‘Extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas as new twins born in DRC
The article reports on the birth of twin mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park, highlighting conservation successes and challenges facing the species. It details population growth, veterinary interventions, and ongoing threats like poaching and ranger dangers.
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“A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)”
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— The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018.
There are two populations: One lives in the Vir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gorilla
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— The Virunga Mountains (also known as Mufumbiro) are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, in the area where Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Uganda meet. The mountain range is a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunga_Mountains
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— Virunga National Park (French: Parc national des Virunga, abbreviated as PNVi) is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was creat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunga_National_Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunga_National_Park
“Twins are extremely rare in mountain gorillas, accounting for less than 1% of births”
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“The gorilla subspecies is found in only two isolated pockets of the Virunga massif and the Bwindi Impenetrable national park in south-west Uganda”
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— The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a large primeval forest located in south-western Uganda and is located in three districts of Kisoro, Kabale and Kanungu. The Bwindi forest is on the edge of the Alber…
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— Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a national park in southwestern Uganda. It is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and is situated along the Democratic Republic of the Congo border next to the …
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— The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018.
There are two populations: One lives in the Vir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gorilla
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gorilla
“In January, Virunga national park announced that a female mountain gorilla called Mafuko had given birth to twins”
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— A monkey bite is the bite of a monkey and is the second most common animal bite after dog bites in India. Monkey bites account for 2–21% of animal bite injuries. Monkey bites are an important risk amo…
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— North Kivu (Swahili: Mkoa wa Kivu Kaskazini, Shi: Ijimbo ly'eKivu y'emwene) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital city is Goma. Spanning approx…
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— Tumbuka or simply Chitumbuka (also known by other variants such as Senga (Zambia) and other names) is a Bantu language of Central and Southern Africa spoken primarily in Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, and …
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“Approximately 25% of mountain gorilla infants die from disease, trauma or infanticide”
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“Specialist veterinary care has prevented dozens of mountain gorilla deaths caused by human behaviour”
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“The mountain gorilla population increased from 250 in the 1970s to over 1,000 by 2018”
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“Over 220 rangers have been killed in the DRC section of Virunga National Park over the past 20 years”
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“Twin births in mountain gorillas are more likely when females are in particularly good physical condition”
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“The mountain gorilla subspecies has been downgraded from critically endangered to endangered”
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“Rebel groups such as M23 and other militias operate with impunity in the DRC section of Virunga National Park”
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