norseman Posted November 25, 2021 Admin Share Posted November 25, 2021  Anybody have a big mirror laying around?🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021  Very interesting but now I can’t help but feel there is one very confused gorilla out there, possibly with a new inferiority complex. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incorrigible1 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Gorillas evidently not self-aware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntster Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 They wouldn't stare at the image. Barely looked at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted November 25, 2021 Admin Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Incorrigible1 said: Gorillas evidently not self-aware? Ive seen tests of great apes in zoos that after being exposed to a mirror for awhile they start grooming their face.  So I think they are capable but maybe not at first. It’s like showing a primitive tribe of humans a bic lighter maybe for the first time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison5716 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I sure wouldn't want to make him angry! Â I wonder if the eye contact thing is a direct threat, so they look to the side to bluff charge and intimidate? Â But the strength there is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted November 25, 2021 Admin Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 https://www.rwandagorilla.com/safari-news/dont-make-direct-eye-contact-with-a-gorilla.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockape Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted November 25, 2021 Admin Share Posted November 25, 2021 15 hours ago, norseman said:  Anybody have a big mirror laying around?🙃  I'll donate one and three trail cameras to film it.  2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted November 25, 2021 Admin Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 Just now, gigantor said: Â I'll donate one and three trail cameras to film it. Â This would be a fun BFF project! Where do you wanna set it up at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted November 25, 2021 Admin Share Posted November 25, 2021 I think in your side of the country. Are you volunteering to set it up? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntster Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 A bear will break the glass in short order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted November 25, 2021 Admin Share Posted November 25, 2021 22 minutes ago, Huntster said: A bear will break the glass in short order. Â A metal mirror? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntster Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, gigantor said:  A metal mirror?   No.  I remember a bear that broke into Auto Electric in Anchorage one night near where I worked at the time for the Alaska Railroad. Authorities believed that he saw his image in the window, attacked it, and broke the glass. He then entered and raided the employees refrigerator in the break room. After enjoying the leftovers and condiments, he took a dump on the floor, and left the way he entered. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted November 25, 2021 Admin Share Posted November 25, 2021 I'm willing to sacrifice a mirror, maybe we'll get lucky. Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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