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by imbnwa 1920 days ago
Eh, female/male sexual relations amongst gorillas aren't as fantastically patriarchal as this, female Gorillas solicit males for sexual coitus themselves, including males other than the silverback, even after conception, and have even displayed homosexual tendencies[0][1][2][3], and they have preferences that have been genetically impressed on Gorilla males, which is why Gorilla males, unlike Chimp males, are not only amenable to interacting and playing with their own offspring but also those of others[4]. Their sexual lives aren't solely at the privy of the dominant male, waiting around for his urges passively, that's something of a fantasy. The dominant male is rarely the sire of all offspring in a troop, the has proven genetically.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3431b8twU-U

[1]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19399838/

[2]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19722225/

[3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOtDSysn2kA

[4]https://qz.com/1484989/male-gorillas-who-care-for-infants-ha...