#mountaingorillas — Public Fediverse posts

RT by @EU_Partnerships: Last Friday, Virunga's monitoring teams and trackers, with Dr Fabrice of Gorilla Doctors, conducted a routine health check of the Wilungula troop. Thirty-six family members were observed and appeared to be in good health.⁠
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Named after silverback Wilungula, the only named member of the family, the group is one of 11 gorilla families in the Park and, alongside the Baraka family, one of two groups still in the process of being habituated.⁠
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Mountain gorilla conservation in the Park is supported by the European Union and UNESCO.⁠

⁠⁠📸 Gorilla Doctors

#MountainGorillas #GorillaConservation #EndangeredSpecies #DRCongo

@GorillaDoctors @UEenRDC @EU_Partnerships @EU_Commission @UNESCO
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Parasite of the Day: Anoplocephala gorillae https://dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2024/04/anoplocephala-gorillae.html

Anoplocephalid #tapeworms in #MountainGorillas inhabiting the #VolcanoesNationalPark, #Rwanda: Barbora Červená et al. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/anoplocephalid-tapeworms-in-mountain-gorillas-gorilla-beringei-beringei-inhabiting-the-volcanoes-national-park-rwanda/6F911F5BB08C4A539D8B1811D57AA568

"how do the #gorillas end up with all those tapeworms in the first place? They have to go through an intermediate host, which is usually a prey #animal. But since gorillas are #herbivores, how can tapeworms gain entry into their guts?"

Dian Fossey, Gorilla Girl - Few people sacrifice themselves as completely as Dian Fossey did for the mountain gorillas of Africa... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/09/03/dian-fossey-gorilla-girl/ #mountaingorillas #conservation #louisleakey #blackmagic #dianfossey #witchcraft #biography #gorillas #karisoke #poaching