World’s Rarest Gorillas Caught On Trap Camera [Video]
Gorillas are hard enough for scientists to study as it is but the Cross River gorillas are not only extremely shy but there are only some 250 of them known to exist which makes them exceedingly rare.
The trap cameras were setup in the Cameroon’s Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary and shows the gorillas making their way through the forest.
Christopher Jameson, Director of WCS’s Takamanda Mone Landscape Project, added: “The video represents the best images to date of Cross River gorillas, normally shy animals that flee at the slightest hint of human presence. The footage provides us with our first tantalizing glimpses of Cross River gorillas behaving normally in their environment. A person can study these animals for years and never even catch a glimpse of the gorillas, much less see anything like this.”
via Phys.Org
Let’s hope that the Cross River gorillas continue to exist as gorillas as a whole are being hunted to extinction by African poachers.
Comments
About the Author
Steven Hodson Steven has been around the tech world long enough to see most of the stuff we think of cool happen before which leads to a certain bit of cynicism that has contributed to him being known as the cranky old fart of the Internet. Besides sharing some of the goodness that he finds with you here at 42x you can also find him curating some digital goodness at Winextra (tech type stuff) and Rotten Gumdrops (for your daily dose of WTF).
Related Posts
