Gorilla

Short documentary of interesting information and images of the mountain gorillas in Rwanda Africa and of the work with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International organization.
Duration : 0:6:34

Gorillas, the largest of the living primates, are ground-dwelling herbivores that inhabit the forests of Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species: The Mountain Gorilla and the Lowland Gorilla.
They are the next closest living relatives to humans after the two chimpanzee species.
Gorillas live in tropical or subtropical forests. Although their range covers a small percentage [...]

Near the border of Uganda, Congo and Rwanda live the last remaining 600 mountain gorillas of this world. I was lucky to visit them. The group is called the Humba family
Duration : 0:7:39

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Gorilla trekking the Kwitonda group in Rwanda. Music is Masai Sky by African Rhythms. My Guide Francois is featured at the beginning of the video. He worked with Dian Fossey and knew Digit. The [...]

Silverback Gorilla; see more at http://www.uyaphi.com/uganda/safari/index.html – Uganda Gorilla Safari
Duration : 0:1:27

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, which covers 331 km2, is located in the southwest corner of Uganda near the borders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are 4 groups of gorillas that have been habituated to humans, three in the northwest section of the park and one in the southwest section. We [...]

The Mountain Gorilla, one of the types of gorilla with the smallest population of 700 is on the verge of going extinct. Last year in June 4 mountain gorillas were ofund shot dead in Congo, Africa, where most of them live. No mountain gorillas are held in captivity today, which makes it even easier for [...]

1m Stereo IKONOS Satellite Image Data and 5m DTM of Virunga National Parks – http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery/quicktime-virunga-park-low.html – contains within 790,000 hectares the greatest diversity of habitats of any park in Africa, from steppes, savannas and lava plains, swamps, lowland and forests to volcanoes. Thousands of hippopotamuses and elephants live in the park’s rivers and its [...]

**Contains images some may find disturbing**. Over 100 pieces of illegal bush meat from the poaching of gorillas and other African monkeys are uncovered in a raid in this clip from BBC documentary, Ape Hunters. A dark insight into the world of illegal poaching in Central Africa.
Watch more Ape Hunters clips with BBC Worldwide here: [...]

On our way to great apes habitat, the Lebialem Highlands tracks were a challenge due to the sometimes heavy rains – which extended far into November this year. Climate change? http://www.africanconservation.org
Duration : 0:0:43