US EditionStudy from volcanoes park shows gorillas reconnect with old female friends after years apart
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The study, which followed female mountain gorillas for more than twenty years, found that the most influential factor in their decision to join a group was the presence of females they knew well, rather than finding a breeding partner. Another study found that although males are twice as large as female gorillas, females win about a quarter of intersexual conflicts.
Study from volcanoes park shows gorillas reconnect with old female friends after years apart
A new study done in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park has found that female mountain gorillas often choose to join groups where they know someone, especially other females they lived with in the past, even if they haven’t seen them for many years. ALSO READ: Mountain gorillas are far from extinction - research Published in the UK Royal Society Journal Proceedings B on August 6, the study shows that gorillas, one of the human's closest relatives, …
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