|
||||
|
No, we’re not talking here of the Chinese Zodiac and its 12 animal signs. THAT year will start around a month from this date. The Year of the Gorilla started on December 1, 2oo8. That’s when the United Nations declared 2009 as the year of the endangered giant primate to highlight their plight due to disease, [...] This is probably the most wonderful news for conservation and biodiversity this year. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS.org) has reported an unusually large population of the scarce Western lowland gorilla in a swampy forest measuring 18,000 square miles in the Republic of Congo. Their census counted 125,000 individuals. That’s 8 gorillas per half square mile. It [...] |
 |
|||
|
Copyright © 2010 Treasure Nature - All Rights Reserved  Bad Behavior has blocked 256 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
||||
Popular posts