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I don't find that in the Wikipedia quote.
When it says "Females incite copulation by pursing their lips and slowly approaching a male while establishing prolonged eye contact. If the male does not respond, then she will try to attract his attention by reaching towards him or slapping the ground," I can only assume that if the male does respond, they copulate. After all, this is about the female "inciting copulation." Do you have grounds to say this is not the case?
It goes on to say, "In multi-male groups, solicitation indicates female preference." A rather obvious point, I suppose, but why would the article mention this if there is no copulation?
And then this: "However females can be coerced to mate with multiple males."
This at the very least would mean that it is not only the big boss who dips his wick. But there's not even any mention of the big boss ... so I have to wonder if there are not acts of copulation in which he is not a participant at all.
Your notion may be correct, but the Wikipedia article, at least in my reading, does not support it.
read the entire wikipedia entry for context.
the entire female solicitation situation is happening within the gorilla troop (or harem) where there is only one male to choose (multi male troops are the exception not the norm)
also, wikipedia is someones interpretation of sources. not a source in and of itself. so the wording is irrelevant, as they can be misleading.
the facts are:
gorrilas live in harems with one reproducing male, and occasionally multi male troops.
male gorillas fight for dominance.
females incite copulation.
male gorillas will force themselves on females
if gorillas fight for dominance, why would the dominant gorilla let another male reproduce in his group? dominant gorillas will also kill babies not sired by themselves.
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