Close encounter of an amazing kind.
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Cool. We are not that close, though. Other mammals depend upon their senses more than we do. Our senses are pretty weak in comparison so we rely heavily on how our brains interpret what little we can sense. The gorilla heard the familiar call and came to investigate. Probably, the familiar sight prodded him into investigating further and the big kicker was the man's scent. One sniff and the bond was reacquired. The sense of smell in a lot of other mammals is immensely superior to any of our senses and we emit shiploads of odors. It's fascinating study.
I was referring to the emotional bond, how the gorilla held him in an embrace almost as though he did not want him to disappear from his life again.
Uh, yeah. Lots of critters can develop emotional bonds with humans. I have a friend in the Okanagan with a snake. They`ve developed a bond. The guy that wifey was going to get some tarantulas from had a bond with a couple of his spiders. Are we close to snakes and spiders?
Powerful and moving, Cliffy, thanks for posting it. We underestimate our cousins at our peril. There's a word for it that's terribly overworked these days, almost to the point of being meaningless now, but for those of us old enough to remember what it used to mean... "Awesome."
I tend to say 'awe inspiring' thanks to the overused nature.
I would imagine both those gentlemen would say they're close to them, yes. If you want to quibble about it
I agree. It is touching. Or "cool" as I put it. Anna says, "Awesome".
Wasn't me that was quibbling. I just said we aren't that close and posted some info.I would imagine both those gentlemen would say they're close to them, yes. If you want to quibble about it
the video is so good, wish we could see more and more of the same or similar.
too bad it is 'us' who are responsible for their possible extinction in the future.
why is it always us, the most intelligent of all, and the most selfish and thoughtless.
they have more sensitive smell, etc., but it is 'us' who have the ability to finish them off,
miserably intelligent, we are.
too bad it is 'us' who are responsible for their possible extinction in the future.
why is it always us, the most intelligent of all, and the most selfish and thoughtless.
they have more sensitive smell, etc., but it is 'us' who have the ability to finish them off,
miserably intelligent, we are.
Here is another clip I saw a couple of weeks ago. Friends of mine were in this camp in October. They had a similar encounter in the wild.
Touched by a mountain gorilla. [VIDEO]
Touched by a mountain gorilla. [VIDEO]
No, haven't seen that, haven't even heard of it. Got a link? I think that we not only underestimate our cousins like the gorillas at our peril, we underestimate pretty much every critter on the planet, just for some silly reason like they can't read and write. Anyone of any sensitivity who's lived with animals like cats and dogs can't have missed the fact that they have distinctly individual personalities, and I see no reason to think that's not generally true of all creatures. Even critters as dumb as fish,. if you watch their behaviour in a tank, are visibly different individuals. And they deserve respect.
Yes. Amazing.
When I lived in the Slocan valley I came upon a yearling deer in my yard. I talked to her very softly and she came up to me and let me pet her. The following year she was out by the apple tree eating apples that had fallen on the ground. I greeted her. She suddenly turned her head and made a funny little noise and out of the deep grass came her two little fawns. She stood there looking at me with what looked like a big grin on her face and wagged her tail. She was presenting them to me. She was wild but she chose to hang out at our place because she knew it was safe. She repeated that performance every year for 5 years, until I moved away. That was not the first time I have petted a deer in the wild. I have also held several fawns in my arms.
Don't know if this is the one Karrie referred to but....
Lion Reunited With Owners Who Raised Him, Amazing! | EpicVideoLOL - YouTube
Lion Reunited With Owners Who Raised Him, Amazing! | EpicVideoLOL - YouTube
Wish I had a video of my encounter with a wolf. I was out hunting grouse with two friends, tramping through a mixed brush and prairie landscape, and I became aware of shadowy movement in the woods. At one point I broke through some brush onto the shore of a small pond, and there was this big grey wolf standing there looking at me. I stood there and looked back, made no threatening moves and neither did he, we just looked at each other for a few minutes. I was carrying a 12 gauge shotgun loaded for birds, three rounds of #7 shot, pretty much useless against a critter that size except at point blank range, so I just stood there with it cradled in my arms and didn't move. There's no way with his senses that he wouldn't have known I was coming, showing himself to me like that had to be deliberate. It was a serious Zen moment for me, and after a few minutes of looking at me he loped off back into the woods and we saw no sign of him again. The message seemed clear to me: we know you're here, don't mess with us and we won't mess with you.
And of course we didn't.
And of course we didn't.
Wolves, like many wild animals I have encountered, seem to sense your intention. Just think about how many animals yu see hanging around until the first day of hunting. They seem to make themselves scarce all of a sudden.
Yeah they do, and they seem to know when it's Sunday too and you can't shoot them. Well maybe you can now, I haven't been hunting for 20 years and the rules might have changed, but you're right, they do seem able to sense whether or not you're a threat.
I watched a documentary at one time, which explained that the ravens have much to do with the hunting
season, as they do actually know what is going to happen as soon as the hunters begin entering the
hunting areas, so they arrive too, and follow and watch, of course they know they will have many
lunches while the hunters are there.
I'm sure the ravens alert the deer and other game animals, with their presence and their calls.