This Silverback thinks this intruder in the mirror (his own reflection) comes to steal his wives

(★) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 (★) 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 / 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻ç𝗮𝗶𝘀 In Gabon, French photographers Anne-Marie, Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE and their friend Michel GUISS DJOMOU installed six large mirrors (1,2 m x 2,5 m) in the jungle near Nyonié. In order to film the reaction of wild animals from different angles as they encounter their reflection, the group also installed cameras equipped with motion detectors in front of each mirror. Members of a gorilla family from this jungle come and go as they please in front of these mirrors. Just as in humans, self recognition in primates is not an innate ability. The ability to recognise one’s own reflection is the result of a training process that little by little allows the human, or primate to understand the mirror’s properties: The case of the babies, children, adolescents and mothers of this family: In the mirror each of these gorillas sees the reflections of its family members by its side, but it is also faced with one gorilla it h