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Gorilla gorilla gorilla

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Field Notes

Description:

Mature male (Silverback) Western Lowland gorilla, native to Africa.

Habitat:

Mainly forest but some found in more open woodland.

Notes:

Photographed in La Vallée des Singes in Romagné, Vienne, France - a must to visit if you're ever in the region and love animals. You can wander freely amongst non-threatening species such as lemurs whilst gorillas etc live on islands divided by waterways inhabited by wild fowl. Animals are fed several times a day and wild birds throng the grounds after the scraps.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
Aahangar
The Gorilla thinking on what...??
Darvesh
its a silverback gorilla !!
AngelaSusanBradley
Thanks dandoucette. Their website just calls them gorillas. I did find a reference to gorilla g. g. in a 2009 blog, so I presume the others are the same.
Dan Doucette
Most gorillas in captivity are Western Lowland Gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_lowland_gorilla
ceherzog
It looks as though he is checking you out just as much as you are checking him out!

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedMay 15, 2011

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