Real Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Traps

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9. Silverback to human: Back off. We can handle it ourselves

...On Tuesday tracker John Ndayambaje spotted a trap very close to the Kuryama gorilla clan. He moved in to deactivate the snare, but a silverback named Vubu grunted, cautioning Ndayambaje to stay away, Vecellio said.

Suddenly two juveniles—Rwema, a male; and Dukore, a female; both about four years old—ran toward the trap. As Ndayambaje and a few tourists watched, Rwema jumped on the bent tree branch and broke it, while Dukore freed the noose. The pair then spied another snare nearby—one the tracker himself had missed—and raced for it. Joined by a third gorilla, a teenager named Tetero, Rwema and Dukore destroyed that trap as well.

I wonder who taught those gorilla kids how to "defuse" the traps. Either the silverback taught them or they learned from watching the humans destroy the traps. Either way, those "kids" are simian geniuses.