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Gorillas Under the Knife

This week's Television Riddle. How do you turn E.R. from a favourite of the depressed 50-year old divorcee into a hilarious DVD must-have for all humankind? Gorilla surgery of course. All you need are some tame silverbacks, some adjustments to Scrubs in the costume department, and for a real spectacle, why not invite people who really need surgery in to have it performed on them by said primates? You'd be killing two birds with one stone.

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Wildlife Ranger Organized Gorilla Killings

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been one of Africa’s worst horror stories since the Belgians arrived and started committing atrocities and gathering slaves. Image by TknoxB The sad story of a country that has never fulfilled its economic or political potential continues. Recently, a senior wildlife official [...]

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A Big “@&*# You” to Gorilla Poachers

This week has produced some good news for gorilla lovers as two groups of gorillas triumphed over earlier attacks by poachers. In the first story, a pair of reintroduced Western Gorillas have given birth to a baby named Okeli in Gabon. The birth

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Gorillas Fight Human Invaders Using Weapons

Wild gorillas were recently spotted using weapons for the first time. This new discovery may help explain how early man learned to use natural objects as hunting and fighting

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