Why have we set up large mirrors and camera traps in Gabon's jungle? Read the attached description

Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare?

Gabon's rainforest wildlife caught on a single trap camera. What an incredible diversity!

A full-bellied leopard naps beside his reflection in a mirror and dreams of his next prey!

Even if you run fast, a safety distance must be maintained when filming mother elephants with a baby

a teenage gorilla traumatized (?) by his reflection in a large mirror set up in the Gabon jungle.

Gabonese chimpanzees eat monkeys.

Mom elephant and her baby wallowing in the sun-dried mud. Moments of pure bliss! (Gabon)

Vine or branch in hand, gorillas and chimps are emboldened to attack their reflection in a mirror.

A silverback gorilla briefly looks his reflection in the eyes and yawns: not tiredness, but arousal!

Gabon Its fauna seen by a camera trap What diversity!

A bull elephant's desire to have sex, slows down his walk behind a female and her calf

Wild chimpanzees do tap-dancing or intimidation dance, in front of huge mirrors set up in the jungle

Not havin' a smartphone, leopards overuse the mirror for SMS to their mates. The gorilla disagrees

despite a foot cut off by a snare, a leopard keeps having fun front of mirrors in the Gabon jungle

For this alpha chimpanzee, a quick social finger-to-anus rub doesn’t reduce mirror-induced confusion

Elephant calves have fun during a creek crossing (Gabon jungle)

a baby chimp clinging to its mother's belly by itself as she leaps up and down in front of a mirror

A busy corridor for wildlife : Why and when did it excavate trough this clay mound. (Gabon)

In a storm, male chimpanzees are frightened by their reflections in a large mirror

REAL NICE LIMPING LEOPARD WALKS BY A CAMERA IN GABON

a young male gorilla takes his mirror training seriously (unlike his family - 45 min long version)

Wild elephant moms and their tiny babies relax, spray, wallow and play in mud. Natures' pure bliss

Coronavirus: Pangolin revenge of the world's most poached mammal due to its scales and to its flesh?

During his mirror training, an alpha male chimpanzee may have to prove his status to the group

Young gorillas fascinated by their reflection in the forest ignore a large group of mandrills

A female leopard in heat tries to seduce her reflexion scented like male front of a mirror in jungle

Wild animals not caring about mirrors mounted in the Gabonese jungle

short rest for a leopard after a day of mating, fights with his rivals and with his image in mirrors

Elephants attack infrared trap cameras in the jungle 𝐑.𝐈.𝐏. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬

a blackback gorilla makes some crazy faces at his reflection during learning in the mirror

a family of elephants VS its predator at night, in the Gabon jungle

Chimpanzees front of a Mirror in the Gabon Jungle Grooming Power displays Copulation, Grooming again

Unlike his family this young gorilla male takes his mirror training seriously in the Gabon jungle

A large horde of mandrills in the Gabon jungle: 300 individuals! Incredible!

A Palm-nut Vulture attacks its reflection in a mirror set in the Gabon jungle

Baby gorilla is in mirror training class: Mom's coming to pick him up

a group of fifty red river hogs crossing an off-road track triggers a trap camera in the jungle

a group of about fifty bush pigs crossing a stream triggers a trap camera in the Gabon jungle

for leopard fanatics, a female tries to charm her reflection in a huge mirror set up in the jungle

Tiny baby elephant with broken knee shows remarkable survival resilience

a leopard's nap is more disturbed by a tsetse fly than by the mirror image of a rival !

Mother chimpanzee and her baby go to mirror training class in which other chimps participate / Gabon

In the jungle, due to bad weather, a huge mirror has to be replaced regularly - Animals in mirrors

a buffalo lying in a creek in the jungle does not enjoy a skin cleansing through Oxpecker’s bills

How do elephants harvest mangoes if the mango trees' branches are too high?

The only baby in the chimp’s group discovers a playmate in a large mirror set up in the Gabon jungle

Gabon rainforest: Which wild animals triggered this trap camera (#201) set up on a creek

In the Gabon jungle a young male gorilla continues his learning in the mirror long version

an elephant calf learns mirror and how to use its trunk to eat bindweed (grab / skake the sand off)

This one-handed chimpanzee is a chimp like its congeners except in front of large mirrors

GHC (Grooming handclasp) a social activity strengthening bonds between chimpanzees filmed in Gabon

"False mountings" and "real mountings" in a pair of hamerkops (birds): a common social behaviour

Elephants calves playing in heavy rain in the Gabon jungle

Stunning dark brown antelope with a yellow triangle of long erectile hairs on the back (Gabon)

In the Gabon jungle, a leopard in love with his reflection stays stuck to the mirror for 3 full days

Front of mirror chimpanzee slap dance to scare intruders infiltrated their domain (their own images)

In the Gabon jungle a young male gorilla continues his learning in the mirror

Leopards mate at night in front of a mirror set up in the Gabon jungle R.I.P. Headphone Users

Rainforest Mirror: leopards courting their reflection (Gabon)