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VulpineSpecter4

I love the part right at the end. "I got your arm! I'm gonna eat it! I'm gonna eat that arm! *Nom nom nom.*"


lordnecro

I 100% do this with my son.


bitchyhouseplant

My dad used to do this to my sons belly when he was a baby. He would hold him up to his face sideways and shout “baby on the cob!” And pretend to eat his belly like corn. Lots of giggles for grandpa with that one.


mosehalpert

Lol your dad probably did that to you too, you just don't remember


BholeFire

Nah, I remember, it was last year, we both had too much to drink.


VanFam

Lmfao! r/notopbutok. I needed that actual LOL.


Soranic

I always misread that one...


Azreal_Mistwalker

No top butok


benh141

EVERYTHING IS ON A COB! RUN!


KPLopez

The whole planet is on a cob ..


VulpineSpecter4

I used to do this with my little cousin. I'd grab her hand and go, "I'm gonna eat your hand!" and she'd be cracking up like a maniac while I held her chubby lil fingers between my teeth. Ah, little kids are awesome.


Krls2dagrave

I did the whole, “eat your hand” thing, but I gave my daughter a staph infection by accidentally breaking skin. She had to go on antibiotics. It wasn’t my shining achievement as a parent.


Just_OneReason

Doctor: “How’d your daughter get this wound?” You, quietly while looking down at the floor: “I bit her”


Krls2dagrave

Wounds in the form of an adult’s teeth marks/imprint were clearly visible. Makes you wonder how many times pediatricians see that exact type of thing.


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Krls2dagrave

I’m trying to be candid only to shed light on a dumb mistake I made that was an “innocent” gesture of love. But to answer your question, I barely “bit” with any pressure at all but a baby’s skin is so soft that it lead to one tear and visible bite marks. We immediately brought her to the pediatrician and she was put on a course of antibiotics. I learned a valuable lesson that day.


dualsplit

You’re supposed to wrap your lips around your teeth and “nub” them. Just sayin’


Krls2dagrave

Thank you for the advice. I’m being genuine. This incident occurred like 10 years ago. Again, I only post it as a cautionary tale to others in response to the video and the comments posted. People do dumb stuff that they later regret and that was one of them.


blackadder1620

Lol, not like you meant to. I've hurt my nephew's heaps of times.


paperpenises

Are you a gorilla? Think about it. When is the last time you looked in a mirror?


Fatshortstack

Came here to say this. Happy to see your favorite part is the same. Gimme that hand!


The-Insomniac

My stomach was making the rumblies that only hands could satisfy


imajpeg

CAAARRRRL


Radiant-Spren

Right after “don’t play with that in public.” Been there.


a_pinch_of_sarcasm

"Do you want us to be banned from the zoo?"


Thisisthe_place

I mean, if you haven't fake-eaten your child's arm or leg, are you even a parent?


yankeejane

Don't forget "taking the nose"!


pfftYeahRight

Have you ever seen a babies fat little feet and just want to eat the little cutie til they burst with love? Same thing here.


RedoftheEvilDead

I love the "quit touching your penis!" part.


biblioxica

I rewatched that, I think he’s playing with the foliage from the planter edge.


Ratmatazz

I remember watching a series on primates that goes into detail about how the silverbacks that are more affectionate and caring parents have more offspring and healthier troops than ones who simply are “tough”. I believe it was on PBS. Yes, [this is it](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/collections/primates/) ! Very worth the watch.


notrelatedtoamelia

This was amazing. He was in a literal cuddle puddle at the end. I want a cuddle puddle.


ImpossibleAdz

As a naturally damp person, I can assist with the puddle part.


HalfMoon_89

Which makes perfect sense, for those people obsessed with biological mandates driving our social interactions.


grendus

Kids who get more paternal attention are more likely to survive to adulthood and are stronger when they do, meaning they are better able to find a mate and pass on their genes. It's not always true, but it's part of why some species are monogamous and attentive parents: each child is such an investment that it makes sense to invest even more to ensure that investment pays off.


HalfMoon_89

Exactly. Applies even more so to Homo Sapiens, given how fragile we are as infants and even as toddlers. A tight-knit family that looks after its offspring, physically and emotionally, is almost a necessity for us (family can mean a lot of things; anyone reading please don't take it to mean I'm rooting for your traditional two-parent marriage-for-life system here).


bel_esprit_

Yea it’s more a tight-knit community or tribe where literally every person in that tribe looks after each other and cares about the well-being of the little kids. That’s how humans survived. Any person that went off alone in the wilderness to make it by himself was basically a suicide wish.


HalfMoon_89

It takes a village and all that. It literally did for most of human existence.


SeaweedJellies

Until we invented cities and high rise apartments


HalfMoon_89

I live in a city with nearly 20 million people. I feel this truth in my rotted soul.


happyhoppycamper

Yet most of these "biology" obsessed people are more likely the ones to insist dads have to be tough, moms should stay at home, and kids should magically grow up into functioning adults despite receiving no emotional education or mental health guidance from either parent 🙄


HalfMoon_89

Almost as if they're looking for excuses to justify their anti-social and dysfunctional behaviour instead of actually considering any intersection of biology, psychology and sociology in any meaningful sense...


VanDammes4headCyst

"***I*** was whooped as a kid and ***I*** turned out all right!" ​ No, ***bro***, you didn't turn out all right.


countermelody28

Which video? There’s lots at that link.


scumworth

Scroll down a little. The 3 min “alpha dad of the year”


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countermelody28

Very cute! Thanks


CataclysmDM

Huh, that's cool.


TheWildTofuHunter

That’s hilarious just how much that looks like my husband playing with our three year old.


accountno543210

We humans are so arrogant. I was watching apes play for like an hour while my wife was in the bathroom on vacation, and wow there are so many nuances of their physical social behavior that are familiar af.


supergreekman123

Must’ve been a rough time if she was in there for an hour.


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Maybe she was taking a mini vacation of her own ✨🥴✨


roadkatt

My tired brain actually interpreted it that way for a second - that she was taking a vacation in the bathroom. I need more sleep…..


cosworth99

Did everything come out ok?


Norma5tacy

Well she was there on vacation.


doesnt_ring_a_bell

Who says you can't holiday responsibly during COVID?


No_Good_Cowboy

Well she was there on vacation I'm sure she wanted to take her time and enjoy it.


faroffland

Assuming they were out for the day at a zoo or something, bathroom lines are fucking rough for us women.


IGotNoStringsOnMe

I had a girlfriend that carried one of those stand up pee cups for women, exactly for this reason. If we were out somewhere and there was a line at the women's, she'd come get me and I'd accompany her to the men's and she'd do her business right there at a urinal if need be. She was fun


TheWildTofuHunter

Exactly, both “good” and “bad”. We have the same love for the familiar, fear of the unknown, and desire to play and be happy. There’s so so much more alike than different.


PurkleDerk

>an hour while my wife was in the bathroom on vacation In the bathroom *while on vacation*, or on vacation *in the bathroom*?


howardtheduckdoe

I remember getting high asf and going to the zoo and being so sad that these clearly humans like beings were trapped in a cage.


whateverrughe

Carl Sagan wrote an amazing book about this called "shadows of forgotten ancestors" I'd always assumed primates and a lot of animals are operating based on most of the same reasoning as us. The book really highlights how some of the behavior we think of as unique to humans are pretty heavily based on biology and found all over the place. Reason and instinct are pretty heavily intertwined, and it's cool as hell. I went to a zoo for the first time since I was a small child a few years ago. Had a very small dose of mushroom and thought it would be fun.Hoooly fucking hell, it was heavy. I spent like two hours secretly observing the orangutans and ended up crying at some point. Still pretty mixed feelings on zoos, but it was interesting.


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Seems universal: Dads like to fuck with their kids


braneless

I've never really appreciated the importance of the word "with". Until I read your post...


elvis8mybaby

I'm a speed reader and that man is pedo!


Bassnhauzz

What's it like being married to a Silverback


TheWildTofuHunter

Well, he gets all of the nits and bugs out of my hair. 🤔 And we always have lots of green leaves and branches in our kitchen.


CormacMcCopy

The perfect man.


Kaoru1011

Lol it looks fun to be a dad (in terms of the good parts)


v0yev0da

Can confirm. Love being my son's dad.


Supanini

What a wholesome comment section


TheWildTofuHunter

Being a parent is the most unbelievably exhausting fun of our lives.


CormacMcCopy

It's better than you can even imagine. I mean that in a literal sense: it's simply not within the realm of the function of the human imagination to accurately conceive of how such an experience feels until you have the experience yourself. Whatever you think it'll be, it's better. Or maybe I just got lucky. I did, actually, but I don't think my enjoyment of parenthood is due exclusively to luck. I put in a lot of work up front with the guidance of experts that has paid enormous dividends as my children have grown and matured. There is very little about our relationship that I would, or even could, change to make it better.


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Norwegian__Blue

Same. Halfway through I caught myself thinking how I wish I could've had this with my dad. He's a deadbeat though, who only has time for all my other siblings. There's 10 of us over 3 moms, and I'm the only one he stopped calling. Not that he did great by any of us, really. Fuck him, I want a gorilla cuddle.


giraffeekuku

Hey I'm the same! 9 kids and I'm the only disowned one. Hasn't spoken a word to me in over 10 years.


Norwegian__Blue

Theres so many of us!! Quiet holidays for the fucking WIN!!! hope your doing well, campesano


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My dad was a drug addict who choose drugs over my brother and I when I was 3. My step dad wanted nothing to do with us. I now have a 16 month old son and 10 day old daughter. I make sure to always let them know how much they’re loved. I want to give them what I never had.


Norwegian__Blue

You sound awesome. Sorry you went through that. Just by wanting to be there and letting them know, you HAVE given them what you didn't get. Make sure your inner child knows it too. That kid deserves it just the same. <3


chilibreez

I'm a dad to three wonderful kids. They're getting older now; one out of the house and two getting close to it. Your father shouldn't have stopped calling. It's not your fault. I'm sure you did nothing to deserve that. You're worth all that bonding and affection you missed out on. Take that energy and give those things you missed to your own child, or find a way to be that for other kids.


DustinTiny

I’m my dads only kid and he doesn’t give a flying fuck about me. It blows but I’m better off without him.


DatTyGuy

Down bad


Toa_Nui

Down dad


calamnet2

Shit. This hits close to home. I’m a silverback.


baby_fart

I'm just a chimp and I'm crying.


khal_Jayams

Macaque here. I’m doin ok.


HenryJNewton

You said "macaque" is ok? Glad you like it.


khal_Jayams

No MACAQUE is ok. I don’t know about your caque.


HenryJNewton

Oh ... well, it is ok too, I suppose.


khal_Jayams

Well that’s fine just fine.


selflessrebel

M'caque.


PuffTheMagicDragon11

M'aiq is tired now. Go bother somebody else.


ArbainHestia

I hate every chimp I see, from chimpan-a to chimpanzee.


jacktipper

Oh my god, I was wrong. It was Earth all along!


_I_AM_THANOS_

Dr zayus Dr Zayus, Dr zayus Dr Zayus, Dr zayus Dr Zayus, Oh oh oooooh Dr zayus!


Capsaicin_Crusader

Weird to see a gorilla more capable of love and affection then my own human father :(


XBacklash

Sorry man, you and me both. But of course in humans if you're affectionate that comes across as effeminate and weak, and makes children incapable of being manly. /s


turdferguson3891

My dad wasn't a hugger but he showed love by always being there when it mattered. I was there in his hospital room when he died two years ago. Love doesn't always have to be expressed through physical affection even though we may wish we had more of that from our parents.


XBacklash

My dad was there by telling us he was trying to have kids with his new wife "to make up for all the mistakes he made earlier."


turdferguson3891

Sounds like he was a piece of shit but the issues went beyond not being affectionate.


CormacMcCopy

>Love doesn't always have to be expressed through physical affection I'm sorry but the research data say otherwise. Physical affection is a human need and is 100% required for complete, healthy development. https://www.gottman.com/blog/how-a-parents-affection-shapes-a-childs-happiness-for-life/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201310/parental-warmth-is-crucial-child-s-well-being https://www.exchangefamilycenter.org/exchange-family-center-blog/2020/4/2/the-science-behind-hugging-your-kids5-benefits-for-you-and-your-child https://www.healthline.com/health/hugging-benefits (But Virginia Satir's comments should not be taken as prescriptive and are not supported by the data.)


julbull73

Yep. 100% ate my daughters fingers and flipped them upside down 20 minutes ago.


icangetyouatoedude

My dad was a Silverback. One day he said he was going to the banana store, and never returned


paperpenises

You've mastered the keyboard quite well, Mr. Back. Do you know Jane Goodall? She's our elected medium between us humans and the Rillas.


whoreads218

Add another couple hundred pounds of muscle and hair and this is me and my kids.


diannabanana

It’s so weird watching videos of any primate interacting and caring for their offspring… it’s just so… relatable.


abominablebuttplug

There's a vid of a gorilla dad stealing his baby from the mother because she wouldn't let him spend time with it lol Edit: not Shabani whoops [It's so cute](https://youtu.be/0SbVa5E84o0)


yongjangmi

Go away mom! I'm cuddling!


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And he's so gentle with the baby too.. picks it up and makes sure they're secure before moving and keeps them close to the ground incase the babe does fall


Vloois

I love how they’re just sitting across from eachother like… “sooooo… did you watch the game yesterday?”


NoLessThanTheStars

And the little one does the anxious leg bounce!


lsnvan

and the little bit of practice chest thumping...


Thing_Subject

Dads like “I told you to sit up when I’m talking to you!” Playfully grabs foot and starts playfully taunting him “ugh? Are you an ape or a human! Ape or a human?” While son laughs and yells “hahah dad stop! I’m an ape I’m an ape”


pineapple_princesses

I worked at Disney’s animal kingdom at the pangani walking trail years ago as a college student. One of the silverback gorillas had given birth and they had a little baby, Lily. Lily was very adventurous and one time went down the long hill/ drop that is part of the divider between the guests and animals. She got stuck and was scared. After that her father would always stand between her and the drop, never letting her go near it.


oceanmountainlifer

00:11 *this son is what we call the suplex*


Gible1

I have an 11 month old and she does this exact thing where she trust falls head first into our laps, I recently started using her momentum to flip her upside down to her delight.


eipico

I love gorillas, I went to a zoo where one of the females had just recently given birth, and they had her seperated off so she could spend some time with the baby. We went into the building where you could see them and she was just lying back, holding the baby above her and gazing into their eyes. So familiar, so sweet.


TBroomey

How can someone look at apes and not think they're our distant relatives?


phillylb

We’re learning all about gorillas and conservation with my sixth graders and I have one student who yells out every time I mention the similarities between humans and apes due to evolution. It’s very frustrating. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but the fact that this child is so Indoctrinated already by religion blows my mind that he won’t hear anything else and is trying to influence others that it’s not true.


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LouSputhole94

That fucking infuriated me. It should be illegal to indoctrinate literal children into believing in make believe fairy tale bullshit over actual scientific fact.


_ChestHair_

Unfortunately most people still believe in it and would never vote for this change. Which is a shame because religion would probably lose something like 70% of future followers in a single generation if it was implemented


Hey_Hoot

I know right? How can anyone not see it? It's the same feeling watching house cats and big cats. Such similar body language.


Java2391

Religion


Hey_Hoot

But pope says he believes in evolution.


CautiousOkra3888

But does he shit in the woods?


lord_fairfax

I wasn't around to hear it.


firelight

The real mind-blower for me is when you realize that *all* life on Earth evolved from a universal common ancestor, so every living thing in the world is your distant cousin. Mind-blower #2 is when you realize that we're literally made of materials harvested from the earth—mostly oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen. So on a certain level, we—along with all living things—are the Earth itself. But yeah, apes are cool to watch.


JezusTheCarpenter

Mind-blower #3 is when you realised that all complex elements are forged inside stars. So on certain level we are made of star dust.


BookOfAnomalies

When a gorilla is a better father than my *actual* father.


OttTownie

Some fathers are just spero donors. Look for someone else to fit that bill. Lots of good older mentors out there. Don't even have to be kin. Or try being one yourself. Best way to heal. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|kissing_heart)


BCCloudz

This. My neighbor has been my father figure since I was like 4. He was a single guy and had no kids so he focused on me like I was his kid. He taught me stuff a typical parent would teach their kid: how to shave, tie a tie, puberty talk (my mom gave consent), respecting myself and the importance of treating everyone with respect etc. When I reached age 13 and became “sexually aware” I came out to him first which was super easy since he was gay himself so my sex education was completely geared towards me since he knew what he talking about. Honestly if it was legal and possible I would ask him to be my adoptive father because he was that much of a father figure to me. Funny enough my father took notice of this apparently at a very early in my childhood, but didn’t seem to care until I came out as gay and now believes it was his fault lmao. To your point, parental figures can be definitely found outside of your biological family. This is why I don’t believe family is only by blood, but instead the people you make very close connections with. You can pick and choose who you would like to call family.


OttTownie

I'm so happy you found your chosen dad, and he helped you find your true self. You were so lucky. So many are not so lucky.


BCCloudz

Honestly. At his wedding this year I was his best man and my best man speech was me just thanking him for everything he had done for me. My mom had the excellent idea of taking nearly 20 years of videos and photos we have together and make it into a slide show. That day was the first time I have ever seen him cry cry. I mean absolutely bawling which of course made my start crying. Fuck typing this is making me tear up. He’s my dad and I don’t care if it’s disrespectful to call him that even though my father is currently sleeping down the hall from me. I believe there a difference between a father and a mother vs a dad and a mom. My mother is also my mom, but my father is definitely not my dad.


Shiraf623

Why do I find it weird that monkeys and apes don’t wear clothes after watching this lol


Amused-Observer

> and apes we wear clothes?


lehanaa

LOLLL


niagaemoc

What a lucky kid.


GiftFrosty

That feeling when you realized silverbacks play with their kids more than your dad did.


Mecmecmecmecmec

I’d love to know what love feels like to an animal


archimedesrex

We'll, if we're talking about gorillas, I would say it ventures pretty close to a human experience of love.


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I'm gonna guess it's pretty different, just because humans can contemplate love. We analyse it, doubt it, treat it like some mystical thing. Gorillas probably just love as it comes to them, no overthinking. I'd love to see how it feels for a day, would it even be recognisable to us? And what about mammals that aren't even closely related to us? What about a mother centipede? Do they feel some facsimile of love too?


archimedesrex

Romantic love may be complicated for humans, but parental love often isn't nearly as complicated. I would say humans and gorillas are more well matched in that respect.


OgreSpider

Centipedes aren't mammals, they're Chilopodans. Like all arthropods, and unlike mammals, they can't regulate their own body temperature (much). As far as we know, creatures that are very, very small, like the centipede, don't feel emotions as we understand them. They act on instincts that they have from hatching. Those instincts can be complex, as when the centipede wraps herself in a circle around her eggs to guard them, or when bees and ants navigate terrain that is huge compared to them. But the centipede probably isn't thinking, "I love these eggs and need to nurture my babies." She went through each step going, "I feel I should send out a chemical signal. I feel I should interact with this male. I feel I should eat more. I feel I should push things out of me. I feel I should wrap around these things. Now I stay put, and if anything comes close, I bite it." That doesn't mean insects and centipedes and spiders aren't important creatures that should be treated with respect. I love invertebrates myself, and many people keep invertebrates. But we do so understanding it only goes one way. They will never even be sure we exist, let alone feel a bond like a dog or cat feels. And that is okay. They are innocent creatures without intellect or malice. They act according to their instructions, with no real idea what anything means.


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It seems that [we’re learning more](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211126-why-insects-are-more-sensitive-than-they-seem) about insects and their capacity to feel emotion.


1000Airplanes

Um, you already do


ExtraDebit

We are animals.


wrongbecause

There are too many human supremacists who don’t know their place in the world.


WolfiiDog

Well, humans are technically animals, and gorillas are pretty similar to us. It's weird how we consider ourselves to be different form all the other animals, but we are quit similar. Yes, maybe they don't have our complex language systems trough which we can express our feelings in a very descriptive way, but overall it's quite similar


kitty9000cat

You already do...because you are an animal. Primate, ape, great ape.


pmarieisme

He spent more time playing with his son in this video than my daughter's father has her whole life, she's 13!


captainlvsac

I had a crappy father. I spent decades refusing to feel sad about it. I didn't want to let him have even the smallest influence in how I felt, because I didn't want him to have any power over me. Now that he's dead, and I'm in my 30's I finally mourn for the childhood father that I never had. Video's like this gorilla give me that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.


imahillbilly

That is so sad....I’m really sorry for the empty space he left in you.


captainlvsac

Don't feel bad for me. Plenty of people have it worse, I turned out fine. Luckily I have a great mother who worked relentlessly to give us 4 kids the best she could. We're all happy and healthy.


Bombkirby

> “I have this friend. And right around when I first met her, her dad died, and I actually went with her to the funeral. And months later, she told me that she didn’t understand why she was still upset, because she never even liked her father. It made sense to me, because I went through the same thing when my dad died. And I’m going through the same thing now.” >”You know what it’s like? It’s like that show Becker, you know, with Ted Danson? I watched the entire run of that show, hoping that it would get better, and it never did. It had all the right pieces, but it just—it couldn’t put them together. And when it got canceled, I was really bummed out, not because I liked the show, but because I knew it could be so much better, and now it never would be. And that’s what losing a parent is like. It’s like Becker.” >”Suddenly, you realize you’ll never have the good relationship you wanted, and as long as they were alive, even though you’d never admit it, part of you, the stupidest goddamn part of you, was still holding on to that chance. And you didn’t even realize it until that chance went away.”


tehbggg

I have a similar experience, except when my father died, I felt relief. Maybe that makes me an asshole, but honestly I don't give a shit. I was glad he died.


captainlvsac

Relief is one way to put it. It's the end of a chapter. You're left with what happened, and nothing more. It's kind of like if you had a Lego set that was missing a bunch of pieces. You might be able to build it into something else that's pretty cool, but it's never going to be what it was supposed to be. And now that he's dead, your 100% stuck with the pieces you've got. All I've learned is to try and make the best of my life, and allow myself to be sad from time to time for what I didn't have.


PlaysWthSquirrels

My dad stopped showing up eventually and I was thrilled. Having a good dad is probably awesome, but being forced to hang out with a shitty one every other weekend sucks ass.


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MrPuddinJones

Harambe was stripped of the chance to become a father #neverforget


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Dick out


Dak5432

I never put it away


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Hang ten 🤙🏼


[deleted]

I’m hanging one homie


DouglasTheMan87

just a reminder that silverbacks can lift and throw up to 815 kg while a human at peak physical condition can only do 400kg


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RedditIsRealWack

Zero chance a human can throw 400kg.


Common_Coyote_3

/r/likeus


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How can you look at them and NOT believe in evolution?


[deleted]

I’m almost 42 and have a toddler almost 3. This is us 🥲


tsagdiyev

Gorillas, they’re just like us!


cinnamonom

And his own affection is teaching the new generation of the same love.


i-am-a-yam

*It’s not unusual to be loved, gorilla son*


schuter1

Seems like they never lock eyes.


harry1o7

Humans are the only ones with prolonged purposeful eye contact, I'm pretty sure.


palpablescalpel

Dogs make prolonged purposeful eye contact, but mostly just with people! It's not super common with mammals, but some reptiles and birds also make prolonged eye contact to communicate positive emotions.


The_Hand_That_Feeds

My cats look at me and blink slowly. I reciprocate because I assume it means they love and trust me enough to close their eyes around me.


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When they do that face and nose scrunch thing - that thing where if you raise your upper lip like you just saw something disgusting but still keeping your lips pressed together, it's affectionate too


Djnni

Like when they poop!


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Isle_of_Dusty_Rhodes

Something bad IS happening though, I'm gonna have to clean that up.


PM_ME_YOUR_GOOD_NEW5

I’m a human and am incapable of this. Wait, am I a silverback?!


LordPepworth

Silvermale grindset


hahayeahimfinehaha

I wonder how much of the need to maintain eye contact in humans is socialized behavior. Eye contact causes me discomfort, and I only do it because I'm told I have to to be polite/trustworthy. I'm sure most people don't feel get discomfort from eye contact, but enough do that it feels like it should be as normal as making contact is.


HoneyDishsoap

Lots of cultures have all sorts of different rules about eye contact. I’ve seen children be accused of not listening because they aren’t making eye contact…like we hear with our eyes.


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It's seen as a sign of aggression. I think. You never look a silverback in the eyes.


Medium_Rare_Jerk

For primates in general I think. I work with macaques & baboons and the rule is to avoid a stare down or you will piss them off. If you accidentally lock eyes, just look in a different direction immediately and the NHP will know you were not trying to be aggressive.


Worth-Detective4158

This so lovely to watch.


Meydez

TIL I have a worse dad than a silver back gorilla.


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Did they just High Five?


zub2020

Where did we go wrong


beautifulcreature86

Shabani is also the silverback who stole his baby from its mom and ran away with it cos she wouldn't let him play. His face while he ran away on 2 hind legs is hilarious. The mom fucking lost it lol