In the Gabon jungle a young male gorilla continues his learning in the mirror
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Published 2019-05-25
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Anne-Marie and Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE with Michel GUISS DJOMOU have been setting up very large mirrors since 2009 in a remote region of Gabon near the equator line and close to the Atlantic Ocean. Multiple camera traps were placed in front of each of these mirrors to film the animals' reactions to their reflection from different angles and distances.
In humans around the age of 2 years after learning in the mirror with his parents that the young child recognizes himself in a mirror. If, without him noticing, his mother puts a lipstick mark on his forehead and places him in front of the mirror, discovering this mark on his reflection, he will then put his hand on his own forehead. He will have passed the mirror test.
It appears that these mirrors placed on the estate of a gorilla family. Videos published on YouTube, with a total of more than 100 million views, showed the reactions of his family chief ("the silverback" • Gabon: This Silverback thinks this in... This Silverback thinks this intruder in the mirror) to these intruders. They highlight that this chief cannot look his reflection in the mirror because among the silverbacks, looking each other straight in the eye is like a " war declaration ".
This video of his son, not yet head of the family, therefore not yet silverback, shows that he could quietly watch his reflection and make his apprenticeship in the mirror to reach the stage where he perceives the reflected image as himself, rather than of another gorilla. He can look at his teeth, his tongue and have fun making faces.
When he has started a family, will he make a difference between his image in the mirror, which he will continue to look straight in the eyes, and a silverback outside the mirror, which he will try to drive out of his domain, without looking him straight in the eyes to avoid a real confrontation?
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Anne-Marie et Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE avec Michel GUISS DJOMOU ont installé depuis 2009 de très grands miroirs dans une région reculée du Gabon près de la ligne de l’équateur et proche de l’océan atlantique. 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.
Chez les humains ce n’est vers l’âge de 2 ans après un apprentissage au miroir avec ses parents que le jeune enfant se reconnait dans un miroir. Si, sans qu’il s’en aperçoive, sa mère lui mets sur son front une marque de rouge à lèvre et le place devant le miroir, découvrant cette marque sur son reflet, il va alors porter sa main sur son propre front. Il aura réussi le test du miroir.
Il s’avère que ces miroirs ont placés sur le domaine d’une famille de gorille. Des vidéos publiées sur YouTube totalisant plus de 100 millions de vues, ont montré les réactions de son chef (le dos argenté • Gabon: This Silverback thinks this in... This Silverback thinks this intruder in the mirror) face à ces intrus. Elles mettent en évidence que celui-ci ne peut regarder son reflet dans le miroir car chez les dos argentés, se regarder droit dans les yeux équivaut à « une déclaration de guerre »
Cette vidéo de son fils, pas encore chef de famille, donc pas encore silverback, montre qu’il a pu tranquillement regarder son reflet et faire son apprentissage au miroir pour atteindre le stade où il a compris que son reflet est lui-même et non l’image d’un autre gorille. Il peut regarder sa dentition, sa langue et s’amuser à faire des grimaces.
Quand celui-ci aura fondé une famille, fera t-il une différence entre son image dans le miroir, qu'il continuera à regarder droit dans les yeux, et un dos argenté rival en dehors du miroir, en chair et en os, qu'il tentera de chasser de son domaine en évitant de le regarder droit dans les yeux pour ne pas déclencher une véritable confrontation ?
All Comments (21)
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Dude learned how to use a mirror and immediately opened an onlyfans
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My man seems chill compared to the other dude who kept hulk smacking the ground lol.
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Gorilla looking at mirror: What does this all mean? Human looking at gorilla looking at mirror: What does this all mean?
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0:40 Gorilla be like: "Hey dude, you look handsome"
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This is me when I am alone in my room.
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mirror: *exists* other animals: you wanna fight!? gorilla: damn, i look good.
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So This is called Gorilla Glass 😂📵
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This guy recognizes himself immediately. Totally self aware.
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I think he succeeded at the mirror test,he recognizes himself.
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Some animals seem to get it, some don't....I think this guy gets it.
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0:29 gorrila: hmm what a body I have
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All the time he's like "but can you do this?"
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0:33 draw me like one of your French girls, Jack
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0:37 Well hey there handsome
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1:42 He figured out how to clap with one hand. x'D
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This is me without internet
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That's how we are spending our quarantine 😂😂😂😂😂
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1:34 Me when my study deadlines are coming to the end
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This guy is amazing! He clearly likes hanging out with himself 🙂
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2:40 Me after studying continuously for 5 minutes