#gorilla

#gorilla

Winners of the Nature Conservancy Photo Contest 2021Nature is full of beauty and perfection. Being with nature is like looking at a masterpiece. It's a good thing that a camera exists so that we can capture nature's artwork.Photographers from all over the world share their views of nature for the Nature Conservancy Photo Contest 2021. The photos are breathtaking, inspiring, and even moving. The grand prize winner of the contest catches a western lowland female gorilla 'Malui' walking through a cloud of butterflies. This was captured by Anup Shah in December 2011 at Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic.Check out all the images that won by category over at The Nature Conservancy.Image above: Anup Shah/TNC Photo Contest 2021#nature #photocontest #gorilla

Why Do Gorillas Beat Their Chest?There are many sounds one might hear in the wild. The sound of a gorilla chest beating, however, is clearly in category all its own. For one thing, chest beating is a non-vocal act that can both seen and heard.Why does a gorilla chest beat? The initial assumption was that chest beats were used to scare off rival mates and attract females. Scientists curious about these non-vocal signals have begun to dig deeper. They wanted to know exactly how a chest beat was able to scare other males.  New research has uncovered that chest beat sounds revealed the body size of the chest beater. The larger the body size, the lower the peak frequency of the chest beat.Gorillas appear to be able to differentiate this difference in peak frequencies. A rival male, hearing the sound of another's chest beat, would be able to assess their opponent. The sound would help them determine if they should fight or flee the chest beater.Image: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund#Gorilla #ChestBeating #PeakFrequency #Mating #animalbehavior