Wild gorillas destroy primitive traps
(Via National Geographic's website, PUBLISHED JULY 18, 2012)
Not only are they smart enough to dismantle snare traps, but they work in teams.
A silverback was even nice enough to grunt a warning to a human to stay away from a trap while other gorillas in the team quickly dismantle the snares.
After all the cruel shit humans put gorillas through, they are still nice enough to say "Hey dude, Don't go over there or you'll get hurt! Let my crew take care of it š"
I mean... I wouldn't blame them if they just watched people walk into the snares since I'm sure they can tell humans set them there in the first place.
But no.
Gorillas are good samaritans <3
"Every day trackers from the Karisoke center comb the forest for snares, dismantling them to protect the endangered mountain gorillas, which the International Fund for Nature (IUCN) says face "a very high risk of extinction in the wild.".
"On Tuesday tracker John Ndayambaje spotted a trap very close to the Kuryama gorilla clan. He moved in to deactivate the snare, but a silverback named Vubu grunted, cautioning Ndayambaje to stay away, Vecellio said.
Suddenly two juvenilesāRwema, a male; and Dukore, a female; both about four years oldāran toward the trap.
As Ndayambaje and a few tourists watched, Rwema jumped on the bent tree branch and broke it, while Dukore freed the noose.
The pair then spied another snare nearbyāone the tracker himself had missedāand raced for it. Joined by a third gorilla, a teenager named Tetero, Rwema and Dukore destroyed that trap as well"
Copy and pasted from Nationalgeographic.com
