A Young Gorilla’s Reactions to his Reflections in Mirrors In Gabonese Jungle : a Dancer? a Drummer?

### INFORMATION on this video TO READ ABSOLUTELY ### ### INFORMATIONS sur cette vidéo A LIRE ABSOLUMENT ### Self recognition in a mirror is not an innate ability. It is necessary to undergo a training period in order to understand a mirror’s properties. In humans babies discover their own image accompanied by their mother or father in a familiar and comfortable environment. Little by little, alongside their parents who understand the properties of a mirror, a child will begin, around the age of two, to understand that the person in front of them, mimicking their every movement, is not a friend playing a game of copy cat, but rather their own image. In the Nyonié jungle of Gabon a family of gorillas have discovered the very large mirrors that were installed years ago by Anne-Marie, Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE and Michel GUISS DJOUMOU and have started their mirror training which has now gone on for numerous months. The members of the gorilla family all discovered their reflection at the same time.