Mountain Gorillas occasionally beat their chests when communicating. This is commonly done by Silverbacks. A Silverback can beat his chest and walk away as a way of communicating with the family members to follow him up. Scientists believe gorillas use these chest beats as a non-vocal communication to both attract females and intimidate potential rivals. With both acoustic and visual elements, this long-distance signal is most commonly performed by adult males (silverbacks) and can be heard more

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