Swamp Gorillas Perform Hand Clapping Ritual


	Swamp Gorillas Perform Hand Clapping Ritual

cakebelly

8-6-2009 1:00 PM

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more (at source): "The sound was always two rapidly consecutive beats and the sound does carry within the rainforest, much like a gorilla chest beat," added Kalan, a researcher in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Oxford Brookes University.

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8-7-2009 2:29 AM

swampfoxz

Gotta love swamp guys.

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