Male Gorillas Make a Splash to Get the Females, New Study Finds
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Scientists have found that male silverback gorillas in the forests of northern Congo deliberately splash about in swampland clearings as an act of aggression to intimidate their rivals in the battle to woo female companions. The use of water as a tool for communication is thought to be extremely rare among land-based mammals. Read about silverback gorillas in this National Geographic News article.
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