The Great Apes

[Tshokwane]

Credits to Gorilla Doctors.

The ten mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park’s Humba group were engaged in a thorough grooming session during Dr. Martin’s recent health check. Our DRC Field Vet reports that the adult females were grooming each other and their infants while they sat piled around dominant silverback Humba and everyone was in good visual health.

Dominant silverback Humba with his family.

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Adult females in Humba group with their infants.

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Silverback Mahindure of Humba group

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Group members following silverback Humba.

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 While in this area of the Park, Dr. Martin also checked on Kabirizi group. It took three hours of trekking to reach the group and the field team found the group split with 10 gorillas resting with the old silverback Kabirizi and the remaining 5 group members resting with silverback Masibo. Dr. Martin reports that all group members were in good health, though blackback Kuibesha did have some superficial wounds on his arms.

Kabirizi group's Kuibesha resting.

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Kabirizi group blackback watching the field team.

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Silverback Masibo with a baby in Kabirizi group.

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Adult females in Kabirizi group resting.

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Kabirizi group members resting.

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