighten this stranger he has never met (his image), with whom he does not want to share the females of his group, this chimpanzee shows off his large build, standing in a bipedal position, arms outstretched, hair up, and displays his strength by the ground heavily. His reflection adopts the same attitude, he hesitates to fight him. Hearing the cries of the other chimpanzees of the group (pan hut), perched in the trees around the mirror, he cannot remain calm and must assume his status of dominant male and scare this intruder away. *Under these conditions, learning the mirror is not possible and cannot be successful in alpha male chimpanzees in the wild.* Don’t forget after watching each of my videos, to read the description attached to it, as to each of my 180 videos published on my KZbin channel: kzbin.infovideos you will know very interesting information about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle.

[@bubbabuhe9745]

I love how some people just conjecture what it was that occurred.

[@anomaly395]

0:27 That jump is so funny to me lmaooo

[@theshoelace1706]

The alpha chimp after completing its display of dominance: "Well played, my most worthy rival. May our battle be legendary!"

[@Jacob-oe9uy]

Ah, checking your bum and making funny faces in the mirror. Be honest. We’ve all done it.

[@computernoise2209]

They're a few millennia away from popping zits

[@LowryYT]

When you ask yourself how did they not recognise themselves and then you realise, they probably have never seen their own face

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*The non-self awareness in a mirror is not a sign of lack of intelligence!* *In animals as in Apes (Gorillas, Chimpanzees, Bonobos and Orangutans) as in humans, self recognition in a mirror is not innate. An adult human, facing a mirror for the first time in his life, while unaware of its properties and even its existence, would also behave irrationally. It is only the lack of knowledge of the mirror that makes him react in this way.* *In humans over 2 years of age, after learning in the mirror with their parents, they recognize themselves in their reflection* For example in chimpanzees: *Children and chimpanzee females are not worried about their reflection, which they do not consider as a danger but rather as a potential playmate or lover or finally as a new female who has joined the group.* *During the first exposures, each alpha chimpanzee (silverback) effectively recognizes its neighbours among the reflections, it also notices the presence of a stranger it has never met: its image it does not know. What is he doing there? Why is he here? Why would I share with this unknown silverback the right to mate with the females in our group? In an attempt to frighten this stranger he has never met (his image), with whom he does not want to share the females of his group, this chimpanzee shows his large build, standing in a bipedal position, arms outstretched, ruffling his hair, and shows his strength with heavy loudly slaps with cupped hands on the ground. These slaps on the ground must be very noisy because this alpha chimpanzee want to show his power and thus scare the invader of his domain (his own image) and push him to escape. His reflection taking the same attitude, he hesitates to fight it.* Under these conditions, learning to use the mirror is not possible and cannot be successful for silverback chimpanzees. After a long practice in mirror in laboratory, some chimpanzees have performed unambiguouslyon the mirror test, but not always. 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 information about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle : kzbin.infovideos

[@LowryYT]

@@XHB06400CANNES tldr but i guess i agree :)

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@LowryYT 🙏🙏🙏 *I really appreciate a viewer's reply to my comment* 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 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.

[@zarahandrahilde9554]

0:33 "This bitch...I'mma throw my stick at her. Fuck! Missed...No problem, i'll just go and get my stick- OH SHIT SHE'S GOT A STICK, RUN"

[@yeahhaey3059]

Golden

[@marionchurch1644]

"to feel stronger in front of an unknown rival, this female arms herself with a stick." *Immediately throws stick down* That sent me 😅

[@daisymay6505]

Baby chimps are adorable but adults are absolutely terrifying

[@Rohan_Choudhary5]

babys are more curious than adult,whether be human or chimps...

[@XHB06400CANNES]

In apes 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 chimpanzees or gorillas, in the insecurity of the jungle learning at the same time as his parents who have not done this and who do not speak, this is much more difficult even for intelligent individuals. The silverback is the colour of the fur on the back of the chief of a gorilla group of a dozen members (his females and offspring) or dominant males within a group of chimpanzees. Because of their social status, their mission includes protecting their group in gorillas as in chimpanzees. *_Case of a silverback gorilla:_* Faced with the image of a gorilla he has never seen before (himself), having penetrated his domain to steal some of his females, his only goal is to scare this intruder out of his domain. Peaceful, he avoids looking straight into the eyes, sign of invitation to fight in these primates, he glances at his reflection out of the corner of his eye. In bipedal position to show his corpulence, by raising a cloud of dust, by lateral charges and very powerful and loud slaps on the ground, he tries to intimidate and push away this reflection which, strangely, adopts the same attitudes as his own. Moreover, this stranger disappears when he is no longer in front of the mirror. Avoiding looking straight into the eyes of his reflection, he cannot learn the mirror. If this mirror training is *compromised among silverbacks* it can be *successful in blackback gorillas* (females, adolescents and children)! *_Case of a female gorilla_* In front of a mirror, she sees a female she has never seen before, a stranger? (her reflection): A new female for her husband, the silverback (harem chief). Such are the male/female relationships in gorillas. So she doesn't know jealousy and she can quietly stay in front of her reflection and do her apprenticeship in the mirror which will allow her to recognize herself in her reflection. *_Case of gorilla babies_* In front of a mirror they are happy to discover a new playmate who takes pleasure in copying exactly every one of their own moves. They are very inquisitive exactly like in humans. *_Case of a silverback chimpanzee:_* Front of a mirror, each alpha chimpanzee (silverback) effectively recognizes his neighbour among the reflections, he also notices the presence of a stranger he has never met: his image he does not know. Why is he here? In an attempt to frighten this stranger he has never met (his image), with whom he does not want to share the females of his group, this chimpanzee alpha shows his large build, in standing in a bipedal position, stretching out his arms, ruffling his hair to be more voluminous and shows his strength with heavy slaps on the ground. His reflection taking the same attitude, he hesitates to fight it. Watch my videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKrOgKOaiMh0n7c kzbin.info/www/bejne/lamwlWmmrt6AmMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5K2XqSioNZ2mdU Hearing the cries of the other chimpanzees of the group (pan hut), perched in the trees around the mirror, he cannot remain calm and must assume his status of dominant male and scare away this intruder. Under these conditions, learning to use the mirror is not possible and cannot be successful. *_Case of a female chimpanzee:_* In front of a mirror, she sees a female she has never seen before, a stranger? (her reflection): A new female that the dominant males of the group will share. Such are the male/female relationships in chimpanzees. So she doesn't know jealousy and she can quietly stay in front of her reflection and do her apprenticeship in the mirror which will allow her to recognize herself in her reflection. *_Case of chimpanzee babies:_* In front of a mirror they are happy to discover a new playmate who takes pleasure in copying exactly every one of his own moves. Don’t forget after watching to read the description attached to each of my 180 videos published on my KZbin channel you will know very interesting information about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

Just like most humans lol

[@boundedscythe7726]

Discovers reflection instantly checks lower body

[@Jdwify]

While watching this video, I was amazed at how the apes seemed so curious, like I could see their brains working at understanding the situation. These animals are so highly intelligent.

[@mrxxbrian]

ahh yes. the one thing we have in common. checking out our gentials in the mirror.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

One of the things we have in common with these cousins, after learning to use a mirror, is an understanding of the reflective properties of the mirror, and the benefits of using such an object to control parts of our body that they, like us, can see directly! Click on the "show more" option, I attach a description to each of my 180 homemade videos published on my KZbin channel, you will know very interesting information about the reactions of animals in front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@heavydownn2962]

I imagine that, in a parallel universe, SOMETHING is observing human behavior this way.

[@f.b.l.9813]

I love how the moment they learned it's their own reflection, they started checking out their asses with it! 🤣

[@Dannybythebanana]

Everybody gangsta until an ape starts waving its hand and touching its head when it realizes its reflection.

[@chrisprescott2273]

This is cute, interesting, funny, and terrifying all at once.

[@myalexro1670]

This is fantastic! Thank you so much for every video you've showed us so far!!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_A comment like yours is a great moral booster after reading comments calling for the dismantling of these cruel mirrors!_* Keep watching the numerous videos that I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle : kzbin.infovideos May I invite you to watch especially my videos which, unfortunately, have a very small number of views and are very informative like: Baby elephant sleeps standing up glued to mom so as not to be left out when the night walk restarts? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIquoY2kiMaYd9U Amazing Antelope - The Water chevrotain dive and swim beneath the water surface kzbin.info/www/bejne/a53YeImtd5loack First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY How do elephants pick mangoes if the branches of the mango trees are too high? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3LIlWawappnn9U Fresh Water from Creeks triggers the urge to urinate in wild mammals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3YenSvbNBjopo In Gabon front of trap cameras, elephants crossing Ndouni River kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5zQgXWiabODrJo Eaters of waterlilies: Buffalo, Elephant, Sitatunga: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXqraGmjfq6imJY Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6CcmIqfbdWNp6c Before buying ivory jewellery or carved ivory objects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJPYhZ1tpbOpfq8 and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Good vision!

[@Doomfrog663]

Hey man, been seeing the comments on this video recently and have just seen the negativity you’ve been getting man. Your research disliked or not is really important and helps us understand and is more productive and what any other regular people would be doing. I would ignore people as they will always have their opinions about things. Even if there is hard evidence, people will find a way to disagree. That’s the internet for ya but I just wanted to let you know to just never give up and one day that research would be put to great use.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_Your comment is a great moral booster after reading comments calling for the dismantling of these cruel mirrors!_* *Your feedback on my videos encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed we are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language (french) and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on... and answer to numerous comments posted on my channel* It's a choice.. Watch more of my 180 videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision!

[@MRworldEtIkA]

"damn this guy is good" - Alpha monke, in front of a mirror.

[@1spoiledbabygirl]

I can never get enough of these videos! I enjoy seeing the gorillas finally realize it is their own reflection and investigate themselves.. especially when they're checking their facial expressions, mouth, etc out. Its fascinating to observe. I wonder if they ever learn (teach themselves) to use the mirror to determine which stances or faces are more intimidating? Thank you for another wonderful, educating and enjoyable video! Enjoy your day/evening! :)

[@XHB06400CANNES]

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

[@cryosleep19]

Just get on tick tock you'll see the same thing

[@1spoiledbabygirl]

@@cryosleep19 you're comment is hilarious, I love it 😂😂😂 imma have to pass on that tho. I prefer to watch these videos over anything on tick tock. I hope you have a nice weekend. Ty for the giggle.

[@cryosleep19]

@@1spoiledbabygirl same....FREAKS OUT

[@frankshannon3235]

I did this with my cat. He was startled at first. Then he stared. The he started exploring the edges. The he went round back and explores that. Then he came back to the front. Then he walks away and never pays it any attention ever again. It’s like he concluded, “This is not real and is a waste of time.”

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*No home cat has the intellectual capacity to recognize itself in a mirror: If your cat sees your reflection in the mirror, it is able to turn its head to check that you are present behind it. Your cat is therefore able to recognize you in a mirror, but not itself. Your cat doesn't know what it looks like! After the first few mirror exposures, your cat will consider the odorless animal in the mirror, is without interest and does not present any danger for itself.* To date, no cat, no home cat in the world, however intelligent it may be, is able to recognize itself in a mirror. Please read the description attached to each of my videos published on my KZbin channel you will know very interesting information about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@Saturn-Matrix]

This is so wrong, cats easily ID themselves in mirrors and phones. It's obvious. Many videos on it, but you could argue I'm anthropomorphising them but I' not. Cats will look at their owners who have a filter on their phone over their face in relation to where they are in space. There is no self without other, if a cat can identify it's owner it can identify itself. Your logic is not sound

[@wspencerwatkins]

@@Saturn-Matrixsorry but I think you don’t know the signs of self recognition and are assuming what you want to believe. Identifying others obviously doesn’t correlate to recognizing oneself, why would it?

[@Saturn-Matrix]

@@wspencerwatkins I could also bring up the fact that cats were trained on how to interact with buttons/voice commands to express themselves and their concern for other cats to their owner. They show not only awareness for self but empathy for others. I do my research and look at everything as I objectively as I can. Cats show self awareness, believe what you will but the facts don't lie. As for your question. There is no self without other, there is no black without white, no up without down. A cat can only identify it's owner in relation to ITSELF. Your idea of self comes from your relation to others.

[@eddie5z518]

Yeah, you can in fact train cats to do smart things, but... unfortunately they cant recognize themselves like a human or an elephant can.

[@shrujanamsyama9940]

Excellent practical experiments - harmless to animals but gives good data to study their intellectual capacity, behaviours, curiosity levels. I wonder how much time and money must have been spent for getting enough data on a single species! I have seen many of your other mirror videos and always found them interesting

[@25242824]

So they discover what a mirror can do and immediately use it to look at their own asses

[@MyPhobo]

So like us.

[@Defender98TV]

So like us.

[@elonmust7470]

​@@Defender98TV Stoo copying other people's comments you loser.

[@Waseemmmm]

So, like them.

[@thetooginator153]

Anyone who grew up in a jungle, without any technology or speech, would have a similar reaction to these apes. I suspect humans would be more careful and less brazen, but who knows? We assume we would know it was our reflection immediately, but I doubt that. I bet it would take a while before we realized we were seeing a reflection of ourselves. Seeing a reflection in a pool of water is very different. Apes may realize that water reflections are them, but this is basically a perfect reflection - which they have never experienced before. I love how the infant apes are thinking “A friend to play with? Cool!”

[@chrissadler6459]

Water has reflection, humans are wired a bit better than apes. Even primitives would still know they're looking at themselves

[@XHB06400CANNES]

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

[@tarnished3133]

This guy knows all my best moves.

[@Kwelinzito]

The first gorilla in recorded history to witness his own a$$hole, instead of seeing those of other gorillas. That makes a lot more sense than fighting reflections with sticks and leaves.

[@mannu8185]

6:10 Literally everyone did this in front of a mirror bahahahah

[@charleswinters9567]

Also that side glance to see if anyone is looking

[@WhitePride88]

It's actually fascinating to see how some become acclimated to the mirror and come to recognize their very own reflections in it.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*In apes 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. In humans over 2 years of age, after learning in the mirror with their parents, they recognize themselves in their reflection. Among gorillas, in the insecurity of the jungle learning at the same time as their parents who have not done this and who do not speak, this is much more difficult even for intelligent individuals. An adult human, facing a mirror for the first time in his life, while unaware of its properties and even its existence, would also behave irrationally. It is only the lack of knowledge of the mirror that makes him react in this way.* The silverback is the colour of the fur on the back of the chief of a gorilla family of a dozen members (his females and offspring) *_Case of gorilla babies_* In front of a mirror they are happy to discover a new playmate who takes pleasure in copying exactly every one of their own moves. They are very inquisitive exactly like in humans. *_Case of a female gorilla_* In front of a mirror, she sees a female she has never seen before, a stranger? (her reflection): A new female for her husband, the silverback (harem chief). Such are the male/female relationships in gorillas. So she doesn't know jealousy and she can quietly stay in front of her reflection, looking her reflection straight in the eye and so, do her apprenticeship in the mirror which will allow her to recognize herself in her reflection. *_Case of a silverback gorilla:_* Faced with the image of a silverback gorilla he has never seen before (his own reflection), having penetrated his domain to steal some of his females, his only goal is to scare this intruder out of his domain. Peaceful, he avoids looking straight into the eyes, sign of invitation to fight in these primates (only between two silverbacks), he glances at his reflection out of the corner of his eye. In bipedal position to show his corpulence, by raising a cloud of dust, by lateral charges and very powerful and loud slaps on the ground, he tries to intimidate and push away this reflection which, strangely, adopts the same attitudes as his own. Moreover, this stranger disappears when he is no longer in front of the mirror. *While mirror training can be successful in some blackback gorillas (females, adolescents and children),* after a long practice in mirror in laboratory, it is *compromised among silverback gorillas* where looking another silverback gorilla, or its reflection, straight in the eyes is a sign of defiance, an attitude that these peaceful males avoid. *Children and chimpanzee females are not worried about their reflection, which they do not consider as a danger but rather as a potential playmate or lover or finally as a new female who has joined the group.* *During the first exposures, each alpha chimpanzee (silverback) effectively recognizes his neighbors among the reflections, he also notices the presence of a stranger he has never met: his image he does not know. What is he doing there? Why is he here? Why would I share with this unknown silverback the right to mate with the females in our group? In an attempt to frighten this stranger he has never met (his image), with whom he does not want to share the females of his group, this chimpanzee shows his large build, standing in a bipedal position, arms outstretched, ruffling his hair, and shows his strength with heavy loudly slaps with cupped hands on the ground. These slaps on the ground must be very noisy because this alpha chimpanzee want to show his power and thus scare the invader of his domain (his own image) and push him to escape. His reflection taking the same attitude, he hesitates to fight it.* Under these conditions, learning to use the mirror is not possible and cannot be successful for silverback chimpanzees. After a long practice in mirror in laboratory, some chimpanzees have performed unambiguouslyon the mirror test, but not always.To learn more about these wildlife encounters with giant mirrors installed in the jungle in Gabon, after watching, read the accompanying description of each of my 180 videos published on my KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos

[@KoongYe]

I love how they never actually go for the attack and resort to excessive threat XD

[@bigochinchin2565]

Just like humans

[@perkypokey]

This is very fascinating. I wish there were more videos like these than there currently are. A 24/7 live stream of their mirror adventures would be so cool.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Our mirrors are set up in an area deep in the jungle of Gabon, where there is no internet coverage because there is no human population. Moreover, these great apes are in total freedom in an area covering dozens of kilometres, uncontrolled. They visit our mirrors irregularly and can be absent for several days. So there is no interest in a 24/7 live stream of their mirror adventures. *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 *To the gorilla fanatics, please watch my following videos shooted in the remote area of Gabon where my mirrors are set up:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuYoo16jZqKqbc In the Gabon jungle a young male gorilla continues his learning in the mirror long version kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5SwqnWJYp1qgs0 a blackback gorilla makes some crazy faces at his reflection during learning in the mirror kzbin.info/www/bejne/pau9gKBsbZ18m9E a young male gorilla takes his mirror training seriously (unlike his family - 45 min long version) kzbin.info/www/bejne/amqWiWOlrdhojpY Unlike his family this young gorilla male takes his mirror training seriously in the Gabon jungle kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2Oqiql7eZKZhMk a Young Gorilla Male Keeps on Learning in Mirror in Gabon Jungle, at Night, under Heavy Rainstorm kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWS2gpdnpMSlZpI A Young Gorilla’s Reactions to his Reflections in Mirrors In Gabonese Jungle : a Dancer? a Drummer? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6LTYWOLqdOZndE Some innate behaviors in this adolescent gorilla are really very close to ours but not all ( Gabon) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5rUpHmphK-bhtE Baby gorilla is in mirror training class: Mom's coming to pick him up kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX6lpYeDmbyifac Young gorillas learning in the mirror kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5q0gouGjteiqLc Silverback gorilla ignores his reflection kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX6mgnt_lqh6pq8 A silverback gorilla briefly looks his reflection in the eyes and yawns: not tiredness, but arousal! After each watching, don't forget to read my description with more information attached to each of my 180 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos Good vision!

[@perkypokey]

@@XHB06400CANNES Thank you so much for your reply, and for the links also. I will be watching them soon.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

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

[@perkypokey]

@@XHB06400CANNES You're very welcome my friend. I rarely ever get replies to my comments, so it was nice that you took the time to acknowledge me. ☺

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@perkypokey Merci beaucoup! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁: My wife and I are neither scientists nor veterinarians nor primatologists nor photographers. We wanted to thank Gabon, which has welcomed our family for more than 35 years (in the retail sector), to show on KZbin the diversity of the fauna of this beautiful country and to make Internet users want to visit it. Our first videos posted on our KZbin channel essentially showed wildlife "passing" in front of the lenses of our trap cameras equipped with motion detectors: The passage of an elephant in front of the objective of a trap for about twenty seconds is not particularly interesting. On the other hand, a video of young elephants playing in a river while adults are quenching their thirst is much more enjoyable to watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aompmIWhiMaYitU Elephant calves have fun during a creek crossing (Gabon jungle). To find such "spots" it is advisable to get further away from the path used by the few 4x4 vehicles of Nyonié, to go deeper into the forest and to walk in the beds of creeks and small rivers. This is not safe, especially when you are old and becoming partially deaf. Fortunately my wife has a very accurate hearing. To progress more easily in the forest, animals use this off-road trail, without vines, bushes, brambles and trees mixed on the ground because of the very numerous tornadoes in this region on the Equator line. We came up with the idea of placing very large mirrors at the end of a long straight line of an off-road track to catch their eyes and "block" them in front of their image. We have also placed other mirrors under trees where numerous animals appreciate the fruits. At other locations in the middle of the forest it would have been very lucky for animals to meet their reflection. Our use of mirrors has been of great interest to primatologists, including members of the PSG, not the Paris Saint Germain football club, but the Primate Specialists Group, who have only been able to study self-recognition in a mirror in great apes in laboratories with captive animals or animals born in captivity, used to contact with humans. These animals did not have to search for food, defend their families against other congeners and predators, sometimes imitating humans, and therefore had very different distorted behaviours from primates living in complete freedom with their group or family in a remote area of Gabon's forest. Our cameras have highlighted a very particular behaviour among chimpanzees in the Nyonié region and resulted in a scientific publication, "Reflections in rainforest mirrors facilitate behavioral observations of wild chimpanzees Primates n°58 2017-01". On our two following videos this behavior is filmed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWweJaCp7ZkaKc (Rump-Rump Rubbing in Chimpanzees = anti-stress effect? A social behavior ever observed previously) and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqfPmoekf5yCotE (scared chimps reassure themselves with pseudo-copulation and rump-to-rump contacts front of mirror). This is how, incidentally in wild animals, we discovered and became interested in their self-recognition in our large full length mirrors. Keep watching my homemade videos (180 pieces) that I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting explanations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle and share its link with your friends: kzbin.infovideos

[@agricolaurbanus6209]

6:15 Checks back:"I hope nobody sees me being that goofy!"😂

[@DaveyTheDuck]

so wait are you not gonna explain how those other apes from the weird portal perfectly mimicked the regular apes?

[@tnizz4174]

5:00 First chimp instagram model

[@theodoredsmithjr.871]

That babies reaction to his reflection PROVES that FEAR is a taught thing! Like Bruce Lee said, "Fear is like a seed. Plant it, and it will grow"

[@jbradbury2]

Fear also keeps you alive. Its learned.

[@alphasheep99]

Fear is an instinct what are you talking about

[@theodoredsmithjr.871]

@@alphasheep99 Maybe for you friend!

[@zhet]

​@@alphasheep99some fears are innate, but not all of them

[@JerdMcLean]

Look up the difference between proof and evidence because this proves nothing

[@Dilldough.]

Chimp: “What’s the scariest thing in the world?🤔 Oh yeah, a shaking tree limb!” 😭😂

[@katyalupochev9589]

This channel is amazing. Scholar-level primatology content, for FREE! So lazy-bones like me can sit in the comfort of my home and learn from the discoveries of other, far smarter and more motivated people. Thank you!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

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

[@Bee-tj8gc]

It's funny the babies curiosity allows them explore the mirror more than the adults aggressions

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Did you read in the attached description to my video the scientific explanation of the behaviour of these great apes by Jim Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University?* *"Like human babies, monkeys and apes first react to their own reflection as if they were looking at another, unfamiliar member of their species. However, this strange...."* After each watching, don't forget to read my description with more information attached to each of my 180 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos and check out my videos published on this channel Good vision!

[@kenjutsukata1o1]

I like how their first act, upon realizing it's their reflection, is to check out things that they've never been able to see on themselves before. People in here mocking their intelligence, when the video ends with extraordinary examples of their intelligence. Guess people can't sit through an entire video anymore. I wonder if the gorillas had always wondered what their hidden parts looked like, or if it came to mind once they had an opportunity.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*In the gorilla, testicles are not very noticeable as it does not need a lot of semen, even as an adult, as it will copulate his own females much less frequently than its cousin, the male dominant chimpanzee, which competes continuously with other males to copulate the numerous females in the group. His penis small and black, does not stand out in contrast to their dark pelt. When erect, it is only 3-6 cm long, whereas a bright coloured chimpanzee's penis is three times as long. According to scientists, this is due to the voluminous anogenital swelling of the females in oestrus:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5SwqnWJYp1qgs0 or kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuYoo16jZqKqbc kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqG7Z3eLr7p7nrs or kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6SomquYlJp8gas Thank you for watching more of my 180 homemade made 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

[@LordProteus]

1:01 damn this dude just declaring war outright.

[@djluminol]

I wonder what would happen if you exposed some chimps to mirrors for long enough that they all understood what they were and then removed the normal mirror and installed a circus mirror. Would the chimps think there was something wrong with them or would they get that it was a joke or a manipulation of their image. I'm sure they've seen similar in water at times but the warping effect is so quick I doubt they would connect the two.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*After reading numerous comments calling for the dismantling of these cruel mirrors,* I have no desire to try such an experiment just to publish a video in order to amuse some Internet users and risk causing a silverback to be traumatized and may be my mirrors to be broken. Watch more of my 180 homemade videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision! Here are the GPS points of these mirrors: number 1: S 00+06'40,6" E009+21'40,4" number 2: S 00+06'40,7" E009+21'41,8" number 3: S 00+06'47,5" E009+22'08,9" number 6: S 00+05'41,1" E009+19'45,1" Have a nice trip!

[@djluminol]

@@XHB06400CANNES I think your letting internet cry babies get to you. You've done nothing wrong here. People just complain, ignore them. And my idea isn't about messing with the apes. It's about seeing if they comprehend differences in their body image. Would they understand the mirror was manipulating their reality or would they think they changed shape? It's part of their self awareness. How deep does that awareness go?

[@MattExzy]

I clearly remember as a kid when I looked into a mirror for the first time. I legit thought it was another kid. I remember asking 'who is this!?' - before it was explained to me. Since I clearly have that memory, I must've been 4 years old, I was conscious and self-aware but just didn't have the concept.

[@jordanwhite352]

We've actually done studies on this and while not all chimpanzees and gorillas are like this, a good amount of them do eventually realize themselves in the mirror and can start manipulating themselves by using their mirror image as a guide. The difference is that apparently humans recognizes way faster as babies and it's theorized that similar to eventually walking we might be born with a true sense of self immediately after birth like the way I duck can immediately swim after it's born.

[@tl3139]

A week later one of them spoke for the first time and it was the end of mankind.

[@raulrosas5068]

apes together strong

[@odst72397]

This is probably how aliens view us living our lives

[@craustxiv5590]

We have discovered a pattern between apes an vr chat users that stand in front of mirrors for hours

[@11facehugger]

I've always called them "Mirror apes"

[@joeschmoe6516]

Seeing that female gorilla spend so much time looking at her own snatch cracked me up for far too long. She's just like "Oh shit! Look at my goodies!" and then proceeded to check herself out for an hour lol

[@Drunkmanatee]

Ha! Yep. That part happened and my first thought "well they aren't that dissimilar to humans after all...". Damn funny that as soon as they start to understand it is a reflection, their first instinct is "better check out my grundel and junk".

[@huntercool2232]

3:25 Something I noticed, when the older juvenile scratches himself the younger one stares at him and the mirror and does it on the opposite side in the same place. Perhaps he wanted to see if the same thing would happen and if the reflection would mimic his actions. Very intelligent creatures!

[@SpiderkillersInc]

Fascinating.

[@Hunter-im3tg]

When they don't recognize themselves they're hilarious, when they do recognize themselves they're still hilarious.

[@ikebeckman1074]

6:00 “yeah I’m a tough guy, I’m gonna be a big silverback one day 😎”

[@ggogaming]

This is how I envision aliens trolling us with their technology and laughing at us 😂

[@zantigar]

This is truly fascinating stuff - especially later in the video when you show how the apes are aware the image is only a reflection.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

🙏🙏🙏 *I appreciate the rating 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 Check out some of my other 180 homemade videos posted on my channel and don't forget to read the description attached to each one; you will learn some very interesting information about how animals react to my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos Good vision! Thank you again.

[@RyanA136]

It's neat to see them try and use branches and vines in their displays, but never quite using them like any way we would. They get the idea they should do more to look more intimidating, but they're not sure to what extent to use what's around them. Maybe they're getting startled at the fact their "rival" seems to be reflexively copying their every move, coaxing them to break their advance early and observe further? Just undereducated speculation.

[@ccsinstalacoeseletricas8191]

6:14 its funny how they look around if there's someone watching he doing awkward things

[@righty-o3585]

The force that they slap the ground with, the sound.... That's scary

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*To intimidate and drive away their reflection in the mirror, their slaps must be loudly and noisily on the ground. Our four-legged cousins, with calluses on his hands and feet, are **_clever_** because in order to avoid hurting themself by hitting the ground very hard with very loud slaps (not punching) to show their power and thus frighten the invader (their own reflections) and push him to escape, _ they smack only sandy ground_ with cupped hands (open hands) or with their feet flat.* Hit the “show more “ option, I attach a description with more information to each of my 180 videos published on my channel. kzbin.infovideos

[@francoisperrin7397]

Their intimidation worked well on you 😁.

[@righty-o3585]

@@francoisperrin7397 It would have if I had been right there. Damn straight, I would have been scared, as anybody else would have been too 😁

[@biggyboris5540]

That is a revolution of consciousness you just witnessed

[@surfrescue3232]

Wow first prize for the David Attenborough “most pretentious comment” award ! Well done .

[@biggyboris5540]

@@surfrescue3232 what is the pretention? is it incorrect? it's simply an innocent observation 👽

[@surfrescue3232]

@@biggyboris5540 The revolution of consciousness....what a load of nonsense. Why is it a revolution? And 'you've just witnessed. LOL thank you Edgar Allan Poe.

[@Kragatar]

It's cool how they can learn to use a mirror even though they don't understand it at first.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Exactly as humans as explained in the attached description. Click on the "show more" option, I attach a description to each of my 180 homemade videos published on my KZbin channel, you will know very interesting information about the reactions of animals in front of my mirrors in the jungle kzbin.infovideos

[@galloe8933]

There's no way he knows the big stick tric... Oh my God he does, flee!

[@ivanelugo]

Monke: I'm going to arm myself with this stick *Get near of the mirror* Monke: OH NO IT HAD A STICK! *Runs*

[@smadcore]

A perfect mirror is pretty high-tech. If an alien came down and showed you glub-glorp, you would probably freak out too.

[@Growmetheus]

Me an Alpha: *shoots spaceship*

[@bigwezz]

@@Growmetheus you are not an alpha, don't lie to yourself 😅

[@scottbecker4367]

Flashing your glub-glorp is a crime in most jurisdictions. Most would freak out.

[@battydude]

Imagine if aliens left behind some of their devices just to mess with us in the same way we leave mirrors for apes?

[@yagatami]

4:49 Stop them. They are about to open up an OnlyFans for moneys.

[@ziziflor9019]

🤣

[@biggiesmol]

This is more entertaining than the big bang theory.

[@Mob-es9jm]

"I'm gonna grab my stick 🏒 See if they want problems then" "Oh sh!t they got a stick too!"

[@alibarrientos1013]

Gorillas “man, I’m good looking “ Chimpanzees “dammit, I’m so ugly!”

[@17colas]

i love the subordinates of the alphas collectively going “HOLY SHIT OH FUCK” whenever they start intimidating

[@dylhas1]

So this is how they test gorilla glass

[@mixelplik]

5:23 - Ape is like "no one is watching, so I'll just scratch this...." lol

[@ironcito1101]

The funny thing is that most chimps and gorillas would probably be happy if their reflection was intimidated and ran away, while humans would be beyond freaked out 😅

[@CymantiShaman-f6n]

“Aha! I have a stick what are you going to do no- OH SHIT SHE HAS A STICK TOO”

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*Dominant male apes, and sometimes even females, feel stronger when they have an object in their hand, such as a branch or a vine, to fight a congenere they don't know. Watch my videos of chimpanzees hitting the mirror with vines and sticks.* kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHe8mat5d5lraM0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5K2XqSioNZ2mdU kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4fEkGergrGieLc kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5vbqImdqtGSoq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaqXpqKupt9litU kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaqXpqKupt9litU or of a silverback gorilla: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qquTkqmNj9SkoMk On our KZbin channel kzbin.infovideos are published more than 180 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 ours videos *do not forget to read the description jointed to each one to learn more about the behaviour of animals in front of their reflection.*

[@TërnocBesa]

😂

[@calebvanderwolf1777]

Hmm, wonder if a more intelligent being is watching us in a similar experiment?

[@rennatsinned5451]

That was a fun experience for most of them. You should build jungle gyms for them and see if they use the slides and play. That would be fun to watch also.

[@kingkoopah3968]

"the guy is good, he can read all my moves"

[@JGunit]

The one with the vine...."Damn, this guy's good"

[@timothybuckley6960]

That tree was like "Take that damned mirror away! Im getting destroyed!"

[@Herowebcomics]

Wow! They are like ”I've got a stick! Dang it! They have a stick too!"

[@crapadopalese]

"They have a stick too! Run away, run away!!"

[@kottylion6302]

Some of the responses under this video makes me think some apes learned to use a smartphone 😂

[@psychokinrazalon]

Humans actually are apes.

[@Oliver_Penguin]

@@psychokinrazalon False. Human is human, ape is ape. They are 2 totally different things.

[@HenryKlint]

​​@@Oliver_Penguin actually, humans are apes, "ape" is a popular term for "primate" and it comprises two groups, Hominidae (where humans are and other great apes are) and Hylobatidae.

[@A-A-RonDavis2470]

​@@HenryKlintackshwally, humans were created, also apes. And fish. And cattle. And dogs. And cats.

[@fix-and-drive-diy-repairs]

I don't blame them, I panic whenever I see a mirror especially in the morning.

[@lifesajoke6965]

That one gorilla checks to make sure its alone before checking out its junk.

[@huh-9494]

1:19 this one's just hyped to see his long lost cousin

[@thefiredogcult9523]

2:40 this baby monkey braver than all the adults lol

[@ObeyCamp]

It's so interesting to watch them. It gives you a real sense of how most animals really don't want to have to actually fight and risk injury or death, but they will if they have to protect their family or the territory where they live and thrive. All animals seem aware of death and higher primates especially are keenly aware of intermediate possibilities like injury from fighting, and obviously that's undesirable. They want to be able to scare off the perceived "invader" with big shows and overwhelming movement and noise, and hopefully not have to engage in a real fight at all, but when their reflection does the same thing right back to them you can almost see the hesitation kick in and they swerve at the last moment. They're doing complex risk/reward analysis like any human would in a similar situation. Obviously primates are very intelligent, even more intelligent than humans in some ways (have you ever seen a chimp's ability to memorize and recall patterns of numbers? Good god, it's absolutely staggering.) We humans feel so superior, but at the end of the day we're not so different at all. We've got a lot of showy extras, but underneath it all we really haven't advanced that much at all. We're still ultimately egotistical and survival oriented.

[@johnjoyus6062]

Your videos are quite informative, and I appreciate your eagerness to provide additional information or refer to your descriptions.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*_Your comment is a great moral booster after reading comments calling for the dismantling of these cruel mirrors!_* *Your feedback on my videos encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed we are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language (french) and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on... and answer to numerous comments posted on my channel* It's a choice.. Watch more of my 180 videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision!

[@johnjoyus6062]

@@XHB06400CANNES Absolutely thrilled to hear about your dedication and hard work! Your efforts in showcasing the beauty and struggles of Gabonese fauna are truly commendable. It's not just the capturing of these moments but also the immense care and perseverance behind each video that makes your work so impactful. Anne-Marie, Michel, and you are doing something remarkable, braving the elements and challenges to bring the wonders of nature closer to us. Your passion and commitment are inspiring, and it's a joy to support and witness your journey. Keep shining a light on the natural world and know that your contributions are making a difference. Can't wait to dive into more of your videos and learn from the incredible stories you share. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@johnjoyus6062 🙏🙏🙏 *I really appreciate a viewer's reply to my comment* 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 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.

[@thatsjustmytake]

It's evident that the babies aren't afraid as adults are. While abies show curiosity, adults show aggression. After all, the have territory to defend.

[@koro8544]

2:01 man fought with bare hands respect xD

[@plus_sign]

gave his a*s a combo 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@natalialobo3766]

0:40 "Okay...I´ll grab the stick slowly but firmly. This ends here and now" "Sh-t!!! SHe´s armed. She´s dangerous"

[@ancientdarkness3102]

Love how the baby chimp was more eager to make friends with his reflection but ran away in fear as soon as it touched the mirror, while the baby gorilla was more hesitant and timid but then he stood there and went on

[@bewolf16]

0:25, Dude on the right almost had a heart attack 😂