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> Cantsbee, also a silverback, led his group for 22 years -- the longest dominance tenure ever recorded -- and fathered at least 28 offspring. He was known for
by standardUser 1y ago
> Cantsbee, also a silverback, led his group for 22 years -- the longest dominance tenure ever recorded -- and fathered at least 28 offspring. He was known for his authoritative but peaceful nature, rarely initiating or entering fights, but was quick to protect others and resolve conflicts in the group. He had a particularly close relationship with his son Gicurasi, whose mother left when he was young, and who eventually took over leadership of the group in Cantsbee's final years. When Cantsbee later became ill, he chose to leave the group, spending his final months alone, except for one brief visit to the group shortly before his death.
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- bee_rider 1y agoGoddamn, if we’re the ones with the enormous brains, how come that gorilla figured out life so much better?
- _jab 1y agoIs fathering 28 offspring your idea of a better life?
- tough 1y agoat least that gorilla seemed more caring of his 28 offspring and his community than say some billionaire's obsessed with having children...
- bee_rider 1y agoI dunno. I’m not sure how to calibrate that to human standards—I’m sure gorilla parenting is not quite as involved as human parenting.
- dyauspitr 1y agoYes, I would have as many children as I could afford to comfortably raise.
- sandworm101 1y agoAssuming a stable population, if some males are fathering dozens of offspring, the bulk of males are probably fathering zero. Are those males still part of society or are then shunned/killed? What does the life of a not-dominant male look like? One who isn't the king's favorite?
- colechristensen 1y agoMost people's obituaries sound like that. It reads in exactly the same tone as you'd get for an obit of a small town mayor, CEO, or really any leader.
- jajko 1y agoYes but those would be often omitting some proper personal shit from their lives. We don't (need to) do such things for gorilla pack leader. If you properly look around and sometimes go deeper than pleasant very few people are uncritically good people from various angles.
- selbyk 1y agoNor are animals.
- colechristensen 1y ago>We don't (need to) do such things for gorilla pack leader. Need to? Maybe not. But I can imagine the folks who studied these animals feeling a similar sort of attachment and desire to portray positivity in writing a gorilla obituary.