![]() ![]() This is markedly different to chimpanzees, which display extreme territorial-based violence.įootage taken during the research of western lowland gorillas in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo Credit: Germán Illera of SPAC Scientific Field Station Network It was previously thought that gorillas were non-territorial, due to the overlap of home ranges and their tolerance of other groups. Instead, the scientists followed eight groups of gorillas using a network of cameras placed at 36 feeding "hotspots" across a 60km 2 area of the Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo. Western lowland gorillas are difficult to track on foot because they live in dense forests. The study, which was carried out by academics from the University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), the University of Barcelona, SPAC Scientific Field Station Network, and the University of Vienna, involved monitoring the movements of groups of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). They are also more likely to avoid contact with other groups the closer they are to the centre of their neighbours' home range, for fear of conflict. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the research shows for the first time that groups of gorillas recognise "ownership" of specific regions. ![]()
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