Gorillas laugh as well as people

Tickle gorilla - not for the faint of heart. But the owner of one of these primates Phil Ridzhes not afraid to experiment with her Emmy Trust - a gorilla living in the Wildlife Park in Port Lympne, Kent.

19-year-old gorilla raised in captivity and has lived most of his life under the tutelage of Phil.

According to him, the monkey may seem quite indifferent, but in a good mood, and she can giggle when tickled her.

Marina Davila Ross of the University of Portsmouth is interested in the reaction of the Emmy - she said, the sounds are very similar to human laughter.

It was mentioned a lot of acoustic parallels that led to the conclusion that the apes evolving source of laughter is the same with the human, and this is likely to indicate a common ancestor, who laughed when tickled.

Project leader Davila-Ross explains: "On the basis of this study, we can say that laughter 30-60 million years».

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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