Good news tidbit for the day: Gorillas seen destroying snares!

[OneGrassRoot]

http://www.ourcollectivegood.com/animals-ecology-wildlife/young-gorillas-observed-destroying-snares/

We knew that gorillas do this but all of the reported cases in the past were carried out by adult gorillas, mostly silverbacks. Today, two juveniles and one blackback from Kuryama’s group worked together to deactivate two snares and how they did it demonstrated an impressive cognitive skill.

John Ndayambaje, our field data coordinator, reported that he saw one snare very close to the group; since the gorillas were moving in that direction, he decided to deactivate it. Silverback Vuba pig-grunted at him (a vocalization of warning) and at the same time juveniles Dukore and Rwema together with blackback Tetero ran toward the snare and together pulled the branch used to hold the rope. They saw another snare nearby and as quickly as before they destroyed the second branch and pulled the rope out of the ground.

Four other snares were also removed by our trackers in the same area.

Our battle to detect and destroy snares from the park is far from over, however, and the recent death of juvenile Ngwino, caused by snare injury, has given us all further motivation. Today we can proudly confirm that gorillas are doing their part too!

[arcane1]

1. I needed that, thanks!

[jp11]

2. First they come for our traps then they

will come for our potato chips!

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Nooooooooo, not the chips!!!

[turtlerescue1]

4. THANKS, with the last 48 hours, THIS is good news.

All of us can use some good news about now.

And this is amazing and a reason to smile in the shape our world is in.

"Planet of the Apes"/Gorillas

[Flaxbee]

5. I was going to post this - glad you did! And it makes me happy, along with the

news that mountain gorilla numbers are growing. They're still endangered, but the numbers are increasing and the gorillas are outsmarting these evil fuckers.