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Meeting the brothers after a long separation
Kesho (Kesho) and Alf (Alf) two gorillas from the English Zoo Longleat Safari Park. This two brothers one older and the other younger.
Almost three years ago, 13-year-old Kesho was selected for breeding programs of rare species and taken away from the zoo. But the other day he was brought back, and when he saw again in his cage 9-year-old brother of Alpha, then rushed to him and embraced with all his tenderness gorilla.
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Then he had patted him on the shoulder and shook his hand, just like people. Now Kesho and Alf will live in a cage. For breeding program Kesho proved unsuitable, after several attempts to reduce it to the female gorilla, found out that he is sterile.
However Having lived almost 3 years in the group of other gorillas, Kesho became the leader, the leader of the pack with a silver back. All gorillas are obliged to obey the leader. Only his younger brother, he made an exception and talks with him as a relative, and not as a dominant male.
According to Mark Taya (Mark Tye), the superintendent of the gorillas, they were not sure that the meeting will take place peacefully and brothers initially kept in a cell Kesho. But Alf tried to communicate with his brother, touching it through the bars and showed no aggression. He immediately recognized him. According to scientists, the gorillas can identify their relatives for wrinkles on the nose.
-We Was very strange to see how mothers with a silver back male behaves undignified, just like a child, -ulybaetsya Mark, telling a meeting of brothers gorillas. After 24 hours, they both behaved as if they never were separated.
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Almost three years ago, 13-year-old Kesho was selected for breeding programs of rare species and taken away from the zoo. But the other day he was brought back, and when he saw again in his cage 9-year-old brother of Alpha, then rushed to him and embraced with all his tenderness gorilla.
8 photo here
Then he had patted him on the shoulder and shook his hand, just like people. Now Kesho and Alf will live in a cage. For breeding program Kesho proved unsuitable, after several attempts to reduce it to the female gorilla, found out that he is sterile.
However Having lived almost 3 years in the group of other gorillas, Kesho became the leader, the leader of the pack with a silver back. All gorillas are obliged to obey the leader. Only his younger brother, he made an exception and talks with him as a relative, and not as a dominant male.
According to Mark Taya (Mark Tye), the superintendent of the gorillas, they were not sure that the meeting will take place peacefully and brothers initially kept in a cell Kesho. But Alf tried to communicate with his brother, touching it through the bars and showed no aggression. He immediately recognized him. According to scientists, the gorillas can identify their relatives for wrinkles on the nose.
-We Was very strange to see how mothers with a silver back male behaves undignified, just like a child, -ulybaetsya Mark, telling a meeting of brothers gorillas. After 24 hours, they both behaved as if they never were separated.
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