Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Traps (2012)

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Post by johnny313 » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 8:23 PM UTC

Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Traps (2012)
news.nationalgeographic.com

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Post by gridlockd » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:13 PM UTC

Maybe we should experiment with giving these gorillas knives, see what happens.

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Post by davidw » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:14 PM UTC

gridlockd wrote: post #2

Maybe we should experiment with giving these gorillas knives, see what happens.

Dismantling the poachers?

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Post by bitwize » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:17 PM UTC

I imagined the adult gorillas sitting around going "Kids these days, they're so tech-savvy."

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Post by whatshisface » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:17 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #3

gridlockd wrote: post #2

Maybe we should experiment with giving these gorillas knives, see what happens.

Dismantling the poachers?

A gorilla doesn't need a tool to kill a person - have you ever seen a gorilla?

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Post by dboreham » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:19 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #3

gridlockd wrote: post #2

Maybe we should experiment with giving these gorillas knives, see what happens.

Dismantling the poachers?

Whittling?

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Post by RcouF1uZ4gsC » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:21 PM UTC

>Veterinarian Mike Cranfield, executive director of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, also said he wasn't shocked by the news.

>"Chimpanzees are always quoted as being the tool users, but I think, when the situation provides itself, gorillas are quite ingenious," he said.

>Cranfield speculated that the gorillas may have learned how to destroy traps by watching the Karisoke center's trackers.

Looks like they may have learned it from watching humans.

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Post by jniedrauer » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:21 PM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #5

davidw wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dismantling the poachers?

A gorilla doesn't need a tool to kill a person - have you ever seen a gorilla?

Technically we don't either. But we could still make poacher dismantling more efficient for them.

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Post by UltraMagnus » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:32 PM UTC

Poacher: We're setting traps to give you Gorillas new homes.

Gorilla dismantling trap: No. Caesar IS home.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:35 PM UTC

gridlockd wrote: post #2

Maybe we should experiment with giving these gorillas knives, see what happens.

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