• Question: Why Do gorillas pick other gorillas back and they eat that specific thing (What is that specific thing?)?

    Asked by issi2001 to Anil, Blanka, Cees, Emma, Mike on 2 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Emma Trantham

      Emma Trantham answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      I think they are picking insects and other bugs off each other and then they eat the insects (although I’m not sure what the insect/bug actually is). They do it in part to keep each other clean and in part as a means of social bonding (so that they stay good friends)

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