Question

What can we learn from the story of Titus about each of the following: (a) the importance of females in gorilla troop social structure (10 points) ; (b) how males compete for dominance - physically (5 pts); sexually (5 pints); socially/politically (5 points); genetically (5 points).

Answer 1

A. Female gorilla gives birth to their child, care of child, they make a community and teach their babis to survive.mountain gorillas during the infancy period (from birth to three years), caregivers, primarily females, are acutely important in the survival of their infants. Because of their long period of development and dependence, gorilla mothers can expect to invest years caring for their vulnerable offspring.

B. Male gorilla are dominant due to physical power. They are fight to each other for food for habitat and females. Male gorilla play role in protection of their family. Mature males tends to remain in group and make a power of unity.

Male play role in find their female they compete each other fight for sex. They can smell the ovulation or heating of female and tried to sex with female and female also interested in dominant male only. There is vocal communicattion is in gorillas Vocal communication among gorillas is important in within-group interactions as well as extra-group interactions.