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Category: Conservation
Posted on: August 5, 2008 9:20 AM, by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum
A new reason for hope reported in The New York Times:
A grueling survey of vast tracts of forest and swamp in the northern Congo Republic has revealed the presence of more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas, a rare example of abundance in a world of rapidly vanishing primate populations.
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YAY for gorillas, but does anyone else think that photo really needs a LOL caption? My current favorite is "LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAA!"
Posted by: scicurious | August 5, 2008 11:02 AM