Primate Behavior
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Other primates live in groups with only one adult male and several adult females plus their offspring. In a
gorilla
group the adult male, called a
silverback
, fathers the offspring of all the females living with him.
Notes:
Group of mountain gorillas in African forest.
Ask students to look for the adult male silverback in the foreground.
Photo © by: Martha Robbins
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