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RE: The Great Apes - GreenGrolar - 11-12-2023

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Found this on another forum. It seems the silverback gorilla and his troop are confronting a tiger, a smaller subspecies perhaps. Does anyone know the story behind these pictures?

RE: The Great Apes - BA0701 - 11-12-2023

(11-12-2023, 04:08 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote:

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Found this on another forum. It seems the silverback gorilla and his troop are confronting a tiger, a smaller subspecies perhaps. Does anyone know the story behind these pictures?

I have often wondered about interactions between gorillas and big cats, but from what I have read it seems the only big cats whose territory overlaps with gorillas is leopards. Could this possibly be in a zoo or reserve type of setting?

RE: The Great Apes - GreenGrolar - 11-14-2023

(11-12-2023, 08:57 PM)BA0701 Wrote:
(11-12-2023, 04:08 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote:

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Found this on another forum. It seems the silverback gorilla and his troop are confronting a tiger, a smaller subspecies perhaps. Does anyone know the story behind these pictures?

I have often wondered about interactions between gorillas and big cats, but from what I have read it seems the only big cats whose territory overlaps with gorillas is leopards. Could this possibly be in a zoo or reserve type of setting?

It is probably in a zoo or a safari as you pointed out. Maybe it is in a similar area as Everlands but again I am not sure. Lions and gorillas probably did cross paths when wildlife was more numerous.

RE: The Great Apes - BA0701 - 11-14-2023

(11-14-2023, 03:13 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote:
(11-12-2023, 08:57 PM)BA0701 Wrote:
(11-12-2023, 04:08 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote:

*This image is copyright of its original author

Found this on another forum. It seems the silverback gorilla and his troop are confronting a tiger, a smaller subspecies perhaps. Does anyone know the story behind these pictures?

I have often wondered about interactions between gorillas and big cats, but from what I have read it seems the only big cats whose territory overlaps with gorillas is leopards. Could this possibly be in a zoo or reserve type of setting?

It is probably in a zoo or a safari as you pointed out. Maybe it is in a similar area as Everlands but again I am not sure. Lions and gorillas probably did cross paths when wildlife was more numerous.

Yeah, there was that guy who began introducing tigers onto a reserve in Africa, and then filming the conflict that ensued, I found it disgusting. Not saying that is what is happening here, since there isn'y a lot of context with the photo, but clearly it must be something along those lines, as we've agreed their natural territories should not overlap.

RE: The Great Apes - Hafstanni - 11-23-2023

Comparison between the partial mandible of a Gigantopithecus blacki and that of a mountain gorilla. You might think from this that the Gigantopithecus is a significantly larger animal, but the tooth row of a gorilla is only 20% shorter than that of a Gigantopithecus, and orangutans which are the closest living relatives of Gigantopithecus, can have thicker mandibles than gorillas much larger than themselves.

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22.3 cm long Sumatran orangutan skull vs 29.7 cm long gorilla skull.

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RE: The Great Apes - Hello - 12-18-2023

Weights of four male western lowland gorillas.

178, 169, 164, 149 (Kg)

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https://www.zoodegranby.com/en/animals/western-lowlands-gorillas

RE: The Great Apes - TheHyenid76 - 12-20-2023

Images of Dr Toshisada Nishida (renowned Japanese primatologist) with chimpanzees. Source.

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RE: The Great Apes - TheHyenid76 - 12-29-2023

Images of interactions and chimpanzee predation on colobus monkeys from Chimpanzee and Red Colobus: The Ecology of Predator and Prey by Dr Craig B. Stanford

A party of chimpanzees, led by Frodo (far right), approaches colobus males of J group, 18 July 1992, Kakombe Stream.

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Frodo stares at a male colobus defending his group a few meters overhead.

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Frodo rushes at the male colobus, attempting to scatter their ranks and reach an immature.

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Frodo hand-threatens a male colobus as he attempts to reach the females and their offspring, out of view to the left.

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On 7 October 1992 Atlas captures a juvenile colobus of J group, using his arms and one foot to pin the prey to the tree limb.

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Atlas kills the juvenile colobus with a bite to the base of the skull.

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An adult male chimpanzee is watched vigilantly by a male red colobus in KK5 before a hunt begins.

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RE: The Great Apes - TheHyenid76 - 01-01-2024

Lecture on the conservation of Great Apes

RE: The Great Apes - TheHyenid76 - 02-17-2024

Incredible documentary presented by Dr Junichiro Itani on orangutans

RE: The Great Apes - johnny rex - 04-06-2024

People used to think bonobos are more docile than chimpanzees.