Gabonese Gorilla family all have cool reactions to their mirror reflection except for the silverback

𝐑.𝐈.𝐏. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 ### Explanation and interesting facts in the READ MORE! ### ### INFORMATIONS sur cette vidéo A LIRE ABSOLUMENT ### In June 2013 gorillas from the Nyonié region in Gabon were filmed as they first discovered a large mirror (250 x 122cm) in their forest. They displayed reactions of fear, face to face with their congeners in the mirror’s rectangular frame. Staring back at them in the mirror, each gorilla saw the members of their family by their side as well as a completely unknown stranger, (their own image). Their reactions also showed incomprehension, why when reaching out their hand to touch this stranger (their image) their fingers met with a cold, flat, impenetrable surface? Why weren’t their counterparts they saw in the mirror found behind it? Why did this stranger (their reflection) copy their every movement and gesture? Three
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