Close Encounter with a Silverback Gorilla and his Family | BBC Earth

Getting close to a gorilla family sheds a new light on the complexities of their social hierarchies.
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The Secret Life Of Primates: Gorillas
Zoologist Charlotte Uhlenbroek travels to jungles and mountains to infiltrate some of the greatest wild primate groups, getting closer to them than anyone before. She unravels the complex social dynamics of gorillas, orang-utans, chimpanzees and baboons to bring viewers every detail of these magnificent animals' existence.

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