20 Jul 2012

Young gorillas work together to dismantle the poachers trap that killed their friends

Just days after a poacher's snare had killed one of their own, two young mountain gorillas have been spotted working together to take apart poachers traps. Staff at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund were stunned when they spotted the plucky young duo, called Dukore and Rwema, destroying a trap in their forest home.

Gorilla trap

'Silverback Vuba pig-grunted at him (a vocalization of warning) and at the same time juveniles Dukore and Rwema together with blackback Tetero ran toward the snare and together pulled the branch used to hold the rope. 'They saw another snare nearby and as quickly as before they destroyed the second branch and pulled the rope out of the ground.'

Read more at Daily Mail