Wild Animals React With Curiosity, Vanity and Hostility to Mirrors That Are Placed in Their Paths

Wild Animals React With Curiosity, Vanity and Hostility at Mirrors That Were Placed in Their Respective Paths

French photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre traveled to Gabon in Africa to set up a number of mirrors around different locations in order to capture the varied reactions that the resident wild animals would have when they gazed upon their respective reflections.

Each animal had a different reaction – a leopard purred at his reflection, a gorilla challenged his reflection, an elephant ignored her reflection and a group of chimps just sat in front of the mirror with open curiosity.

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

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