Gorillas Learning to Trust Humans Again Proves Behavioral Recovery is Possible
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Western gorillas in Cameroon's Dipikar Island shifted from showing aggression or fear in roughly 60% of human encounters (2015–early years) to showing aggression or fear less than 10% of the time by 2022. A study published in the African Journal of Ecology in April 2026 documents this habituation spanning 15 years, with poaching activity reducing by nearly half.
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