Roberta Salmi

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The Zoo Atlanta hosts the largest gorilla collection! Gorillas there form 5 groups!! There is the "geriatric group" composed by  Ozzie (the silverback), Shamba and Choomba. These gorillas are very ...

I would never forget the time when I could recognize which gorilla was vocalizing behind a large bush...when you spend hours following gorillas and recording their vocalizations you become very awa...

Before working at the Zoo Atlanta, I spent almost three years working in the rain forest of Central Africa. There I met my first gorillas, the ones that will stay always in my heart.It was 2003 whe...

Here are some examples of gorilla vocalizations: a calm male grunt (Attachment 1), grunts are calls exchanged at close distance between group members, and a female gorilla hoot (Attachment 2), hoot...

The vocal repertoire of wild western gorillas includes at least 17 call types. Most common calls are single grunts, double grunts (similar to our sound when we clear our throat) and...

For my PhD I described the vocal repertoire and context behavior of wild western gorilla calls. They use at least 17 call types, some are exchanged between individuals at close distance whereas oth...