Gorillas do not bluff when they chest beat
The gorilla chest beat is one of the most emblematic sounds in the animal kingdom, even working its way into our informal speech signifying overblown advertisement of one’s own achievements. However, until recently it was unclear what information gorillas were conveying when they gave these impressive displays. A team of international researchers show that chest beats reliably indicate the body size of the chest beater. Body size indicates competitive ability in gorillas. Therefore this information is likely to be crucial for rival males as well as females in influencing mate choice.
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The Crown says both the employer of a young construction worker stripping nails on the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital site, and the supplier of the table cart that crushed him, are responsible for his death.
“This tragic death was preventable,” Crown prosecutor Buffy Rodgers said Thursday during her closing arguments at the Occupational Health and Safety trial that began in August 2019.
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A Pilosio SPA table cart, supplied by Pilosio Canada, collapsed on 21-year-old Eric Ndayishimiye while he was working on the ground floor of the Saskatoon hospital on July 21, 2016.