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Western Lowland Gorillas

Western Lowland Gorillas are listed as, critically endangered and they are most numerous and widespread of all gorilla subspecies They are found in the Congo Basin, that has been humanly disadvantaged and they in habitat, the densest remote rainforests, for their securities Western Lowland Gorillas, are slightly smaller than their cousins and have a brown-grey colour, with an auburn chest that looks muscular Significant populations exist, in isolated swamps and swampy forests but large numbers have not protected, the Western Lowland Gorillas Their threats are poaching and disease, strongly decimating their numbers by more than sixty percent, in the last twenty to twenty-five years and they are hunted for bush meat, and captured to become human pets If all threats were removed, it will be 75 years for their numbers to improve

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Date: 11/21/2020 4:06:00 PM
Sad what we do to our beasts, an eye opener for me Mark.
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Mark Charles
Date: 11/22/2020 2:06:00 PM
They are our cousins from the beginning of evolution and have 97% of human DNA. Thanks.

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