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Escaping Predators: Primates
In Escaping Predators: Primates, narrator Gordon Buchanan describes how young gelada monkeys frolic on sheer cliff faces in Ethiopia. This play equips them to escape from predators, such as the leopard. Meanwhile, mountain gorillas are typically only threatened by their own kind. A baby mountain gorilla stays safely out of the way as its father chases off a rival. This video is excerpted from BBC's Animal Babies, a heartwarming show that follows the first breaths, first steps, and first feeds of some adorable baby animals, revealing the challenges they face to survive in some of the toughest but most beautiful places on the planet.
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Q: How do the geladas survive when a leopard comes to hunt them?
A: They escape by clinging to steep cliff faces.
Q: How is escaping different from running or hiding?
A: An animal that escapes doesn’t have to keep running, and it might not be hidden from the predator. It is just out of reach.
Q: How do mountain gorillas survive when a rival threatens their group?
A: The dominant male scares it off.
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