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Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Gorillas pose for selfie with DR Congo anti-poaching unit
Located in the east of Democratic Republic Congo, Virunga National Park is a national park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the most biologically diverse protected area in Africa. Since the region has suffered from wars and armed conflicts for over 20 years, the park is protected by 600 trained and dedicated rangers. Facing armed poachers and militants, their jobs and lives are no safer than critically endangered mountain gorillas that are protected in the park. In fact, over 130 park rangers have been killed since 1996.
There, two infant gorillas were rescued by the park rangers in 2007 right after their mothers were killed by poachers. Those two female gorillas have been raised by the park’s caretakers ever since and seem to have learned a lot from them. Now, when the rangers who rescued them took a selfie photo, those two gorillas posed just like humans. One stood straight proudly in a power pose with her feet wide apart, and the other leaned forward to be taken her photo.
Did they also smile when they saw the photo with the ranger?
Enjoy seeing the photo and think about what primates could learn from humans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48011113
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