Gibbon dances provide model to investigate the use of gestural signals in primates

[Still Waters]

Female crested gibbons display jerky, almost geometric patterns of movement. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Oslo in Norway and Paris have studied these conspicuous movements, which are comparable to human dances.

In the journal Primates, they describe the structure of the dances, their rhythm and the contexts in which the dances occur.

Zoo visitors have perhaps already seen how female crested gibbons perform conspicuous sequences of twitching movements involving the rump, arms and legs. This behavior can be observed in zoos and also in the wild.

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-gibbon-gestural-primates.html

[Alchopwn]

I wonder if they would dance more if you gave them music?

[Buzz_Light_Year]

Looks like the Gibbon is just scratching its back.