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Gorilla Species & Conservation — Page 5

Mountain Gorilla Intelligence — What the Research Actually Shows

Mountain Gorilla Intelligence — The Science Behind What You See The mountain gorilla‘s apparent intelligence is one of the most compelling aspects…

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Mountain Gorilla Group Size — How Many Gorillas in a Family and Why It Varies

Mountain Gorilla Group Size — How Many Gorillas in a Family and Why It Varies The mountain gorilla lives in social groups…

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East Africa Conservation Tourism — How Your Safari Spending Funds the Wild

Conservation Tourism — How Safari Spending Translates to Wildlife Protection The connection between a visitor’s gorilla permit payment, lodge night, and activity…

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Mountain Gorilla Body Size — How Big Do Silverbacks Actually Get?

Mountain Gorilla Body Size — The Accurate Numbers The mountain gorilla is one of the largest living primates on earth, and the…

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Mountain Gorilla Female Transfer — Why Young Female Gorillas Leave Their Birth Group

Why Female Mountain Gorillas Leave — The Transfer Behaviour Explained One of the most consequential and least-discussed behaviours in mountain gorilla social…

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Mountain Gorilla Threats Today — Poaching, Disease and Habitat Loss in 2026

Mountain Gorilla Threats in 2025 — What Still Puts the Species at Risk The reclassification of the mountain gorilla from Critically Endangered…

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Mountain Gorilla Reproduction — Mating, Gestation and the Interval Between Births

Mountain Gorilla Reproduction — Why Every Infant Counts The mountain gorilla‘s reproductive rate is among the slowest of any mammal on earth…

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Gorilla Conservation Funding — Where Your Permit Money Actually Goes

Where Your Gorilla Permit Money Goes — The Conservation Economy The $1,500 price of a Rwanda gorilla trekking permit is the most…

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Mountain Gorilla Nest — How and Why Gorillas Build a New Bed Every Night

Mountain Gorilla Nest Building — A Nightly Behaviour With Big Scientific Consequences Every evening, as the light fades in the Virunga forest…

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Mountain Gorilla Health Monitoring — How Gorilla Doctors Protect the Population

Gorilla Doctors — Veterinary Care for the World’s Most Endangered Primate The Gorilla Doctors organisation — a US-based international wildlife veterinary programme…

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