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http://refreshingnews99.blogspot.in/2012/07/gorillas-seen-destroying-poachers.html
Field staff of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda report that on Monday they saw several young gorillas destroying snares which maim and often kill gorillas with their bare hands.
We knew that gorillas do this but all of the reported cases in the past were carried out by adult gorillas, mostly silverbacks, said Veronica Vecellio, gorilla program coordinator at the Karisoke Research Center.
Today, two juveniles and one blackback worked together to deactivate two snares and how they did it demonstrated an impressive cognitive skill.
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hlthe2b
(101,729 posts)to use an AK-47.
(I guess--I really HATE these poachers)
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)hlthe2b
(101,729 posts)superpatriotman
(6,232 posts)Poacher hunting.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)Trunk Monkey
(950 posts)We had a temp worker from Africa who took great pleasure in telling us about killing Gorillas w/ an AK 47. I don't like to see anyone lose their job but in his case I made an exception
RagAss
(13,832 posts)ithinkmyliverhurts
(1,928 posts)malthaussen
(17,066 posts)AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
-- Mal
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)warrprayer
(4,734 posts)D.U. was starting to depress me
Baitball Blogger
(46,575 posts)This is the second time this article has made it to the Greatest Page.
YankeyMCC
(8,401 posts)limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)... it was Googling for the instructions on how to do it that was their biggest obstacle.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)It's so gratifying to see animals get one up on humans for a change. It happens so rarely.
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)Thanks so much for sharing this story. They are so intelligent!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="purple" font size=5 face="Comic Sans"]GOrillas!! [/font]
redqueen
(115,096 posts)allan01
(1,950 posts)turning the tables eh?
ChazInAz
(2,535 posts)That's wonderful. Looks like the adults taught the kids how to do this. Hope they taught them to be suspicious of the motives of their pink, hairless cousins!
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Mkap
(223 posts)Let's hope that they continue to evolve and learn how to make weapons against the poachers
flvegan
(64,389 posts)Great to see though.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)One or two probably figured this out and he/she showed the others...good for them!