FfFfFfFF 58,062 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 It is a trope used in films from King Kong to Tarzan – a male primate standing upright and beating its chest, sometimes with a yell and often with more than a dash of hubris. But it seems the pounding action is less about misplaced bravado than Hollywood would suggest: researchers studying adult male mountain gorillas say that while chest-beating might be done to show off, it also provides honest information. “We found it is definitely a real, reliable signal – males are conveying their true size,” said Edward Wright, co-author of the research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany. Writing in the journal Scientific Reports, Wright and colleagues report how they studied chest-beating in six adult male mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes national park in Rwanda. The team used a camera setup involving two parallel green lasers a known distance apart to determine the breadth of each gorilla’s back from a photograph. The results revealed that the duration of the chest-beating, number of beats and the rate of the beats during an episode were not associated with the size of the gorilla. However, the average peak frequency of the sound produced was – the larger the gorilla, the lower the frequency of the sound produced. Source - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/08/gorilla-beat-chest-signal-size-avoid-fight-with-rival-researchers-say Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 22,972 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Hmm hard to imagine they do that on this specific purpose but there are so many things about animals especially their communication which we don’t know about! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Thats hot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 gorilla: *beats chest* other gorilla: okay zaddyyyyy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Child 18,997 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, KanyeWest said: Thats hot ‘If religion be the cause of disunity, then irreligion is surely to be preferred.’ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purrrrrr 18,075 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 I thought we knew this I mean we see it in rowdy straight men that like to fight in clubs "come at me bro!!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumiere 5,825 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 so straight men basically Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
REALITY 80,162 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Isn’t this common sense though? 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔞𝔫𝔡...𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 76,610 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Reality said: Isn’t this common sense though? Right chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioIsOurs 13,876 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 tiny monke beats chest 170 times: other monke: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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