Tiny Baby Gorilla Practices Pounding Her Chest
In an adorable clip from the BBC Earth program Animal Babies: First Year on Earth, a little female baby gorilla named Nyakabara practices pounding her chest over and over again. While only males engage in this behavior as adults, both male and female infants instinctively try it out. Scientists aren’t sure why.
When do Gorillas learn to beat their chest, and why do they do it?
Lori Dorn
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