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Hi, honey! How was work? Please have a seat and make yourself comfortable; dinner will be ready in a few minutes. But first, I think we need to talk about Katie and Sadie.
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Thumpingly Awesome Footage of World’s Most Endangered Gorillas
Cross River gorillas hold the unfortunate distinction as the most endangered African ape. There are less than 250 of them left. In this rare sighting from a motion-activated camera in Cameroon, a group of 8 strolls by under a thick jungle canopy.
It includes an amazing example of silverback male chest-thumping (much different than you see it in the movies)! He charges past the camera around halfway through, asserting his dominance to the group, and to us (unbeknownst to him, of course). But sadly, one of them also appears to be missing a hand. This could be a result of gorilla combat, or it could be a reminder of the damage that we humans have inflicted on this great ape species.
Will this be one of the last times we capture footage of these gorillas? Or a call to action to save a species?
Previously: Gorillas in your midst: A tourist and gorillas connect as fellow primates. Terrified, about to pee their pants out of fear fellow primates, that is. Enthralling cross-species interaction!
