All four subspecies of are currently threatened with extinction, sharing roughly 98.3% of their DNA with humans and making them some of our closest living evolutionary relatives. While decades of intense, ground-level protection have yielded a few fragile success stories, these great apes continue to face severe human-driven pressures. Protecting gorillas is not just about saving a single iconic animal; because they act as “gardeners” of the forest by dispersing large seeds, saving them is essential to preserving the entire Congo Basin rainforest ecosystem. The Core Threats to Gorilla Survival Detroit Zoo – Facebook
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