We're Still Here!!!!
That is two and a half times as many lowland gorillas that were believed to be in existence world wide; in a single , and until recently unknown colony!
Acting on a tip from hunters who indicated the presence of gorillas, researchers trekked on foot through mud for three days to the outskirts of Lac Tele, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the nearest road. "When we went there, we found an astonishing amount of gorillas," said Hugo Rainey, one of the researchers who conducted the survey for the U.S.-based Wildlife Conservation Society. Holy smokes! that is just unbelievable in this day and age. This is the kind of news that can make a grown man cry.
Just Breaking:
CNN: Astonishing Gorilla Find In Africa
New York Times: A Second Chance for Gorillas
AP: Report: 125,000 gorillas found in African zone
Daily Telegraph: 'Mother lode' of western lowland gorillas found
Voice of America: Large Gorilla Population Discovered in Congo
Maybe, just maybe, it was some sort of gorilla convention. just saying.
ReplyDeleteSo that area is kind of like the Las Vegas of gorilla's?
ReplyDeleteDamn that global warming.
ReplyDeleteM. Wilcox