125,000 western lowland gorillas

125,000 western lowland gorillas
06-08-2008

A friend travelling in Alaska heard about this.
Amazing

VOA News - Large Gorilla Population Discovered in Congo

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06-08-2008

The amazing thing is that this is a whole new population.

06-08-2008

One reason why I treat stories like "XXX is 5 minutes away from extinction" with suspicion.

If 125,000 gorillas could pop up unexpected, what faith should I have in earlier reports about conservation of lowland gorillas? For example, supposed mass die offs from Ebola virus? Or, about the current report - is it really possible that gorilla density over larger area can be 6 animals per square kilometre?

Truth is, status of western gorillas (and many other animals) is extremely poorly known. But conservation organizations should take it into account and refrain from presenting guesses as truth. Honestly, they lose credibility this way.

06-08-2008

This is great 125,000 is a huge number, gorillas are very beautiful animals and after the Virunga Gorilla Murders I was in shock but now this is a huge relief,

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20-08-2008

Hi, everyone!
But, the new is absolutely confirmed? 125.000 new individuals? is fantastic!

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21-08-2008

I saw this on television and it's realy impressive! Great news for the specie of course!

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21-08-2008

Am quite surprised by these findings!

21-08-2008

This is fantastic but I agree am a very surprised at the numbers that were discovered!

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