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marilyn.monroe

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Well, you’re in for a treat. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) this week released the first camera trap video footage of Cross River gorillas. The footage, shot in Cameroon’s Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, shows eight different gorillas—representing about 3 percent of the entire species—casually walking through the forest. About halfway through the two-minute video, a male silverback charges toward the camera, beating his massive chest:


http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2012/05/08/video-first-camera-footage-endangered-cross-river-gorillas-2/
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Reminds me of me in the morning before I've had my coffee 8* 8* 8*
LOL ur funny!
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