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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

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The Congo Basin is the only place to shelter all three subspecies of gorilla: the Western Lowland Gorilla, the Eastern Lowland Gorilla and the endangered Mountain Gorilla. Mammals include Western Lowland Gorilla, Forest Elephant and Forest Buffalo, and eleven diurnal primates.

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Silverback Gorillas in Virunga

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See silverback gorillas stalking each other in Virunga. Tags: virunga congo gorillas.

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Guest Post by Josh Davis, Author of “A Little Queer Natural History”

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Starting out studying Biology at University College London, and then spending over a year following gorillas around rainforests in central Africa, he couldn’t imagine that ten years later he’d work at the… Source For the past six years or so he has been writing about the amazing science and research going on in this world.

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Gorilla Rangers Return to Virunga

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The Gorilla Sector of Virunga National Park is inhabited by 200 of the last remaining 700 critically endangered mountain gorillas in the world. Tags: virunga africa gorilla congo endangered species. Since September 2007, it has been occupied by rebels who had driven the rangers out. "It Now it's time to assess the damage.

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Adorable baby gorilla photos!

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Busch Gardens® Tampa has welcomed another endangered western lowland gorilla. The female gorilla was born on Feb. The first month will be the critical period as the … Continue reading → The post Adorable baby gorilla photos! 6 at 8:30 p.m. and is being cared for by 27-year-old mother Mary. cute animals wildlife'

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Search Begins for Mountain Gorillas

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Now that the rangers have been allowed back into Virunga, they are going to conduct a census to determine what's happened to the mountain gorillas living there. Another nagging worry remains: the gorillas simply won't be there any more. He says: "We've not had reports of any gorilla killings.

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Year of the Gorilla Begins

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On Monday, December 2, 2008, the Year of the Gorilla was launched by the UN and Monaco's Prince Albert. Tags: united nations gorillas. Officials for the U.N.-backed Half a million euros? That's all they think they can raise? That's setting your sights pretty low. Reminds me of Dr. Evil asking for One.

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