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World's rarest gorilla caught on film
Source: Mongabay By:Jeremy Hance
The first ever professional footage of the world's rarest gorilla, the Cross River gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla diehli), has been shot deep in the forested mountains of Cameroon. The only other existing footage of this Critically Endangered subspecies was taken from far away by a field researcher in 2005.
After weeks of effort, the Hamburg-based NDR Naturfilm was able to capture footage of a Cross River gorilla feeding on a fig tree some 30-40 feet above the ground in the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, a park created just last year to protect a small group of this subspecies of the lowland gorilla.
"These gorillas are extremely wary of humans and are very difficult to photograph or film," Dr. Roger Fotso, Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Cameroon Program.....
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Endangered sea turtles get expert care
Source: Cape Cod Times - By: Doug Fraser
BOSTON — New England Aquarium staffers pick a different theme every year to help them name the sea turtles they rehabilitate after they've been rescued off cold Cape beaches.
But this year they went right through the national parks, from Acadia, a 175-pound loggerhead found Oct. 15, to Yosemite, and then on to the state parks as the numbers of turtles brought to them hit 115 as of this week. Nineteen died, but 81 have survived.
"No place in the world has the number of cold-stunned turtles we do," said Aquarium spokesman Tony LaCasse. That, he said, is largely due to the geography of the Cape. The hook shape, combined with the onset of cold weather, keeps turtles from migrating to warmer southern waters, especially if a warm fall is followed by the sudden onset of wintry weather. Their cold-blooded metabolism shuts down and they literally freeze solid and die.
The aquarium is recognized worldwide for its expertise in reviving rare and endangered sea turtles... Click Here To Read More |
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