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A silverback mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda
by Gary Stephenson
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A silverback mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda
by Gary Stephenson
Favorite Great Ape?
Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)
Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Bonobo (Pan paniscus)
Modern Human (Homo sapiens)
Research indicates that endangered mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are being exposed to pesticides via the cultivation of tea and the consumption of contaminated plant leaves. This could have “potential health risks” for adults and juveniles, the study concluded, though the full extent of harm is still unknown.
Image by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.
Bwindi mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
Photo by BBC Earth
(By Joan Kok)
A mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
by Giovanni Mari
A mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) forages in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
by Bruno Conjeaud
A mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda
by Gary Faulkner