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When a momma gorilla and a papa gorilla love each other very much... (and significant resources are dedicated to keeping them safe, content and ready to procreate, which is what I'm assuming Reddit has achieved.)

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Okay, I laughed at this, but unfortunately gorilla mating is quite a bit more brutal than this, more like an aspiring young alpha discovers the last alpha has grown old and weak, murders him, then murders all of the children as well, enslaves the gorilla women, and periodically rapes them. All he really offers in return is he'll keep other up and comers from murdering their new babies until he also grows too old and weak.

But yeah, basically it's love.

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...

> But yeah, basically it's love.

Okay, I only giggled at the first one, but I laughed at this one.

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