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Cross River Gorilla Facts: Habitat, Diet, Scientific Name, Population & Predators

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Typically, their nine-month gestation period lasts. There are 6-7 females, along with their offspring, in addition to the dominant leader. The Cross River gorillas reach sexual maturity at age 10 and typically give birth every four years. The hilly area between Nigeria and Cameroon is home to these gorillas.

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Tier list suggestion for today?

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I'm making a tier list for most extreme gestations/incubations and births in the animal kingdom for my twitch stream, I have a bunch of animals already but I would love suggestions from others! submitted by /u/HyenaJack94 [link] [comments]

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African Wild Dogs Facts, Habitat, Diet, Size, Photos And Videos

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African Hunting Dogs Facts: CONSERVATION STATUS : ENDANGERED SIZE : ABOUT 1 METER IN LENGTH (30 TO 43 INCHES) DIET : CARNIVOROUS SCIENTIFIC NAME : LYCAON PICTUS LIFE SPAN : 10 TO 12 YEARS GESTATION : ABOUT 70 DAYS WEIGHT : 18 TO 36 KILOGRAMS (40 TO 79 POUNDS) HABITAT : DENSE FOREST TO OPEN PLAINS PREDATORS : HUMANS AND OCCASIONALLY LIONS Read More (..)

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Cross River Gorilla Facts, Habitat, Diet, Scientific Name, Population & Predators

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Typically, their nine-month gestation period lasts. There are 6-7 females, along with their offspring, in addition to the dominant leader. Cross river gorilla in Congo The Cross River gorillas reach sexual maturity at age 10 and typically give birth every four years. The hilly area between Nigeria and Cameroon is home to these gorillas.

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McDonalds Makes Positive Move to Help Sows

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The McDonald’s Corporation said on Monday that it would begin working with its pork suppliers to phase out the use of so-called gestational crates, the tiny stalls in which sows are housed while pregnant.

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First C-Section Performed on a Shark!

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Six months into the shark’s gestation, the park’s animal team noticed a complication with her pregnancy and determined an emergency C-section was necessary. A team of shark experts and veterinarians performed the groundbreaking procedure on a whitetip reef shark at Discovery Cove, SeaWorld’s sister park, in Orlando on July 18, 2013.

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More Clarity About Family Farms

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In " Move to Limit 'Factor Farms' Gains Momentum " in today's New York Times , we learn that farmers in Ohio have agreed to phase out gestation crates within 15 years and veal crates by 2017. I work with the hogs every day, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with gestation crates,” he said. Irv Bell's farm is a family farm.