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The Great Apes
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  *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?  (11-12-2023, 04:08 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote: 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? (11-12-2023, 08:57 PM)BA0701 Wrote:(11-12-2023, 04:08 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote: 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. (11-14-2023, 03:13 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote:(11-12-2023, 08:57 PM)BA0701 Wrote:(11-12-2023, 04:08 PM)GreenGrolar Wrote: 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. 
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.
 *This image is copyright of its original author 22.3 cm long Sumatran orangutan skull vs 29.7 cm long gorilla skull. *This image is copyright of its original author
Weights of four male western lowland gorillas.
178, 169, 164, 149 (Kg)  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.zoodegranby.com/en/animals/western-lowlands-gorillas 
Images of Dr Toshisada Nishida (renowned Japanese primatologist) with chimpanzees. Source.
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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.  *This image is copyright of its original author Frodo stares at a male colobus defending his group a few meters overhead.  *This image is copyright of its original author Frodo rushes at the male colobus, attempting to scatter their ranks and reach an immature.  *This image is copyright of its original author Frodo hand-threatens a male colobus as he attempts to reach the females and their offspring, out of view to the left.  *This image is copyright of its original author 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.  *This image is copyright of its original author Atlas kills the juvenile colobus with a bite to the base of the skull.  *This image is copyright of its original author An adult male chimpanzee is watched vigilantly by a male red colobus in KK5 before a hunt begins.  *This image is copyright of its original author
A female orangutan and its child huddle together under dry leaves to take shelter from rain. Credits to Orangutan Foundation. This event showcases their incredible intelligence.
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Camera trap footage of great apes:
An impressive silverback gorilla in Cameroon A wild male Orangutan in the Indonesian Borneo Two adult male chimpanzees in the Gangu forest, Democratic Republic of Congo |
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