The Mountain Gorillas
The Mountain Gorillas are one of the most valuable treasures of Rwanda, Uganda and Congo,
and certainly of all mankind.
They are one of the rarest of animals, with only about 650 remaining in the entire world.
To put their population in perspective - there is only one Mountain Gorilla for every
ten million people on earth.
Gorillas are the largest of the great apes. Genetically, humans and gorillas are very
closely related - we share 97% of the same genes! The order Primates includes humans,
gorillas, chimps, orangutans, monkeys, lemurs, and bushbabies. Apes differ from monkeys
in being larger, having bigger brains and no tails.
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