{"id":505545,"date":"2022-11-01T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wild-chimpanzees-and-gorillas-can-form-long-friendly-associations-that-last-decades\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T18:40:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:40:01","slug":"wild-chimpanzees-and-gorillas-can-form-long-friendly-associations-that-last-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wild-chimpanzees-and-gorillas-can-form-long-friendly-associations-that-last-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"#Wild chimpanzees and gorillas can form long friendly associations that last decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b7317ca293\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b7317ca293\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wild-chimpanzees-and-gorillas-can-form-long-friendly-associations-that-last-decades\/#%E2%80%9CWild_chimpanzees_and_gorillas_can_form_long_friendly_associations_that_last_decades%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Wild chimpanzees and gorillas can form long friendly associations that last decades&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWild_chimpanzees_and_gorillas_can_form_long_friendly_associations_that_last_decades%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Wild chimpanzees and gorillas can form long friendly associations that last decades&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/wild-chimpanzees-and-g.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/wild-chimpanzees-and-g.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chimpanzees are highly social but recent research suggests they can be with gorillas too. Credit: &lt;a class=&quot;source&quot; href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/common-chimpanzee-sitting-next-zoo-223179226&quot;&gt;apple2499\/Shutterstock&lt;\/a&gt;\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/wild-chimpanzees-and-g.jpg\" alt=\"Wild chimpanzees and gorillas can form long friendly associations that last decades\u2014new research\" title=\"Chimpanzees are highly social but recent research suggests they can be with gorillas too. Credit: &lt;a class=&quot;source&quot; href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/common-chimpanzee-sitting-next-zoo-223179226&quot;&gt;apple2499\/Shutterstock&lt;\/a&gt;\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Chimpanzees are highly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> but recent research suggests they can be with gorillas too. Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/common-chimpanzee-sitting-next-zoo-223179226\">apple2499\/Shutterstock<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To survive, animals <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/jzo.12023\">compete for resources<\/a>, be it food, mating partners or territory. But a ground breaking recent study shows chimpanzees and gorillas form friendships, some lasting at least 20 years. They play, eat and socialize together.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>It is the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/iscience\/fulltext\/S2589-0042(22)01331-1\">first study of its kind<\/a> to see such long-term, peaceful associations between apes. A team of scientists led by Crickette Sanz from Washington University, US, made this discovery using over 20 years of data from the Nouabal\u00e9-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo. <\/p>\n<p>We know many animals are fiercely territorial, including chimpanzees and gorillas. Both species will defend their territories from other groups. Chimpanzees <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10329-021-00921-x\">kill members<\/a> of other chimp groups who stray into their territory. And between 2014 and 2018, researchers found that group of chimpanzees in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-93829-x\">Gabon<\/a>, Central Africa, had killed young gorillas and even saw a female chimpanzee eating an infant gorilla.<\/p>\n<p>So, I was surprised to hear from the new study that the two ape species sometimes form lasting unions. The fact that these species can live peacefully in one area for decades, and be dinner for the other in another region is fascinating. <\/p>\n<p>    <b>Hanging out<\/b>  <\/p>\n<p>Young adult male primates tend to be more outgoing and inquisitive than other members <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0012438\">of their troop<\/a>. In the new study, scientists found juveniles would often seek out particular members of the other species to play, sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing long distances (over 300 meters) alone to do so. <\/p>\n<p>Mixing with another group of your own or another species can be risky. But both species were relaxed around one another instead of alert to attack. The study also found chimpanzee and gorilla females with young offspring also bonded with each other, as did the whole spectrum of age ranges. Chimpanzees were even seen mimicking the classic gorilla chest beat. Neither species ever made alarm calls when they encountered each other. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>Food orientated friendships<\/b>  <\/p>\n<p>The next task now for researchers is to pick apart what exactly is different between the behavior of the chimpanzees and gorillas in the home ranges in the Republic of Congo and Gabon (about 1,000km apart).<\/p>\n<p>Chimpanzees and gorillas eat similar foods and most of the amiable interactions the scientists recorded in the Republic of Congo were of the apes feeding in fig and other fruit trees.<\/p>\n<p>Why would you tolerate someone gatecrashing your buffet? Figs are high energy and a prized resource. The trees fruit for only four to five days. And fruiting is asynchronous (meaning they fruit at random). If gorillas or chimpanzees find ripe ones perhaps they are better off tolerating one another than wasting energy chasing each other away. Combining knowledge or staying close enough to eavesdrop on what the others are doing could give them an advantage too. Chimpanzees <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0271576\">tend to eat<\/a> much more fruit than gorillas. Yet these gorillas in the Republic of Congo have a higher fruit diet than normal which could help explain their unusually chummy behavior around the local chimpanzees. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>I&#8217;ve got your back<\/b>  <\/p>\n<p>Leopards are predators of both species so it pays to have as many eyes on the lookout as possible. Both species even responded to the predator alarm calls of the other. They shared information about predators and feeding sites.<\/p>\n<p>Many other species work together to evade predators. Antelope, wildebeests and zebra gather in their thousands every year to travel together across Tanzania and Kenya in search of good grazing and safe places to breed. And we do see alliances between other monkey species <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/beheco\/article\/15\/3\/400\/217371\">too<\/a>, such as putty-nosed and Diana monkeys of the Ta\u00ef National Park, in Ivory Coast in West Africa, usually to increase feeding opportunities or predator detection.  <\/p>\n<p>These discoveries could give clues about how humans may have evolved. Different species of ancient humans may have also showed cross-species tolerance and friendships despite similar overlaps in diet and competition. Skeleton hybrids of different human species have been found. Friendships can also reduce <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1073\/pnas.1411450111\">stress<\/a> for humans and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/0-blogs-biomedcentral-com.brum.beds.ac.uk\/bmcseriesblog\/2016\/12\/09\/hidden-role-pets-management-mental-health-conditions\/\">owning a pet<\/a> can boost mental health. So it would be fascinating to see if apes enjoy these benefits from having a buddy of another species too.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>Don&#8217;t take apes for granted<\/b>  <\/p>\n<p>For all we know these interactions could be more common than reported. In places where chimpanzees and gorillas share habitats researchers often only study one or the other species. The species which is not used to people will often flee on sight of the research team. Researchers often work with species for years before they become used to people.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/15933\/129038584\">Chimpanzees<\/a> are considered endangered while <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/search?query=gorilla&amp;searchType=species\">gorillas<\/a> are listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list of threatened species. The study shows how full of surprises our close relatives are and how important it is to preserve the natural world so that their fascinating behaviors are not lost before we even learn of them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                        <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Crickette M. 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