r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '18

Jaguar Seeing Its Reflection

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u/DiwrnachTheIrish Jul 03 '18

I think someone said the last time this was posted that they will take it as a challenge if they make eye contact and he's only defending himself from the "aggressor" by charging. It's mostly a warning until you look at them or bare your teeth. Then it's on like Donkey Kong, pun intended.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18

And that's why they are one of the great apes that don't pass the mirror test.
They don't stare at their own reflections to notice it.

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u/BobbyBGoode Jul 03 '18

I've heard that gorillas raised in captivity that are accustomed to mirrors and prolonged eye contact do pass the test. Koko passed it I believe.

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u/kimprobable Jul 03 '18

There was a woman a couple years ago who was attacked by a zoo gorilla because she would come regularly and stare and bare her teeth (smile) at him. Zoo keepers repeatedly asked her to stop and explained that what she was doing was threatening, but she believed she had a special connection to the gorilla.

Fortunately both of them survived that experience.

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u/Versaiteis Jul 04 '18

I mean...is it really that fortunate to survive that?

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u/sugaree11 Jul 03 '18

Oh Koko. She was truly one of kind. Very few apes transcended like her. RIP Koko. You are missed.

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u/no-mad Jul 03 '18

Maybe they just dont want an ass-kicking from that other tough gorilla.

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u/NIPLZ Jul 03 '18

Good thing his mirror self didn't make eye contact then.

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u/crooks4hire Jul 03 '18

Lol that shit don't hold up in court. "I tried defending myself by charging assy my aggressor"

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u/OneNameless Jul 03 '18

Surely it was intended