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A silver back gorilla looks from behind the dense thicket on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the Virunga National Park

By Roberto Schmidt

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A silver back gorilla, the head of a gorilla family comprising some 31 individuals, looks from behind the dense thicket on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the Virunga National Park in November 2008. Endangered gorilla species will be placed A silver back gorilla, the head of a gorilla family comprising some 31 individuals, looks from behind the dense thicket on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the Virunga National Park in November 2008. Endangered gorilla species will be placed "on a higher pedestal" next year in efforts to raise awareness about their plight and threats to their habitat, a UN expert said Monday.


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