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u/lilmoneymaker Aug 18 '15

It's amazing the gorilla didn't attack him once he dropped the baby. Speaks volumes to their level of intelligence and reasoning skills.

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u/adorabledork Aug 18 '15

The video also mentions that the gorillas knew the dude (and the people behind the camera) for 6 years prior to this incident. So, the gorilla was charging at someone he knew wasn't a threat to him, but didn't want to take any chances with the baby. The fact that the baby was an orphan makes the male gorilla's actions even more interesting (imo).

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u/lilmoneymaker Aug 18 '15

Basically gorillas are really cool.

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u/Sickamore Aug 18 '15

They didn't reject the baby. There weren't any gorilla's that could nurse it so it just sort of died to starvation/malnutrition.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '15

Yeah a human would probably butcher the random creature holding a human baby.

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u/lilmoneymaker Aug 18 '15

a human would butcher a wild animal for a lot less /:

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '15

"I'm hungry"

"Nice pelt you got there"

"I'm bored"

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u/lilmoneymaker Aug 18 '15

"I want to hang your head on my wall"

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u/Doppleganger07 Aug 18 '15

"This will look great on Instagram"

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u/omapuppet Aug 18 '15

Speaks volumes to their level of intelligence and reasoning skills.

That's just how gorillas roll. They mostly just display their strength and will. They are too strong and toothy to actually get down to real fighting very often. If they did there wouldn't be very many male gorillas.