Gorilla Mating | Mountain Gorilla | BBC Earth

things are stirring for the eight-year old female 2gk she arrived in the group just two months ago and Martha's log shows that up until now she's been keeping a low profile but today she only has eyes for Rocinha has silverback leader the way she's staring at him like that that's classic solicitation very subtle as gorillas are she wants to mate I'm not sure he does advancing on him she tightens her lips and stares straight into his eyes sure signs that she wants to mate but Rocinha x' group contains plenty of females for him to choose from and he doesn't appear especially interested finally Rutina relents true GK's entered a period called e's interests a monthly occurrence for the realism and the only time they can get pregnant and usually they'll mate about once an hour for the next few days to GK's sole aim will be to mate they are very active in soliciting the male's so yeah it is almost like there it's a different gorilla from one day to the next depending on if they're in estrus or not possess by her hormones she turns once more to the silverback but he's not interested - GK we'll have to look elsewhere she decides to try her luck with the more junior gorillas the black backs - GK might not know any better but the black back is only too aware that if he gets caught they'll be trouble the dominant silverback holds priority and won't put up with this sort of behavior despite routine his efforts to break up the young couples embrace sneaky mating does happen genetic tests have revealed that about 15% of infants are not fathered by the dominant silverback [Music] you

Channel: BBC Earth

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Length: 3min 57sec (237 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 04 2015