Separated afterbirth?
Posted on 10/09/2021 2:58:26 AM PDT by blueplum
A beloved mountain gorilla who in 2019 struck a pose in a selfie seen around the world has died at the age of 14. The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo said that Ndakasi died last month after a prolonged illness....
"It is with heartfelt sadness that Virunga announces the death of beloved orphaned mountain gorilla, Ndakasi, who had been under the care of the Park's Senkwekwe Center for more than a decade," the park said, adding she took her final breath in the arms of her caretaker, Andre Bauma....
...Ndakasi was only two months old when Virunga rangers found her in 2007 clinging to the body of her mother, who was gunned down hours earlier by an armed militia, according to the park. They took her in and transferred her to a rescue center in Goma, where she first met Bauma. He held then-baby Ndakasi against his bare chest for the entire night – and a bond was formed.
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here’s the facebook post that made Ndakasi famous:
https://www.facebook.com/virunga/photos/a.116579990781/10157037196915782/?type=3
and her baby pictures
https://news.yahoo.com/pictures-life-ndakasi-gorilla-went-115214552.html
Gorillas normally live to be 40 yrs old in the wild and more in captivity. Wonder what caused her illness.
COVID death.
Separated afterbirth?
The upper being photo is deeply more intelligent than the lower being photo of a predator.
Quite a situation at the park:
Eastern DR Congo, where Virunga is located, is mired in conflict between the government and various armed groups. Some of these armed groups are based in the park, where they often poach animals.
He’s an afterbirth alright.
Our zoo had a gorilla die this week. I wonder if there’s an ape flu going around.
RIP Harambe.
Those rangers are heroic. They have revolutionaries trying to kill them, too, not just poaching the critters that live on the preserve. This guy you can tell is all about his job. He’s very brave and compassionate.
Glad you got it. It was not a spelling mistake.
Maw teh Darwin Awards run their course.
...Ndakasi was only two months old when Virunga rangers found her in 2007 clinging to the body of her mother, who was gunned down hours earlier by an armed militia...
An armed militia? In the Congo? Talk about your four leaf clover...
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