The Gorilla: An endangered animal
The Gorilla is the closest animal to our species. He can express feelings such us sadness and loneliness like us: humans.
His habitat is the jungle of Central Africa (between Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Rwanda). There are 3 types of gorillas: the Occidental plain gorilla, the Oriental plain gorilla and the Mountain gorilla.
Nowadays there are less than 650 gorillas left in the wild.
They live in groups: one male, some females and their cubs.
The male is bigger than the female. He can be 170 cm long and weigh about 140 kg. His fur is black and grey.
He is a vegetarian animal and he eats 30 kg of plants and fruit every day.
But gorillas haven’t got an easy life because his principal enemy is the humans. People hunt them to eat, to get their fur, to sell them as souvenirs or to make rituals.
If you want to help this endangered animal you can go to Internet and with only one click you can find a lot of organisations to help them like:
Karisoke Research Center, S.O.S Gorilla…
To sum up, all animals are very important and we must try to preserve them because it is not correct that they disappear only for our benefits.
19/10/10
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