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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Bachelor Party! Gang Of Male Gorillas Move To Cincinnati Zoo
Caption: Bachelor Party! Gang Of Male Gorillas Move To Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has a new gang of gorillas in town, as a troop of three bachelor males have moved to the zoo. Chipua (Chip), Pendeka (Pende) and Kongo arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo from the Detroit Zoo in July 2023. By allowing lads to be lads, bachelor troops of gorillas serve an important purpose, existing in native habitat regions throughout Central Africa and other AZA facilities. Compared to family troops, bachelors have different social dynamics. Aggression is an important behavior in these troops; sometimes this looks like displacement between two individuals, vocal conflict, or a physical altercation. While these events may look concerning to people, they serve an important purpose in gorilla society. Aggression helps to establish and maintain a hierarchy, teaching all the gorillas in the troop how to appropriately interact with each other and navigate their dynamic social structure. Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 175,000 individuals.
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