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It was freezing here today and a sure sign that winter has set in.\u00a0 Therefore I am putting on my shorts and going somewhere hot today.\u00a0 I am sure I will warm up while looking for the Cross River Gorilla in the jungles of Africa.\u00a0\u00a0 Fortunately, this trip make take quite a bit of time since there are only about 300 of these Gorilla’s left in the wild.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there are only about 300 of these Gorilla’s left in the wild, which puts them\u00a0 on IUCN’s 25 most endangered primates list. I will touch on their population status a little more towards the end of the article but first let’s get to Africa and learn about these beautiful beasts.<\/p>\n

The Cross River Gorilla is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla and can be found hanging out in the tropical jungles of western and central Africa.\u00a0 More specifically there are 11 locations around the border of Nigeria and Cameroon where you can hope to catch a glimpse of these disappearing apes.\u00a0\u00a0 Interestingly enough the Cross River Gorilla looks similar to the other Western Gorilla subspecies, the Western Lowland Gorilla.\u00a0 There are some differences in skull and tooth dimensions which separates the two apart.\u00a0 It is estimated that there are about 100 000 Lowland Gorilla’s still remaining in the wild.\u00a0 Does anybody else wonder how two very similar species could have such drastic differences in population size?\u00a0 Well, I guess we could always ask our neanderthal ancestors about this type of discrepancy.<\/p>\n

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Watching the Cross River Gorilla dwindle in size is painful since they are practically family.\u00a0 They belong to the Great Apes which is a group of animals that include Orangutans, Chimpanzees and of course Humans.\u00a0 Since they are part of this special group they have developed a few handy adaptations including opposable thumbs. They also have their own reality shows such as Cross River Shore, Africa’s Next Top Model, Dancing with the Apes and of course Survivor – Africa, which is just pretty much every day for the remaining 300 Cross River Gorilla’s.<\/p>\n

At one point in time it was believed that this particular Gorilla subspecies was actually extinct.\u00a0 Luckily they were rediscovered in the 1980’s so what are the chances that an animal could go extinct twice?\u00a0 Well, if illegal hunting\u00a0 and the loss of habitat continues as it has been then they they may very well be voted off the continent.\u00a0 Organizations such as the Wildlife Conservation Society <\/a>and the WWF<\/a> have programs supporting research as well as plans to prevent poaching.\u00a0 I recommend clicking on their names to learn more about how you can help save this wonderful animal.\u00a0 Please don’t let the last words the Cross River Gorilla hears be “The Tribe has Spoken”.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the rest of your day folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was freezing here today and a sure sign that winter has set in.\u00a0 Therefore I am putting on my shorts and going somewhere hot today.\u00a0 I am sure I will warm up while looking for the Cross River Gorilla in the jungles of Africa.\u00a0\u00a0 Fortunately, this trip make take quite a bit of time since there are only about 300 of these Gorilla’s left in the wild.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there are only about 300 of these Gorilla’s left in the wild, which puts them\u00a0 on IUCN’s 25 most endangered primates list. 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