You can tell what kind of social society a primate has by looking at their testical sase. So if you have like ina chimpansy society, they have lots of males and lots of females, all living together. In order to do that, they have to have extremely large testicles. Gorillas are huge - among the largest great apes. They're not competing with anybody. Most of the time. He doesn't have to prove anything. And he knows that thy're they're so his balls are dndime.
Settle in with Alie Ward and guest Kate Gilmore, a professional primatologist and lead keeper of the great apes and Old World monkeys at the Los Angeles Zoo. Learn about chimpanzee mating, why zookeepers don't wear FitBits, primate DRAAAMA, the erroneous philosophy behind truck nuts and what happens in the middle the night at the zoo. Also get some good info on primate conservation and how to be a friend to orangutans.
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Music by Nick Thorburn
Mixing and final production by Jason Scardamalia